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

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Record #678 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP6:241
Date of Will (Written) 2/5/1809
Probate Date 2/6/1809
Name of Deceased/Testator Frances Kemp - oral will
Heirs/Legatee Susan [Kemp?] - daughter
Abstract Negro man Sam should be kept for the maintenance or support of her said daughter Susan & for support or maintenance of Sam's mother, Negro Priss, during the lives of the said Susan Kemp Negro woman Priss. After her death it was her earnest wish that Negro man Sam should be free.

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