I would guess that is simply a physical description to distinguish between the two lads both of whom are named Henry--Mick Nicholls

Michael L. Nicholls
Professor of History, Emeritus
Dept. of History
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-0710

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On Feb 17, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Douglas Burnett wrote:

> 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
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