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

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Record #132 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio C3:259
Date (Signed) 11/21/1779
Date (Probate) 1/15/1781
Deceased Isaac Smith
Heirs Mary Smith - wife
Abstract to have use of Negro man Jacob & Negro woman Rose for the term of her natural life & at her death the Negroes and their increase to be equally divided between testator's daughter Elizabeth and the child that wife now goes with

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