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

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Record #1491 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio TNC11:20
Date of Will (Written) 4/5/1861
Probate Date 4/30/1862
Name of Deceased/Testator Benjamin M. Bowdle
Heirs/Legatee Negro slave Nathan Mills
Abstract my old and faithful negro - $75 a year while he lives; the same to be to be paid to him by my executrix semi-annually and to be permitted to spend the said sum as he pleases

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