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

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Record #3761 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 13:121
Date of Will (Written) 1/29/1858
Probate Date 10/8/18585
Name of Deceased/Testator Ebenezer Welch
Heirs/Legatee Negro woman Caroline and her children
Abstract lot of land containing 2 acres on Herring Branch, a NE course from my dwellling and near to and adjoining the division line between my lands and Doctor John Frazier, if she dies then land to children living at that time, before or after the making of this will. The negroes to receive the land on 1/1 after my decease. They shall not sell any land without first offering to nephew Thomas A. Jacobs.

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