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

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Record #83 from Bible Records of Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia

Book Volume 17
Page Number 31
Family Name of Bible or Other Record Abstracts of Northampton County Legislative Petitions 1776-1862
Title Page/Publisher/Date of Record 11/6/1778
Family Records: Birth and Other Records x
Family Records: Marriage and Other Records x
Family Records: Death and Other Records x
Family Records: Other Records Isaac Smith & others, executors of estate of John Bowdoin.Several slaves belonging to estate escaped to join Lord Dunmore. They were captured and convicted but later pardoned & sent to the mines. Requested that 2 slaves be ret'd. Accepted.
Additional Other Records x

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