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

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Record #3699 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 13:34
Date of Will (Written) 1/11/1855
Probate Date 1/30/1855
Name of Deceased/Testator John Fletcher Ringgold
Heirs/Legatee Sarah Catharine H. Ringgold - wife
Abstract my negro man Jeremiah Taylor and negro girl Mary, slaves which I obtained by my marriage with her; also my negro woman Lavinia Bright, a slave for life and which I purchased of James W. Phillips. All remaining negroes to my children (John Edward Ringgold, Mary Rebecca Ringgold & unborn child).

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