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

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Record #23 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832

County Worcester
Volume Number Volume 1:191
Book Number 4
Original Page Number LH3:33
Date of Court Session December 1792
Enslaved or Free Slave
Abstract of Record Negroes awarded to Robert Handy, appraised in inventory of estate of Col. Joseph Dashiell, allowed adm. in passing account. viz.: Nancy Jacob, Thamar, Somerset, Hope, Leah; also adm. to produce proof respecting two negroes apparaised in estate, but in possession of Capt. James Bennett, who intermarried with daughter of deceased, viz.: Black Nancy & Jesse Nanny.

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