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

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Record #572 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio M12:57
Date (Signed) 9/29/1859
Date (Probate) 3/26/1861
Deceased Benjamin Gray of Baltimore Hundred
Heirs Henry Hickman - friend
Abstract named executor of the will and instructed that all the personal property be converted to money and sell the same at public sale - except for Negroes Jane, Mary Ann, Peter and Isaac whom the testator desires that they be sold at private sale to such person or persons as he deems proper residing in this county and the money from the sale to be applied as hereafter mentioned

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