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

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Record #575 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832

County Worcester
Volume Number Volume 3:29
Book Number
Original Page Number MH23:234-235 1816-1820
Date of Court Session October 1817
Enslaved or Free Slave
Abstract of Record Title to negroes Lanta, Gatty, Caleb & Anne, included in inventory of estate of George Dykes, contested by heirs of John Evans; Negroes awarded to said heirs by Charles Bennett & Thomas R. Handy. Esther and her chld Milly (since born) & boy Peter (13 yo) awarded to John J. White adm. of said Dykes.

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