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

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Record #578 from Abstracts of Somerset County Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1772-1792, 1811-1852

County Somerset
Orphan's Court Proceedings Book 3/59
Page in Original Liber 5:168-171
Date 11/15/1842
Status Slave
Abstract Complaint of John S. Crockett regarding estate of John w. Nelson. His widow Sarah married Cyrus Nelson, John's brother. Other items & people mentioned, including debts. Negroes Isaac & John, in hands of Cyrus Nelson, not included in inventory; other debts not satisfied. Several other entries noted in other pages including distribution and Nelson's adm. revoked; granted to John S. Crockett.

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