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

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Record #582 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio M12:100
Date (Signed) 6/60/1857
Date (Probate) 2/24/1862
Deceased Kendal Lewis (85+ years when will written)
Heirs Levin B. Lewis - son (to named Negroes)
Abstract Levin named executor. The testator gives to his "poor stuborn disobedient Negroes as followith" Bill $5, Leah $5, Mary $5, Peter $5, Ben $5, Rhoda $2, Angelina $1, Rachel $1, George $1 and John $1 and when the

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