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

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Record #555 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range I 1804 - 1809
Page Number 541
Document Dates 24 Dec 1807 - 12 Jan 1808
Abstract Wm. Burton in cons. of £5 - manumits negro woman Fan age 35, on 1 Jan 1811; Esther, 34, on 1 Jan 1813; negro boy Aaron, age 9, negro girl Margaret, age 8, negro boy Jack, age 2, all three to be freed at age 25; and the issue of Mary born free, and the child Esther is now bearing, to be freed at age 25.

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