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

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Record #3634 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Dorchester
Folio Number THH 2:17
Probate Date 4/06/1857 will written 5/28/1855
Name of Deceased John C. Henry
Heirs Letty Jackson & Sall Bayly
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will Letty of testator's Indian Town farm and Sall formerly of same farm; testator's "aged servants" race not mentioned. To have the sum of $20 each for their "fidelity and for the fidelity of their families as none of them have ever fled from my service after being raised to adult age"

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