Record #634 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Liber: Folio	E5:12
Date (Signed)	9/22/1787
Date (Probate)	11/22/1794
Deceased	James Brown, Senior
Heirs	Negroes: Jacob, Joe, Ginny, Harry
Abstract	Whereas the several Negroes hereafter mentioned have served me many years faithfully, I do therefore by these presents manumit and set them free in the following manner viz. Jacob, Joe and Ginny to be free and at their Liberty immediately after my decease and Negro Harry to be free at his liberty at the end of five years after my death."

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