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

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Record #4169 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Dorchester
Folio Number THH 1:454
Probate Date 5/19/1856 will written 3/20/1854
Name of Deceased Ann Goldsborough
Heirs Martin Worthington Goldsborough j-nephew
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to have testatrix's servant James Miller as a slave for life and instructs that he is not to be sold or taken out of the state of Maryland unless it is with his full and free consent and that he shall be treated in the kindest manner on account of his faithfulness with which he has served testatrix.

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