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

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Record #257 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Daniel
Name of Slaveholder John Mitchell, Stanton Adkins, Abegail Mitchell, Jacob Fruman?, Betty Mitchell
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned William Clayton Mitchell, dec'd (died intestate)
Volume AH31
Page 327
Date 12 Aug 1814
Conditions To Be Free freed now
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 30 yo. John Mitchell & Stanton Atkins who married daughter of William Clayton Mitchell, Abigail Mitchell & Janet Freeman married daughter of William Clayton Mitchell & Betty Mitchell (widow of William Clayton Mitchell dec'd), heirs of dec'd., manumit Daniel.

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