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List of Black Refugees who are wishing to settle on lands at Preston
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List of Black Refugees who are desiring of settling upon Lands at Preston
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Names Age N# of Family
George Winder 38 Wife 1 Child
Moses Wilson 38 Wife 5
Stephen [Crinay] 40 do 4
James Gore 24 do
Galand Jones 55 do 1
Southy Floyd 26 do 1
Henry Woodhouse 25
Samuel Biddle 23
Henry Clark 34
Garnet Jones 55
Randall [Pastell?] 30
Nelson Winder 24
Robert Moons Sr 47 Wife & 6
William Thomas 50
John Nelson 34 Wife
John Rogers 40
Benjamin Bowers 30 Wife & 1 Child
Southey Blair 35
Primus Mitchel 25 Wife & 4
Henry Upshaw 40 Wife & 2
Jeffery Butler 30 Wife & 3
Will Bundy 40 Wife & 3
Cato Butler 18 Mother & Child
James Johnson 25 Wife


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 74

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