"I will that two average hands be set apart to remain on the farm (willed to his children) for their benefit until one of them shall marry or provide a good home otherwise. I then desire one of the negroes sold and when two of them shall marry or provide themselves with other homes, I then desire that both the negroes be sold by my Executor in the following manner at public or private sale as they may think best and I desire that they may be purchased by my legatees but in no event re they to be sold to a Negro Trader and if my legatees will not buy them, I desire they be sold to some good humane master who will keep them in this County and when the negroes above spoken of shall be disposed of, I will the proceeds equally divided amongst my children..."
Date(s) of Creation
6/7/1847
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Unidentified Slaves
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Embry, Henry, Embry, Benjamin, Munford, & Elizabeth M. bequeathed slave by William Embry
