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

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Record #2511 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 7:37
Date of Will (Written) 2/24/1778
Probate Date 3/17/1783
Name of Deceased/Testator Thomas Gilpin of Phila., now in Winchester, Va
Heirs/Legatee negro boy Mingo
Abstract whom I purchased to set free to be kept in the business of a farmer until March 1, 1781 when he will be about 21 and then to be free

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