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

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Record #990 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Thornton, Joshua
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 8 Jan 1805/29 Apr 1806
Abstract To son Joshua Thornton my Negro girl Pagea until age 25 & then to be free. To son James Thorton girl Soprah. To son David Negro boy Charles & … To daughter Elizabeth Matthews Negro woman Esther & if she attempts to sell her, then she to be free & ... now in the hands of George Matthews.
Main Source Reference 1804-06 w&c, p. 579

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