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

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Record #161 from Somerset County, Maryland Board of County Commissioners: Assessment Ledgers 1852-1866 (Dames Quarter and Dublin Election Districts 4 & 8)

County Somerset
District Dublin Dist 8
Ledger Folio 53
Taxpayer Priscilla Porter
Property Debits (Tax Years 1852-1866) 1852 1856
Abstract 1852 James 34 y $400, Lazarus 32 y $500, Henry 25 $400, Alfred 21 y $400, Robert 19 y $250, Maria 21 y $300
Items subtracted (Credits) 1854 Negro man Henry to William Porter $400, Negro man Robert to Henrietta G Stephenson $250 1856 Maria 21 y $300, alfred sold out state $400, James Dickenson for Lazarus & Jim $800

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