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

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Record #1070 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Watts, William
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 14 Sep 1844/31 Mar 1845
Abstract My Negro woman Hester to be free at my death, Clarissa to be free is she will go away to some free state, her children are to serve John S. Wallop, the males until they are 25 & the females until they arrive age age 21 & then to be free.
Main Source Reference 1828-46 w, p. 541

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