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

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Record #853 from Abstracts of Somerset County Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1772-1792, 1811-1852

County Somerset
Orphan's Court Proceedings Book 3/247
Page in Original Liber 6:485-486
Date 2/25/1851
Status Slave
Abstract Will of William Williams produced in court: [only items concerning negroes reprinted here] To wife Amis (?), negro woman Leah. To son James Williams: negro boy Frost. To two sons Willliam H. & Thomas H. (?) Wiliams: sole time & service of negro boy Charles. To daughter Mary Jane Williams, negro girl Milley. [Note: witnesses state William Williams not of sound mind; will rejected.]

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