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

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Record #440 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP5:268
Date of Will (Written) 4/7/1798
Probate Date 4/10/1798
Name of Deceased/Testator John Hardcastle
Heirs/Legatee Sarah (Hardcastle) - wife
Abstract money raised on hiring of Negroes to satisfy creditors and then all slaves to be freed except Negro man will and woman Sibb who are too old to go free. This clause to to executed Feb. 1 - the next year.

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