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

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Record #451 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP5:298
Date of Will (Written) 3/4/1796
Probate Date 12/18/1798
Name of Deceased/Testator Robert Goldsborough
Heirs/Legatee Robert Henry Goldsborough - son
Abstract should the land prove insufficient (to settle debts) then to sell as many of Negroes as will pay all the remaining debts. Negroes to be sold should be those least beneficial and "most contenacious & troublesome to the Family." 8 Negroes of his choosing after his mother has had her choice.

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