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

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Record #3292 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Somerset
Folio Number JP5:252
Probate Date 6/5/1855
Name of Deceased Phillip Covington, Sr.
Heirs Philip, William M.H., James H.H., Nehemiah M. John R., Hugh Covington - sons
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to have 1/2 of testators land and balance of Negroes after widow's thirds are deducted. At widow's decease to have the balance of the land and Negroes and not to sell other than to each other.

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