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

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Record #3405 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 11:162
Date of Will (Written) 2/15/1830
Probate Date 2/25/1830
Name of Deceased/Testator Temperance Everitt
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract Pere and Edwin to be free. Emiline and my 2 women each called Mary to be free on Jan. 1. Negro girls to be free at 20 and negro boys to be free at 21. To Edwin $150, 1 bed, 2 blankets and sheets and one of my new thickest patched bed quilts. Mrs. Elizabeth Gale & my niece Mary Ann Hynson shall divide my wearing apparell between my 3 negro women and girl Betsey. Negro Bill 2 blankets & negro Emeline 2 blankets which she uses.

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