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

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Record #22 from Records of Slave Claims Commissions Volume I & III Maryland, Delaware and Virginia

Book (Volume and Page) Vol I 12
Claim Number 22
Claimant's Name and Location Wm. Huffington Cannon - Seaford, Del.
Claimant's Enlisted Slave Jeremiah Gumby
Enlistment Date and Location x
Claim Date or Activity 11/22/1864 Claim postponed for want of evidence of term of Service. due the master. 1/17/1865 Claim postponed for 30 days to funish proof of Loyalty - referred to Messrs. Conaway, Knaw, Huggan & Rogers of same Hundred as Claimant.
Claim Information 3/14/1865. Claim postponed for want of execution of Certificate as required by Commission.
Additional Claim Information 3/14/1865. Claim allowed; award of $300 made Claimant. Voucher delivered

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