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

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Record #2639 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Somerset
Folio Number JP4:215
Probate Date 5/7/1833
Name of Deceased Littleton Upshur Dennis
Heirs Negro Nancy (wife of Joseph)
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will five years after testator's decease his brother (John Dennis) is to purchase Nancy. To occupy a house on testator's land w/out paying rent and should she purchase Nancy then he can permit both of them to go to Liberia.

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