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

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Record #2576 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Somerset
Folio Number JP4:189
Probate Date 10/25/1831
Name of Deceased Clarissa Polk
Heirs Margaret W. Polk - sister
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to have :part of the black people that mite have fell to her" as a divided from their father's will and also out of testatrix's uncle's estate, Josiah Polk - to have all slaves for her natural life and at her decease to be freed.

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