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

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Record #436 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Guy, Major
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 2 May 1801/29 June 1801
Abstract My Negro woman Sinah freed at my death.Lend other Negro woman Dinah to wife Rachel during her widowhood & at her marriage or death, them shal be free. Lend Negro boy Willaim in same manner. My Negroes before mentioned should not be deprived of their kitchen... at my death, which is their own right.
Main Source Reference Will 1800-1804 w&c, p. 168.

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