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

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Record #270 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range F 1797 - 1799
Page Number 253
Document Dates 8 Mar 1798
Abstract Memo of an agreement made 7 Feb 1798 between John Dawson & his son Sovren Dawson. Memo includes Sovren delivering to father John all the negroes and horses when he decides to move to the buildings Sovren is to build on the plantation within 2 years on tract "Black Levell Englarged" adjacent to Kirk's Branch.

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