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

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Record #568 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP5:531
Date of Will (Written) 1/26/1804
Probate Date 5/4/1804
Name of Deceased/Testator John Dickinson
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract to be free according to a manumission sent to the office to be recorded agreeably to law but should it be that the manumission is concealed by any means so to destroy testator's intent then they shall be free when those who are underage are at 24 yo and the women until they are 19 yo

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