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

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Record #92 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Hess Jones
Name of Slaveholder Isaac Jones attorney for sister Hannah Jones (both in Ohio)
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AC26
Page 405
Date 17 Oct 1807
Conditions To Be Free to be free after 17 Oct 1818
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 16 yo. To be known as Hess Jones.

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