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

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Record #1142 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP9:105
Date of Will (Written) 5/12/1837
Probate Date 7/25/1838
Name of Deceased/Testator Thomas Hayward
Heirs/Legatee Mary Hayward - wife
Abstract to have Negro boy Simon, Negro girl Peggy and her four children. Remainder of Negroes to be kept on testator's plantation for widow's use during her natural life.

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