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

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Record #515 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio L11:160
Date (Signed) 5/1/1854
Date (Probate) 7/1/1854
Deceased David Watson, of Cedar Creek Hundred
Heirs Negroes
Abstract Negro boy Benjamin shall serve for 9 years from the date of the will and to be sold at private sale and his mother to have her choice of home. Negro girl Sarah to be sold on the same terms and length of time. Negro woman Ann to be free at the testator's death and to have her son named Jake for 15 years for her to do with as she pleases.

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