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

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Record #1142 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio G7:317
Date (Signed) 7/17/1817
Date (Probate) 2/5/1821
Deceased Robert Marvell, Sr.
Heirs Negroes
Abstract Negroes Robert and woman to be free, Negro man Fisher to be hired out or sold to someone in the neighborhood so he will not be sent out of state until he is 28

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