Record #3669 from Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919

County	Dorchester
Folio Number	LLK No. #1: 54
Probate Date	12/21/1857 will written 1/12/1857
Name of Deceased	Amos Bowdle
Heirs	Priscilla Bowdle - wife
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will	to have Negro men David Hill and George Dixon to serve her until 12/31/1866 and then to be free.

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County: Dorchester
Probate Date: 12/21/1857 will written 1/12/1857
Name of Deceased: Amos Bowdle
Heirs: David Hill & George Dixon(Negroes)
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County: Dorchester
Folio Number: LLK No. #1:
Probate Date: 12/21/1857 will written 1/12/1857
Name of Deceased: Amos Bowdle
Heirs: David Hill & George Dixon(Negroes)
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will: When they are free to have a house and garden each for their natural lives as long as they keep them in good repair and "be sober industrious and peacable"-- George to have a house and garden in the village of Church Creek "next above the coloured people Church" and David to have the 2nd house and garden above the said church and next above George's.

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