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

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Record #1087 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Wessells, Walter Sr. (Wessels)
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 16 Oct 1833/29 May 1837
Abstract To son William Custis Wessells my Negro boy Samuel & girl Leah & all of her increase & to be schooled perfect through Double Rule of Three [not sure if this schooling references the Negroes or William].
Main Source Reference 1828-46 w, p. 246

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