Category: Transfer of Slave
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Probate File Christopher Vandegrift 1816-1819
In the Name of God Amen I Christopher Vandegrift of St Georges Hundred and County of New Castle in the State of Delaware the third Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Seven and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die Therefore Do make…
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Probate File John Melson 1822-1825
John Melson’s Last Will Recorded in Libra G Jany 28th 1822 In the name of God amen I John Melson of Sussex County in the State of Delaware Being in perfect mind and Memory praise to the preserver of my Life and calling to mind the uncertainty of this mortal life and that is Appointed…
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Manumission Negro William from George Toppin Jr. 1820
Know All Men by these presents that I George Toppin Junr. Of Red Lion hundred and County of New Castle in the State of Delaware Farmer for divers causes and considerations and hereunto moving towards the following named Negro Man have Manumitted released and forever discharge from slavery the said Negro Man named William Aged…
