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

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Record #3328 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Somerset
Folio Number JP5:276
Probate Date 1/27/1857
Name of Deceased George Hitch Rencher
Heirs To my negroes
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will Residue of Negroes to be free those that have arrived at age of 21 and those that are to arrive at age of 21 to be free at that age but not until my estate is settled & legacies paid off & the cost of administration for what they must be hired out by my executrix.

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