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

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Record #3714 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 13:80
Date of Will (Written) 8/13/1856
Probate Date 5/12/1857
Name of Deceased/Testator Richard T. Boyer
Heirs/Legatee Sophia Boyer - wife
Abstract my negro boy named Lewis and my negro woman Amanda, both slaves for life. Also my negro man named Emory to serve four years from date of this my will and at the expiration of said seven years, I manumit.

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