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

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Record #575 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio M12:87
Date (Signed) 3/16/1861
Date (Probate) 11/7/1861
Deceased Elizabeth Messick of Broadkiln Hundred
Heirs Hettie - Negro girl
Abstract to have 1 bed and bedstead which she now uses, 1 table and 3 old chairs and also that she and her heirs are to be free at the death of the testatrix

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