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

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Record #355 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Feddeman, Joseph
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 28 Oct 1823/29 Dec 1823
Abstract To daughter Maria my Negro man Jacob for 12 years & also my Negro girl Fanny for 15 years, girl Sarah for 22 years & each shall be free at the end of those terms. To son John my Negro woman Comfort for 8 years, Comfort's daughter for 25 years, my man Arthur for 13 years, girl Sarah for 22 years & each shall be free at the end of those terms. To son Meshack my boy Stephen for 14 years, Major for 16 years, child Margaret for 25 years & eahc shall be free at the end of those terms. To daughter Maria my Negro boy Peter for 14 years & then free. To Job the husband of Esther, the said Esther provided he will maintain her during her life & if he does not maintain her then my heirs (Meshack, John & Maria) shall maintain her jointly. My man Dery free from slavery, but to be maintained by my heirs John, Meshack & Maria.
Main Source Reference Will, 1823-1824 w&c, p. 314.

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