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

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Record #1776 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Caroline
Liber:Folio JR B:62
Date of Will (Written) 1/15/1787
Probate Date 2/-/1787
Name of Deceased/Testator James Sweeney
Heirs/Legatee George & his wife Beck - my Negroes
Abstract to be free people along with their son. To have the 5 acres of land being part of a tract called Chance whereon they now live for their natural lives

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