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Subject:
Language in 1808 Va Will
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Douglas Burnett <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:24:19 -0500
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I am catching up on transcribing some wills and have run across this
language for the first time:

"3rdly I give to my son *Thomas *one negro boy by the name of

*Henry* (a black boy) to him and his heirs or assigns forever

4thly I give to my son *Charles Washington *one negro boy by the

name of *Henry * (a yellow boy) to him and his heirs or assigns

forever"

Does anyone understand the differentiation between the "black boy" and the
"yellow boy"?

Am I trying to read to much into this and it is in fact just a physical
description of the coloring?


-- 
Douglas Burnett
Satellite Beach
FL
As a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the
National Genealogical Society (NGS), the Florida State Genealogical
Society(FSGS) and the Virginia Genealogical  Society(VGS), I support and
adhere to the APG's Code of Ethics.

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