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

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Record #3385 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 11:118
Date of Will (Written) 1/11/1829
Probate Date 2/7/1829
Name of Deceased/Testator John Maxwell
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract Negro woman Julia to be free on 1/1/1838, girl Emeline (born 1825?) to be free on 1/1/1847, girl Angelina, daughter of Julia born in 1827 to be free on 1/1/1849, boy George W. Trusty born 1819 to be free on 1/1/1848, boy Jefferson Trusty born in 1821, girl Harriet Trusty born in 1828 and boy George, son of Julia to be free on 1/1/1854. If woman Julia or girls Emeline Trusty, Harriet Trusty or Angelina a daughter Julia have children then they are to be free at aqge 28 for males and 21 for females.

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