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

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Record #18 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Nancy, her daughters Anna & Mariah
Name of Slaveholder John Fowler
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned James Stayton of Nanticoke Hundred, admin of William Stayton, dec'd
Volume X22
Page 68
Date
Conditions To Be Free $100 paid to Stayton by Fowler. Nancy to serve term of 7 yrs then to be free. Anna & Mariah tbf at 25 yo.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Nancy 20 yo. Anna, Nancy's eldest daughter 4 yo last December. Mariah 2 yo last Oct.

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