Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #111 from Manumissions in Somerset and Worcester County Land Records, 1825-1866

Name (Slaveowner) Schoolfield, Joseph
Name (Enslaved person) Houston, Peter
Additional Information Schoolfield of Bracken County Kentucky, attorney for Levi Houston dec'd to wit - Sarah Jecrist?, Nancy Dix, Elizabeth Wood, Joseph Houston & Jame Houston (heirs of Levi) to manumit or sell Peter for $100, free him, 41 yo
Document Date 1830 Dec 12
County Worcester
Liber AW
Folio 141

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