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

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Record #359 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Finney, John
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 28 March 1848/30 Oct 1848
Abstract To my son Edward O. Finney … & Negroes Jordan, Anne & her oldest child Mary, old Sarah & old Tom and … . Negroes not herein before disposed of to my 3 daughters Margaret & Mary Finney & Ann Wise and to my three sons William, Oswald & Louis C. H. Finney. ..... Codicil: 15 Oct 1848 To my son Edward O. Finney my Negro man George now a working hand on the plantation.
Main Source Reference Will, 1846-82 w, p. 56.

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