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

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Record #940 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP8:12
Date of Will (Written) 3/23/1821
Probate Date 8/6/1821
Name of Deceased/Testator Peter Denny
Heirs/Legatee Negro woman Betty "now living with me"
Abstract for her natural life a house on South Street in the town of Easton, now occupied by a black man Toby - being part of lot number 50. to have her freedom at testator's decease.

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