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

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Record #1007 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832

County Worcester
Volume Number Volume 3:344
Book Number
Original Page Number LPS7:211-213 1829-1832
Date of Court Session December 1830
Enslaved or Free Slave
Abstract of Record Joshua Prideaux & Isaac Covington to distribute specifics from estate of Jess Powell, Sr., in hands of Jesse P. King, exe.; before Henry Franklin; met at Elizabeth Powell's last dwelling of Jesse Powell; distribution of legacies: to Jesse P. King: negro man Riley to James King; negro man Jacob [says Caleb later] to Elizabeth Powell, widow: negro men George & Benjamin, girl Comfort Other distributions of stock, furniture, farming utensils, etc. to heirs.

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