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

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Record #491 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Hickman, Thomas
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 11 Feb 1856/29 July 1856
Abstract …to my granddaughter Madora Warner & also a little Negro named Mary & $500… . To my daughter Henny the land…& also a Negro boy Peter until Henny's daughter Jinny becomes age 18 & then to Jinny…. . To my grandsons Richard & William Bundick a Negro man Ben. To my daughter Ann a Negro boy Levin. Balance of Negroes to my children William, Siner, Henny, Triffany, Richard & Ann. .... To my Negro man Jacob $12 each year & to my Negro man Isaac $6 a year to be paid by who ever gets them.
Main Source Reference Will, 1846-1882 w, p. 230.

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