| County | Talbot |
|---|---|
| Liber:Folio | JP5:309 |
| Date of Will (Written) | 8/21/1797 |
| Probate Date | 1/22/1799 |
| Name of Deceased/Testator | Jeremiah Banning of St Michaels Parish |
| Heirs/Legatee | Negroes (codicil 9/17/1798 to will from above passages) |
| Abstract | " as I have sufficiently guarded against any hereafter ill treatment of them so on the contrary I must caution then and guard against their future conduct & I behavior, therefore if any of negroes or their offspring should run away so as to depart the state or whose characters should prove uniformly bad, in that case I do revoke every benefit flowing here from to such but not to their issue. Passey, Sal & Hector: since making will testator has observed some unfavorable symptoms in the conduct making it necessary to use some precaution before they arew let loose on public. therefore he direct that Sal not to be free at time limited in will and orders that Passey & Hector will serve 2 years longer than prescribed in will. |
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