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

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Record #639 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Massey, John Sr.
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) no date/31 Oct 1814
Abstract To daughter Mary Selby Negro woman Grace. To daughter Elizabeth W. Massey Negro girl Leah until she arrives to age 16. If Elizabeth dies before she comes to age, then Leah to daughters Mary, Nancy & Catharine. My old Negro man Joseph be kept with plantation where I now live & old Jenny to my 3 daughters Mary Selby, Nancy Coston & Catherine Massey & Elizabeth Massey.
Main Source Reference Will 1814-16 w&c p. 13

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