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

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Record #113 from Instruments of Freedom, Deeds and Wills of Emancipation Northampton County, Virginia 1782 to 1864

Page 111
Name of Enslaver Teagle Savage
Document type Will
Abstract Information about the Enslaved Person/People I give unto Johannes Johnson Sen: my Negro Woman Peg desiring him to set her free if ever the Law will admit it & for her to stay in this state if not I will for him to give her all she earn's. I give unto my Brother Preeson Savage the use of my Negro Boy nat, until Nat arrives to 21 yrs of age at which Time I give the said nat his freedom, but my Will is that my brother Preeson shall give the earnings of said Nat, unto my sister Peggy Addison, or her children as prudence may direct. Signed Teagle Savage 9 Dec 1806. Northampton Co. Book of Wills & Inventories No. 32 page 604.
Date 12 Oct 1807

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