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

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Record #593 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio M12:187
Date (Signed) 4/1/1859
Date (Probate) 1/22/1864
Deceased Margaret Cooper
Heirs Ellenor Cooper - daughter
Abstract to have in trust to the testatrix's son John Negro girl Jane as long as the said Ellenor lives and should Jane wait and attend to Ellenor during her life then at her death to be free but should Jane refuse then testatrix's son John to hire her out and the wages of her hire to be applied to a good nurse to attend to Ellenor

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