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

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Record #3631 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Dorchester
Folio Number THH 2:10
Probate Date 3/4/1857 Will written 1/31/1855
Name of Deceased Arthur Pritchett
Heirs Gabriel - my "yellow man"
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to be free and at his liberty after paying executors the sum of $600 (mulatto?). Codicil to the will: Gabriel - servant - testator desires that executors assist him in any way in raising the sum of $600 for his freedom and should ther be any, receipts from Gabriel to testator may be counted as such.

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