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

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Record #258 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name Tempe or Tempy (mother of Tom and Davy and John Cole)
Slaveowner James Steele Mary N Steele to James B Steele
Date of Birth 1801
Manumitted
Reference Source 1801 Inv 1836 Will
Content Age 4 months. Mary leaves Tempy and her youngest son Tom in her Will to son James B. Steele.
Other Notes Davy is left to Henry M Steele in Will.

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