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

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Record #1348 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JHH10:139
Date of Will (Written) 3/10/1853
Probate Date 6/29/1853
Name of Deceased/Testator Joseph Turner
Heirs/Legatee Sarah Ellen Chance - granddaughter
Abstract Negro boy Isaac to serve as a slave until the arrives to age of 25 years, he having been born on 4/2/1838, and then to be free. Grandchildren forbidden to sell slaves during their servitude.

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