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

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Record #1212 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP9:270
Date of Will (Written) 7/21/1842
Probate Date 5/31/1843
Name of Deceased/Testator Sarah Colston
Heirs/Legatee Eliza Ann Berridge - niece
Abstract to have Negro woman Delia to serve until 1st of January 1849 and then to be free. To have all theincreas of Delia and the boys to serve until age of 30 and the girls to serve until the age of 28 and then to be free. To have Negro boy Jacob to serve until the 1st of January 1856 and then to be free. To have testatrix's litte girl Emily to serve until she arrives at the age of 28 and then to be free and the increase of Emily to be free as the girls arrive at the age of 28 & the boys at age 30.

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