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

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Record #347 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio D4:133
Date (Signed) 1/17/1787
Date (Probate) 3/8/1787
Deceased Nehemiah Davis
Heirs Rachel Dabis - wife
Abstract two Negro girl named Sarah & Phebe provided that she holds no claim to her right dower. If she holds to her dower, then the two Negroes to my son Mark Tilney Davis

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