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

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Record #543 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio M12:1
Date (Signed) 7/8/1843
Date (Probate) 3/6/1860
Deceased John Smith, colored man of Lewis & Rehoboth Hundred
Heirs Ruth Smith - wife [colored]
Abstract should she survive the testator then the testator's 2 sons to support and maintain her for the remainder of her life and should they neglect or refuse, then the testator's wife to have and enjoy the house and real estate for her own proper use as long as she remains a widow, and then to the testator's 2 sons

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