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Record #3789 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	John C. Groome, Jr - young friend
Abstract	negro boy George about 11 and now living with Mrs. Eliza Merrit he is 24 and then set free

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