| County | Talbot |
|---|---|
| Liber:Folio | JHH10:70 |
| Date of Will (Written) | 8/21/1851 |
| Probate Date | 9/17/1851 |
| Name of Deceased/Testator | William H. Thomas |
| Heirs/Legatee | Negroes |
| Abstract | I give servant Caroline her freedom at my death. My cook Betsy shall be sold to a good home & humane master, who will make her conduct herself in an orderly and obedient manner & not to be sold to go out of the state. In order that my old and obedient man servant Biil Haskins may be propertly taken care I give and bequeath him to my nephew Nicholas Martin, on condition that he will take care of him and permit him to visit his wife in Easton once in two weeks and furnish him with a conveyance. Also to give him a reasonable and economical quanity of chewing tobacco. |
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