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

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Record #282 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Davis, Hetty
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 4 March 1860/ 26 March 1860
Abstract My slaves Levi, Peter, John, Eliza & Tabby be hred until a sufficient sum is raised to pay my debts & then to be free. My younger slaves Sarah, age 12 & Corialanas, age 2, shall serve my sister Matilda Mason for her life & if she dies before they arrive at age 21, then they to serve my nephew Charles Hudson until they are age 21 when they shall be free, otherwise at the demise of Matilda Mason they shall be free.
Main Source Reference Will 1846-1862 w, p. 309.

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