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

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Record #3792 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Dorchester
Folio Number THH 1:41
Probate Date 9/23/1839 will written 9/8/1839
Name of Deceased William W. Handley
Heirs John Holliday - Negro man
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to have his freedom on the 1st day of January 1840, and able to procure a living by his own labor then to have a reasonable maintenance out of testator's estate.

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