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

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Record #3787 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 13:218
Date of Will (Written) 8/18/1855
Probate Date 12/11/1862
Name of Deceased/Testator Samuel Kerr
Heirs/Legatee Clara A. Pearce & Adeline K. Merrit - niece
Abstract negro woman Willie for 3 years and then set free. They charged with support of his afflicted negro girl Maria now about 3, the child of my said Willie until she is 25 and then free.

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