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Reports of Black people drawing rations at Preston, 1815. (Weekly reports)
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Reporte of People of Colour who drew rations in Preston from the 13th of Oct to the 19 1815 both day included

[column 1]
Mens Names - Men - Women - Children
Peter Claton 1 1 1
Pjerry Gurner 1 1 5
Robart Haynes 1
Nat Crawley 1 1 2
Leven Winder 1 1
Geo. Winder 1 1
Isaac Jones 1 1 4
Henry Staylor 1 1 1
Jat. Darling 1 1 2
Geo. Turner 1 1 1
Septimius Clarke 1 1 4
Jacob Claton 1 1 1
Stephen Johns 1 1 2
Rich'd Baley 1 1 1
Geo. Smith 1 1 4
Rich'd Grant 1
Jos'h Smith 1
Jacob Wise 1
Daniel Muse 1 1 1
Abram Brown 1 1 1
Philoman Hawkins 1
Hen'r Lee 1 1 4
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2
W'm Wise 1 1
Peremus Jackson 1 1 4
Joseph Cox 1 1 4
Geo' Brown 1 1 4
Nat'l Leyton 1 1 2
Rob't Flood 1
Isaac Rolions 1 1 1
Betsy Grass - 1 5
Jack Thompson 1 1 1
Watt Brown 1 1 1
Carried Over 33 27 58

[column 2]
Mens Names - Men - Women - Children
Broth Forward 33 27 58
James Seymore 1
James Slaughter 1 1 2
Tho'e Carter 1 1 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 1
Daniel Johnson 1 3
Geo. Perberry 1 1 2
Daniel Grass 1 1 3
Jerry Tage 1 1
Samuel Jones 1 1 2
Feilding Johnson 1 1 1
Jacob Hudling 1 1
Meshak Delawa 1 1
John Parker 1 1 3
Joseph Warren 1 1 1
W'm Bundy 1 1 2
W'm Ralph 1 1 1
Thedrick Henderson 1 1 1
Thomas Jordan 1 1 1
Jane Yurbet 1 1
William Homes 1
Samuel Johnson 1 1 2
Moses Wilson 1 1 3
Jn'o Roberts 1
William Brown 1
Samuel Turner 1
Solomon Gundy 1 1 3
Carried over 59 48 97
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Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 64

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