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

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Record #729 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Worcester
Liber: Folio I:345
Date (written/recorded) 12/3/1773
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Elizabeth Truit, for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which she has for her grandchildren Elizabeth Selby and William Selby (children of her son-in-law Micajah Selby and her daughter Mary Selby, conveys to her grandchildren a Negro man named Isaac who is now in the possession of --Johnson. Elizabeth reserves the use of Isaac for her natural life.

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