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

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Record #366 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio D4:156
Date (Signed) 9/9/1787
Date (Probate) 10/18/1787
Deceased Elizabeth Callaway
Heirs Negro woman Fillis
Abstract to be manumitted at my death and that she said Fillis "is to have her children in Peace and as much land as she can till for the support of her self during her life"

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