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

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Record #128 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio C3:257
Date (Signed) 3/3/1781
Date (Probate) 4/21/1781
Deceased William Poynter, yeoman
Heirs Ruth Poynter - wife
Abstract to have use of Negro man York during her natural life and should she remarry or die then York to descend to the child the testator's wife now goes with

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