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

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Record #246 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Cropper, Sebastian
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 20 Sept 1827/29 Oct 1827
Abstract To brother William D.. Cropper the plantation whereon I live… subject to the maintenance of my old Negro Woman Bella. …To nephew Thomas Wise Marshall services of Negro men Edmund (called little Edmund) & Abram for five years & then be free.To niece Eliza C. ...Dutton the servces of my Negro Jack for 5 years and Negro girl Tabby for 10 years & then to be free. To nephew Sebastian Cropper my Negro boy Jim until he arrives to age 30. to James S. Dunton, husband of niece Eliza C. Dunton, Negro man Edmund (called Big Edmund) with request that he catch the said Edmund, he being now runaway.
Main Source Reference Will, 1826-28 w&c, p. 553.

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