| County | Talbot |
|---|---|
| Liber:Folio | JP6:11 |
| Date of Will (Written) | 1/21/1801 |
| Probate Date | x |
| Name of Deceased/Testator | George Impey Dawson, farmer |
| Heirs/Legatee | Negro woman Eve (also see entry on page JP6:5) |
| Abstract | Thomas Dawson & John Kemp to be trustees for term of 20 yrs & hold in trust testator's tract of land Cudlington's Addition for 20 yrs after testator's death & that rents & profits from same be expended & applied to support of Negro house wencn Eve & her 2 children Matila or Tildy & William. Yearly rent of 15 pounds to be expended as follows: clothing & support of Eve & children & Bet - each to have 1/2 of rent & after 20 years land is divised to Eve & Bett during life of Eve & after her death to her children. Should Eve die before then, then after 20 years to her children. Should Kemp refuse trusteeship then to Dawson to be trustee and should they both refuse they are to name 2 trustees. |
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