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

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Record #554 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio M12:36
Date (Signed) 1/16/1861
Date (Probate) 1/29/1861
Deceased Alfred McIlvain of Indian River Hundred
Heirs James McIlvain - brother
Abstract to have the testator's Negro man Henry provided he pay the testator's estate the sum of $150 and if he does not then the testator's executor to dispose of Henry to some good home and the proceeds of the sale to go into the residue of the estate.

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