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

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Record #109 from Instruments of Freedom, Deeds and Wills of Emancipation Northampton County, Virginia 1782 to 1864

Page 106
Name of Enslaver Charles S. Satchell
Document type Will
Abstract Information about the Enslaved Person/People It is my will & desire that all my Negroe's over age of 21 be freed from & after the time of my decease & I hereby set them free after that Time - those under 2 years to serve until they arrive at that age & then to be free. My brothers Christopher and William Satchell are Executors. Signed Charles S. Satchell 8 May 1805. Northampton Co. Book of Wills & Inventories No. 30 page 138. Northampton Co. Book of Wills & Inventories No. 32 page 470.
Date 9 December 1805

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