Record #731 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County	Talbot
Liber:Folio	JP6:341
Date of Will (Written)	9/4/1809
Probate Date	10/2/1810
Name of Deceased/Testator	Mary Gordon
Heirs/Legatee	Negro man James
Abstract	to have his freedom at decease & to have 10 pounds current money, and the use of plough horses that will be on the farm where I now live

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