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

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Record #890 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio F6:55
Date (Signed) 5/3/1794
Date (Probate) 12/3/1801
Deceased James Pettyjohn
Heirs Negroes: Negro man Lidge, his wife Rachel, Negro woman Hannah the elder
Abstract Sixty acres to be laid off for the ue of my three Negros. Same Negroes to be set free at my death

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