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Reports of Black people drawing rations at Preston, 1815. (Weekly reports)
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Return of People of Colour in Preston from the 3rd to the 9th of November 1815 both days included

Mens Names Men Women Children
Peter Claton 1 1 1
Jerry Gamer 1 1 5
[Rabt?] Hynes 1 0 0
[Nat.?] Crawley 1 1 2
[Leven?] [Winder?] 1 1 0
Isaac Jones 1 1 4
Henry [Bisker?] 1 0 0
Henry Taylor 1 1 1
James Darling 1 1 2
George [Tumbler?] 1 1 1
Septimus Clark 1 1 4
Jacob Claton 1 1 1
Stephen Johns 1 1 2
Richard Bailey 1 1 1
George Smith 1 1 4
Richard Grant 1 1 5
Joseph Smith 1 0 0
Jacob Wise 1 0 0
Daniel Muse 1 1 1
Abram Brown 1 1 1
Philimon [Hoskins?] 1 0 0
Henry Lee 1 1 4
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2
Wm,, Wise 1 1 0
Joseph Cox 1 1 4
Geo. Brown 1 1 4
[Nat.?] [Seyton?] 1 1 2
[Robt..?] [Flnad?] 1 0 0
Isaac [Rolins?] 1 1 1
Jack Thompson 1 1 1
Geo [Winder?] 1 1 1
[Walt?] Brown 1 1 1

Carried forward 32 26 55

Mens Names Men Women Children
[Brot..?] forward 32 26 55
James Seymour 1 0 0
James Slaughter 1 1 2
Thomas Carter 1 1 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 1
Daniel Johnson 1 1 3
Geo. Fielding 1 1 2
Daniel [Grofs?] 1 1 3
Jerry Page 1 1 0
Samuel James 1 1 2
Fielding Johnson 1 1 1
Jacob [Hudling?] 1 1 0
[Neshak?] [Delewa?] 1 1 0
[Jnr.?] Parker 1 1 3
Joseph Warren 1 1 1
William Bundy 1 1 2
William Ralph 1 2 1
[Thidrick?] Henderson 1 1 1
Thomas Jordan 1 1 1
Jane [Yerbert?] 0 1 1
[Jno.?] Robarts 1 0 0
Wm.. Holmes 1 0 0
Samuel Johnson 1 1 2
Moses [Wikson] 1 1 3
Cesar Johnson 1 1 6
Wm.. Brown 1 0 0
Saml.. Turner 1 1 1
Solomon Gundy 1 1 3
Ben. Johnson 1 1 0
Sarah [Orsbern?] 0 1 0
Henry Becket 1 0 0
[Danl..?] [Doiger?] 1 1 0

Carried over 61 53 95

[written at top of page] 67.
[numeric entries of " in the table entered as 0]


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 67

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