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

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Record #4178 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County Dorchester
Folio Number THH 1:476
Probate Date 2/10/1857 will written 6/10/1856
Name of Deceased Thomas Breerwood
Heirs Sarah Ann Smoot - daughter (who has intermarried with John Smoot of the city of Alexandria, Virginia)
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will to have Negro girl Jane about 15 years old as a slave for life but with the request that "if she makes a good servant to set her free at the age of thirty years "

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