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

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Record #552 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Kellam, Howson
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 21 Feb 1837/25 Jan 1847
Abstract …To son John Kellam Negro man Peter & woman Bridget. To son Thomas T. Kellam my land….also Negro woman Letty & children Luke & Moses. If son Zorobabel Kellam does ever return to this shore again, I give Negro woman Keziah & if he does not I lend Keziah to his child.... To daughter Molly Ames Negro woman Sarah & girl Mary & all the increase of Sarah & at the death of my wife I give Molly Ames Negro man Caleb. To wife Betsy Negro man Caleb. To son Custis Kellam Negro woman Agnes and she is to remain on this land and be well treated....
Main Source Reference Will 1846-1882 w&c, p. 19.

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