Will record for Peter Hambrough, 1815

Description: The following text is found on pages 69-70 in Will Book A, a record of wills filed in Knox County, Indiana from 1806-1852. The book is held at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House.“I will that my indented Servant Jenny serve my wife (Elizabeth) during her natural life and at her death to have her freedom.”
Origin: 1815
Contributor(s): Hambrough, Peter; Hambrough, Elizabeth; Jenny;
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/43334
Collection: Knox County Public Library
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright: No Copyright - United States
Geography: Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States
Subjects: Black people -- America -- History
African Americans -- History
Black people -- History
Slave records
Slave labor
Slavery
Slaveholders
Enslaved women
Enslaved men
Slavery -- Law and legislation
Indentured servants
Indiana -- Northwest
Indiana -- History
Vincennes (Ind.)
Knox County (Ind.)

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