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

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Record #942 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Stran, Mary P.
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 25 Feb 1848/27 Mar 1848
Abstract To my sister Jane Stran all my Negroes & their future increase (except Isaac & Esau) & at her death to be free, but if any time they should be willing to go to a free state, I do hereby set them free. To Eliza Susan Horsey, the daughter of my niece Sarah Ann Horsey, Negro boy Esau & $rpp, but, if she dies before she is 21 of age, then to her mother if living & if not, then to my nephews William Stran Custis & John T. Custis.
Main Source Reference 1846-82 w, p. 34

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