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

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Record #680 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Jacob
Name of Slaveholder Samuel Paynter Jr. of Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume Q16
Page 359
Date 20 Aug 1802
Conditions To Be Free to be free after term of 4 yrs from 1 Oct
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 27 yo. To be known as Jacob Paynter

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