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

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Record #549 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio M12:15
Date (Signed) 3/7/1857
Date (Probate) 8/1/1860
Deceased Peter Whaley of Worcester County, MD
Heirs Seth Whaley - son
Abstract testator confirms to Seth and Hester (Hester A. S. Rider, testator's daughter) the title to Negroes - the issue of certain Negroes bequeathed to them by the bestator's father being: to Seth - Hester, Mary and Charlotte and to Hester - Caroline and Catherine

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