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

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Record #778 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832

County Worcester
Volume Number Volume 3:173
Book Number
Original Page Number MH28:177-178 1823-1825
Date of Court Session October 1823
Enslaved or Free Slave
Abstract of Record A commission issued to Sewell Turpin & Lemuel P. Spence to divide negroes not specifically disposed of by will of Josiah Bratten could not divide without loss; several negroes have since been sold by the sherriff; Joseph J. Gillis, exe., to sell negroes.

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