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

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Record #2142 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Caroline
Liber:Folio JR C:421
Date of Will (Written) 3/3/1815
Probate Date 2/16/1821
Name of Deceased/Testator Rachel Rhodes, widow of Henry Rhodes
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract all testatrix's slaves to be free at her decease. Nancy and Esther to have 1 feather bed and furniture and one cow and calf

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