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

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Record #1711 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range RJ29 1858-1861
Page Number 353
Document Dates 28 Dec 1859 - 24 Jan 1860
Abstract "I, Matthew Patton, executor of John Rumbold, dec'd under order of the Orphan's Court of Caroline Co. to sell at public sale a negro man named John Wesley Dickerson entitled to his freedom at age 28, have sold on Thursday, Dec 22 at Harmony, Third District to William Williams (of H.) for the price of $300 until the first of January 1866."

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