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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
Volume 200, Volume 4, Page 178   View pdf image (33K)
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178 HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
may be due him at the time of his death, to be equally divided,
share and share alike, between the negroes manumitted by the
succeeding clause of his will, and the same paid over to them
severally, at such times and in such sums as the trustee named
in the will shall deem proper.
"Fifth. It is my will and desire that my eight negroes, to
wit: Old John, Kate, Daniel, Mary, Hannah, Henry, Ann, and
Nancy, shall be free immediately after my death."
"Sixth. I give and devise to my friend William Rea, of
Cambridge, his heirs and assigns forever, my plantation where-
on I now live, and all the lands thereto belonging, (except one
acre where my dear wife is buried, which I wish always kept
sacred as a burial ground,) upon trust that the said plantation
shall be rented out by him, and the rents and profits received
by him and paid over to my negro boy Daniel, or his written
order, attested by some justice of the peace. I also devise to
William Rea, his heirs and assigns, all the land that I pur-
chased of Francis H. Waters and George Robertson and wife,
that lie eastward of a line drawn north by west across said
land, beginning at the lane between my land and Jacob Wilson's,
where my cross fence joins said land; from thence running that
line until it intersects the line between my land and Thomas
Smoot's land. I also give to William Bea all my right to that
tract of land called "Expectation," surveyed by me and Thom-
as Smoot, lying at Crotchett's Ferry, all which lands are given
and devised to William Rea, in trust, to be by him rented out,
and the rents and profits received by him, and paid over annu-
ally to my negro boy Daniel, or his order, attested by some
justice of the peace."
"Seventh. I give and devise to William Rea, his heirs and.
assigns, all the residue of the lands I purchased of Francis H.
Waters and George Robertson and wife, (which I have not
already devised to William Rea in trust for my negro boy Dan-
iel.) Also, all the lands I purchased from Thomas Birely and
wife, I devise to William Rea and his heirs, all in trust, to be
rented out by him and annually paid to my negro boy Henry,
or his order, attested by some justice of the peace."

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