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

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Record #3005 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 9:68
Date of Will (Written) 9/10/1808
Probate Date 5/10/1809
Name of Deceased/Testator Cornelius Hurtt
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract negro man Pere be free after 2 years and my negroes William and Charles to be free at 23. Other negroes to be free at various ages: Ned, Elizabeth, Ann and Maria be sold until their terms of servitude are complete and that Pere, James, Jeremiah, William and Charles be hired out and the profits to my son John Theodore Hunt.

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