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

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Record #539 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio L11:251
Date (Signed) 8/25/1855
Date (Probate) 9/4/1855
Deceased Elisha Carey
Heirs Negro woman Jane
Abstract to have her freedom after the testator's death and she to keep and hold her youngest child Isabel who is now about 1 year old until the child arrives at age 18 and then to be free.

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