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

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Record #3788 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Dorchester
Folio Number THH 1:38
Probate Date 9/7/1846 will written 6/6/1846
Name of Deceased George M. Traverse
Heirs James Thompson - friend
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will named executor of the will, and should there be a deficiency in paying testator's debts, he is to try not to sell Negroes and pay the deficiencies out of the rents from testator's land.

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