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

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Record #1123 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP9:43
Date of Will (Written) 1/30/1834
Probate Date 1/24/1835
Name of Deceased/Testator Benjamin Denny
Heirs/Legatee Mary Ann Denny - wife
Abstract should any of testator's Negroes who have been devised "be guilty of misdeameanor or become obstreperous to the annoyance of those to whom they belong" then widow is to sell them to the highest bidder and moneys be given to the owner.

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