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

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Record #527 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832

County Worcester
Volume Number Volume 2:332
Book Number 13
Original Page Number MH17:558 1812-1816
Date of Court Session April 1816
Enslaved or Free Slave
Abstract of Record William Quinton & Jackson Turner to view estate of Edward Stevens (of John), in care of David Richardson, guardian; before Charles Parker: report; 1/4 of land in Indian Town Forrest called 'Broad Neck', 217 acres; tract called 'Aquitico (?) Savana', 50 acres; tract called 'Deffyance Inlarged' & 'Mill' or 'Naswang Mill', 1100 acres; widow's right of dower; lot in New Town, 1/2 acre, claimed by negro woman Meriar, left her by will of Wm. Stevens; lot in New Town, 1/3 acre; tract called 'Cowley';, adjacent to New Town, 108 acres; land in Somerset Co. near Steven's Ferry, occupied by James Broadwater; land occupied by Benjamin Maddux, former residence of William Stevens; land occupied by Thomas Hargis.

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