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

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Record #74 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JB3:77
Date of Will (Written) 7/25/1773
Probate Date 2/21/1780
Name of Deceased/Testator Francis Scale
Heirs/Legatee Asst heirs & Negroes
Abstract deposition on 2/21/1780 of 22 yo Mary Pickering regarding oral wishes of the ill Francis Scale: Gives labor of Negro man Petter to Charles Pickering until October 12 mos then Petter be free. Scale gives handkerchief to his Negro wench Kitt.

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