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

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Record #511 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio L11:144
Date (Signed) 9/2/1851
Date (Probate) 3/21/1854
Deceased William Walls, farmer of Nanticoke Hundred
Heirs Eliza Walls - wife
Abstract to have Negro boy Elijah aged about 5 and the son of Clarissa the testator's manumitted slave and he to serve until he arrives at the age of 21 and then to go to testator's son James until Elijah completes his term of service

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