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

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Record #1132 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Whealton, Eba
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 7 Mar 1854/24 Apr 1854
Abstract I free my Negro woman 1 Jan 1867 if she has 3 children living at that time, but if she does not, she shall serve my heirs for life & the children she has living in 1867 are to be free at age 35. Negro boy George to be free 26 Jan 1887.
Main Source Reference 1846-82 w, p. 183

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