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

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Record #1096 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name West, Elizabeth
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 12 Mar 1811/27 Nov 1811
Abstract My Negro girls Jenny & Leah shall be free upon my decease. My Negro boy Peter shall be free on 1 Jan 1815 & until that time to Revell Twiford to be hired out & 1/2 to my sister Peggy & the 1/2 to her children. To my Negro girls Jenny & Leah 6 £ each & to my Negro boy Peter 6 £ to be paid on 1 Jan 1815.
Main Source Reference 1809-12 w&c, p. 395

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