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Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 Prince George's Inventories 1790-1815 vol 1. page 104
James Swann Inventory, Feb 14, 1805 £1762.00
Appraisers: John Baden, James Naylor
Negroes; John, Thomas, Stephen, Mordecai, Cate, Nel, Ann, Charity, James, Priss, Sam and Pegg
Administrator; George N. Thomas
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1790 Charles County, Maryland Will Book AK-11 Part 1 [TLC]; Page 5.
James Thomas Sr's Will & Codicil.
I, James Thomas, CC, am infirm of body but of sound mind and memory. Firstly, I want my just debts paid.
To my eldest son, James Thomas - a tract of land called Thomas' Discovery, and a tract called Thomas' discovery enlarged, and a Negro man named John.
To my son Alexander Thomas - 1 heifer.
To my granddaughter Sophania Thomas, daughter of Alexander Thomas - a Negro boy named Thomas.
To my son Thomas Thomas - a Negro woman named Ann, a Negro boy named Henry, a Negro child named Lucy.
To my daughter Elizabeth Baden - a Negro woman named Rebecca, a Negro woman named Lucy, a Negro boy named Isaac.
To my son-in-law John Baden - a Negro lad named Benjamin, in consideration that sd John Baden pays 50 £without interest, to my daughter Eleanor Davis, at 2 payments, half within 1 year after my death, the rest within 2 years after my death. If sd John Baden refuses to take legacy, then my executor shall sell the lad named Benjamin, and pay the money to my sd daughter, Eleanor Davis.
To my grandson, John Haggett Thomas - a Negro lad named Charles.
To my granddaughter Mary Thomas, daughter of James Thomas - a Negro girl named Priscilla.
To my afd son James Thomas - the rest of my estate.
executor: my son James Thomas,
Signed Aug 31, 1786 - James Thomas.
Wit - Jeremiah Gibbons, William Turner, Joseph Barker.
Codicil. I, James Thomas of CC, confirm this, my this codicil.
To my granddaughter Lettice Eleanor Thomas - a Negro girl called Rachael.
Signed Apr 19, 1790 - James Thomas.
Wit - Jeremiah Gibbon, John Vain Jr, Joseph Barker.
Probated on Jan 10, 1791 by executor James Thomas Jr and by the oaths of witnesses Jeremiah Gibbins, William Turner, & Joseph Barker.
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