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

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Record #3407 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Somerset
Folio Number SCL5:31
Probate Date 7/7/1860
Name of Deceased William J. Byrd
Heirs Sally R? Byrd, wife & servants
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will Memorandum [in place of will] from Aiken, South Carolina dated 26 Apr 1860. Byrd 32 yo, feeble, along with many acquaintances similarly diseased during past years. My real estate subject to the above charge (found in memo referencing brother & sister). My servants the policy of insurance on my life and all the rest of my estate of every description I give to my wife. Memo not clear as to inheritances.

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