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

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Record #4008 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Dorchester
Folio Number THH 1:266
Probate Date 2/6/1849 will written 2/?/1849
Name of Deceased Elizabeth Traverse
Heirs Patience - Negro woman
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to have her freedom at testatrix's decease and should at some time she become too infirm to labor for herself then to be cared for by testatrix's son of two grandchildren for her natural life and to be supported by the estate which testatrix devises to them

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