1896-044, Heirs of Mary Taylor, etc. vs. Exrs of Elizabeth Drinker, etc.:

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The judge, at the request of the plaintiffs, overruled a 1858 will that directed slaves to be emancipated and instead sold them but instructed that the slave families not be split up. Depositions reference Union and Confederate factions in Winchester during the Civil War.

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