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

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Record #3936 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Dorchester
Folio Number THH 1:191
Probate Date 12/20/1834 will written 10/8/1832
Name of Deceased Charles Goldsborough of Shoal Creek near the Town of Cambridge
Heirs Solomon Jackson - Negro man
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to be manumitted the 1st of January the year following testator's decease on the condition that he shall support comfortably Negro woman Dinah during her natural life. Executor to furnish Solomon and his mother with clothes and provisions enough for 1 years and to give him an ax or spade and a hoe. Should he neglectg to take care "of the old woman" then his right to freedom shall be forfeited.

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