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

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Record #405 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Bartholomew & Gillis Stayton
Name of Slaveholder Jonathan B. Phillips
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Samuel & Richard Phillips, dec'd?
Volume AN36
Page 355
Date 1 Sept 1824
Conditions To Be Free Bartholomew to be free 18 Dec 1837. Gillis Stayton tbf 2 Feb 1840. They will be 28 yo then.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person They were willed to Phillips & Samuel Phillips by their father Richard Phillips & by will of Samuel Phillips.

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