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

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Record #1216 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP9:298
Date of Will (Written) 2/5/1844
Probate Date 2/28/1844
Name of Deceased/Testator John Leeds Kerr, counselor-at-law
Heirs/Legatee Mary Elizabeth Greenbury Kerr - wife
Abstract to have 2 Negro men David Brooks and Joe Collins slaves for life with testator's request she will give to each of them $6 per year as a gratuity of their good behaviour and that she will take care of them in their old age and provide for their comfortable support

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