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

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Record #1157 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Willia, Zorobabel
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 22 Nov 1841/31 Jan 1842
Abstract To my wife Ann C. Willis slaves Negro Henry by my wife paying my slave Henry $6 annually for 10 years from my death &6 may Negro woman Liddy & her youngest child & my girl Ibby &… & the privilege of getting firewood off the part of my land hereafter given to my [named] sons. At the death of my wife my Negro boy Henry & ... The residue of my slaves to my 7 children: James C. Willis, Tabitha A. Nock, Margaret E., Edward L, Mary F., Robert T., & John H. Willis. At the death of my wife all the slaves loaned to her to my children excluding my son James C. Willis.
Main Source Reference 1828-46 w, p. 425

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