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

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Record #833 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Rodgers, Sarah (St. George Parish) (Rogers)
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 6 Apr 1842/27Mar 1843
Abstract All property to my sister Elizabeth Rodgers & at her death to my nephew John Read & niece Sarah Elizabeth Read… Mentions further disbursement of "Negroes" but they are not named. None of my Negroes shall ever be sold & if any of my heirs shall ever sell any of them, the one so selling shall forfeit his/her right in the Negroes to the others.
Main Source Reference 1828-46 w, p. 475

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