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

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Record #581 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832

County Worcester
Volume Number Volume 3:36
Book Number
Original Page Number MH23: 295-296 1816-1820
Date of Court Session February 1818
Enslaved or Free slave
Abstract of Record Distribution of negroes from estate of William Pollett, in hands of James Morris, exe. sold: Moses (74 yo), Frost (28 yo), Lucy (27 yo) & her child. List: LIttleton (52 yo), Saul (48 yo), Litt (42 yo), Emilia (26 yo, sickly), George (23 yo), Tamar (18 yo), George (15 yo), Charles (15 yo), Sandy (7 yo), Peter (6 yo), Harry (57 yo), Daniel (4 yo), William (18 mos.), Ann 12 yo), Eliza (9 yo), man Titus, woman Rachel, boy Titus left free; mentions negro Eliza, a legacy distribution to widow Sally Pollett: George (23 yo), Tamar (18 yo), Charles (15 yo), Harry (57 yo) to James Morris: Saul (48 yo), Littleton (52 yo), Lett (42 yo), Emilia (26 yo, sickly), William 18 mos.) to Levin Morris: Ann (12 yo), Daniel (4 yo), Peter (6 yo) to James S. & John E. Pollett: George (15 yo), Sandy (7).

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