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

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Record #1458 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JHH10:383
Date of Will (Written) 1/13/1854
Probate Date 4/5/1861
Name of Deceased/Testator Ann Hollyday
Heirs/Legatee Rebecca Harriet Hollyday - daughter
Abstract my servant Bill, the carriage driver, to be used in his present employment as long as she and her 2 sister Catharin Ann and Henrietta Maria may desire. Should they determine to dispose with his services or if they should separate, he should be the property of my daughter Rebecca to use and dispose of according to her wishes - I request that Rebecca sell him to one of my sons at a moderate price. I desire particularly that he not be separated from his wife.

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