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

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Record #562 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP5:520
Date of Will (Written) 2/20/1802
Probate Date 12/5/1803
Name of Deceased/Testator Hugh Dawson
Heirs/Legatee Sarah Dawson - wife
Abstract should both of testator's children die w/out issue, then testator's Negro people that are of age 21 to be free and all those under the age of 21 to be free when they arrive at that age.

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