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

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Record #503 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Worcester
Liber: Folio L:96
Date (written/recorded) 4/5/1785
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Gift of Negro. Comfort Merrill, for 5 shillings paid by Hezekiah Johnson, grants Negro boy Peter with the understanding that if Peter should live longer thatn the said Hezekiah and his wife Mary, then Peter to go to Nancy Johnson daughter of Hezekiah and Mary.

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