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

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Record #2074 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Caroline
Liber:Folio JR C:177
Date of Will (Written) 8/20/1804
Probate Date 1/15/1811
Name of Deceased/Testator Esther Wright
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract Lott and Peter, my 2 oldest black men, to be free after 1/1/1810. George & Sylvia - the rest of my black people - to be free the same time as Lott and Peter

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