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

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Record #608 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio M12:257
Date (Signed) 11/15/1856
Date (Probate) 11/15/1864
Deceased Jane Cooper of Little Creek Hundred
Heirs William T. Cooper - son
Abstract Negro woman Zipporah to serve him until she arrives at age 30 and then to be free and any issue to serve her son until they arrive at the age of 25 and then they are to be free and testatrix orders that the Negroes are not to be sold to pay the debts of her son William

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