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

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Record #152 from Somerset County Bonds, 1827-1850

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Date 28 Mar 1837
Record Name (Somerset County, MD) SO County Bonds (1834-1842)
Citation (Liber:Folio) JP13:65
Name Referenced Henry White
Record Type Division of Negroes
Abstract of Record Division of negroes from estate of Henry White, deceased. Includes births since death of testator. Distributions, names, ages & values follow. To Alexander White: negroes & values: Littleton 28 yo ($750), Margaret 20 yo ($500), Daniel 1 yo (born since death ($75). To Henry White: William 21 yo ($950), George 20 yo ($750), Henry 10 yo ($250). To Edward White: David 23 yo ($300), Betty 17 yo ($550). To Julia A. Scott: Priscilla 25 yo ($450), Mary (born since death) 7 yo ($200), George (born since death) 4 yo ($150), Sarah Ellen (born since death) 2 yo ($100), Iam Bell (born since death) 1 yo ($60). To Alice White, widow: James 65 yo ($150), Benjamin 42 yo ($350), Anna 35 yo ($275), George 12 yo ($250), Charlotte 20 yo ($450), Ellen (born since death) 8 yo (225), Catherine (born since death) 6 yo ($175), Washington (born since death) 3 yo ($125), Matilda Ann (born since death) 5 mos ($50), Samuel (born since death) 5 yo ($175), Susan Anne (born since death) 3 yo ($125), Arnold Sidney (born since death) 4 mos ($40). To Charlotte White: Phillis 23 yo ($500), Mary 16 yo ($45), Louisa (born since death) 4 yo ($125), Washington (born since death) 1 yo ($75). To Adeline White: Patience 37 yo ($150), Stephen 16 yo ($600). To Isabella White: Sabra 50 yo ($150), Sarah 13 yo ($375), Henny or Fenny (born since death) 7 yo ($225). To William White: Charles 50 yo, infirm ($100), Pete 13 yo ($450), Hamilton 9 yo ($300). To Louisa White: Nancy 16 yo ($150), Martha 14 yo ($400). Amount allotted to widow is less than allowed, but with her consent. Negroes born since testators death; increase from negroes Anna & Charlotte.

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