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

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Record #5 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Ames, Jesse (St. George Parish)
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 26 Jan 1833/25 Nov. 1833
Abstract All slaves above age 21 to be free at my death if the law will admit it & all under age 21 go free at age 21. If the law will not admit them to go free, then they to be keep in the family.
Main Source Reference Wills 1828-1846 p.142

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