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

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Record #479 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio L11:27
Date (Signed) 7/14/1851
Date (Probate) 9/7/1852
Deceased Moses Townsend, colored man of Little Creek Hundred
Heirs Rachel Townsend - wife [colored]
Abstract to have one third part of the house and lot whereon the testator now lives lying on the main road from Laurel to William Dulany's tan-yard and to have during her natural life and to be laid off by Cyrus C. Windsor and Joseph Smith. to have 1 iron pot and 1 spider and al the light ware, 1 chair 1 cupboard, and cupboard furniture, 1 chest

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