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

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Record #2584 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Somerset
Folio Number JP4:195
Probate Date 8/16/1831
Name of Deceased Susan Waters (will written 4/10/1828)
Heirs Nelly, Joshua [Negroes]
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to have 2 acres of testatrix's land for their natural lives and at their deaths to return to Thomas Waters Stone - the two acres lying on the water near Cow Gut Landing, to have loom and all weaving implements, Nelly to have her granddaughter Charlotte until she arrives at the age of 21, and her daughter Sarah and her grandchildren to be permitted to live with Nelly and Joshua and no one else and no one to have thequarter "until she can get her house built"

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