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

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Record #510 from Abstracts of Somerset County Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1772-1792, 1811-1852

County Somerset
Orphan's Court Proceedings Book 3/19
Page in Original Liber 5:45-46
Date 10/29/1839
Status Slave
Abstract Thomas Marshall, by William W. Handy, his attorney, exhibits petition; asks to be appointed adm. dbn of estate of William Roach, Sen., as stated in will, since William Roach, Jun., exe., died; will included: 1. to wife Nancy A. Roach land, negro man David, negro Tobe, negro Denwood, negro boy Milton, negro woman Harriet, negro woman Liza. 2. to son Stephen B. Roach land formerly belonging to Joshua Hull, negro woman Rachel, negro boy Henry, negro boy Nathan. Plus add'l legacies.

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