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

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Record #92 from Instruments of Freedom, Deeds and Wills of Emancipation Northampton County, Virginia 1782 to 1864

Page 91
Name of Enslaver William Trower
Document type Will
Abstract Information about the Enslaved Person/People I give to my wife Smart Trower 75 acre of land …. Also four negro's Frank, Bridget, Rachel, and George and ….. I give to my brother John Trower land… also five negros (Daniel, Peter, Jack & Judah, also George and Rachel at my wife's death. I leave my negro Girl Ibbe to be free. Also Frank and Bridget at my wife's decease to be free & act for themselves. Signed William Trower 6 June 1794. Northampton Co. Book of Wills & Inventories No. 34, pg 285
Date 14 Apr 1795

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