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

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Record #1611 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio D4:336
Date (Signed) 2/8/1791
Date (Probate) 5/10/1791
Deceased John Collings, planter
Heirs Horates Collings - son
Abstract plantation and tract where I now live provided that he will give his half brother Juleagustus Collings schooling "to read, write and cyfer as far as the double Rule of three" and if this is refused...some of the land to be sold and the money put to use for my son Juleagustus.

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