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They Bequeathed the Enslaved

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Ann Eliza ‘Nancy’ White (aft.1776 - 1847)
Ann Eliza Peyton , daughter of Craven Peyton and Ann West, was born in Loudon County, Virginia, sometime between 1776 when her Uncle Thomas West wrote his Will and 1780 when her father wrote his. She ...
Source: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111701831/person/430099167731/facts

Dr. Samuel Scott Starnes, I (1786 - 1841)
Biography Dr. Samuel Scott Starnes was born on July 4, 1786, in Columbia, Georgia, United States, Columbia County, Georgia, United States. His parents were Ebenezer Stearns and Anna Stearns (Fields) ...
Margaret Bayley (1683 - 1736)
Will or Deed of Gift, Pasquotank Co. NC==Where as Margret Baley mother to Mrs. Margret Needham by her last will and testament did apint ye sd Mrs Margret Needham ye daughter of ye sd Mrs Margret Baley ...
No machine-readable author provided. Weson assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons

Joseph Martin, I (1723 - 1805)
Need BigY700 test please join if you are a direct Martin - Martin Surname Project. Group 08 - Hap'group R1a - Recently discovered not all participants of the Martin Surname Y-DNA Study are direct-line ...
Source: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111701831/person/430158597727/facts

William Bingham, Esquire (1752 - 1804)
An American statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and served in the United States Senate from 1795 to 1801. He...

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I have created a project called "Left in a Will" but am having difficulty getting it off the ground, so to speak. I think a project listing profiles of people who LEFT a slave in a will may be easier and may help get the other one going. I am trying to find my own enslaved ancestor(s) and hope to help others to do the same

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