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

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Record #409 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Gibb, William
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 10 March 1821/25 oct 1824
Abstract To daughter Peggy Johnson slaves Adah, Comfort, Mary & Edmund. To son Thomas my plantation and…my Negro man Mosses & my Negro men Peter & Stephney now run away, providing he can catch them. …To son Benjamin 65 acres …together with my slaves Darkey, Badger, Abram, Ephraim & Gingo & £1,000. ... To my four sons Thomas, John (under 21), Joseph & Benjamin (under 21) all the remainder of my slaves.
Main Source Reference Will 1824-1825 w&c, p. 258.

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