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

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Record #739 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio E5:131
Date (Signed) 6/21/1794
Date (Probate) 9/12/1797
Deceased Bethuel Wattson, Senior, farmer of Cedar Creek Hundred
Heirs Negro woman (unnamed)
Abstract that my Negro woman may live to become a charge and my desire is that she be supported by all my heirs

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