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

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Record #778 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Poulson, James B.
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 28 May 1859/27 Jun 1859
Abstract To my daughter Mary E. Russell my Negro woman Lucinda & her child Mary Jane & their future increase. To my son Thomas H. G. Poulson my Negro boy Frank. To my daughter Elizabeth A. B. Poulson Negro girl Ellen & all her future increase. To my granddaughter Sarah E. Ruyssell my Negro girl Susan Ann & her future increase. To my granddaughter Anna Olivia Russell my Negro boy Arthur. To my granddaughters Sarah E. Russell & Anna Olivia my Negro boy James. I require that my servants Rose, Violet, Hetty & Henry (son of Hetty) be taken care of by my children and the Hetty & Henry shall not be separated, but that she shall have him with her & shall have all opportunities of taking care of him.
Main Source Reference 1846-82 w, p. 295

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