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

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Record #174 from Manumissions in Somerset and Worcester County Land Records, 1825-1866

Name (Slaveowner) Purnell, Jesse
Name (Enslaved person) _Leah & their children: Purnell, Mar Purnell, Jess Purnell, Thomas
Additional Information Jesse, free coloured man, with love & affection for wife frees Leah 50 yo whom he purchased from James Bayly in Sep 1806 & children she has born him: Mary 18 yo Jesse 16 yo, Thomas 14 yo
Document Date 1826 Aug 16
County Somerset
Liber GH 3
Folio 283

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