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

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Record #1941 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Caroline
Liber:Folio JR B:414
Date of Will (Written) 4/15/1796
Probate Date 5/14/1798
Name of Deceased/Testator John Dawson
Heirs/Legatee Molly Dawson & Sally Dawson - daughters
Abstract Sally to have Negro man Linn. To have at widow's decease two Negroes Daniel and Charles to be divided between them. If at widow's decease Sally is still single, then she is to have the parlor and 2 rooms belonging thereto upstairs w/ the garret loft for her single life, and also the liberty of the Negro kitchen for her Negroes to stay in

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