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

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Record #275 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) George
Name of Slaveholder Mary Messick
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AI32
Page 253
Date 13 March 1816
Conditions To Be Free to be freed at death of Mary Messick
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person slaves willed to her by father Elihu Messick of Somerset Co. Md

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