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Reports of Black people drawing rations at Preston, 1815. (Weekly reports)
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Named | Men| Women| Children| Named | Men| Women| Children|
Brought Forward| | 73| 69 | 105| Brought forward| 107| 97| 166|
Thomas Yetting | 1 | Jacob Lamb | 1
Bray Cooper | 1| 1| 6 | Geo. Wilson | 1 |
Robart Cooper | 1 | 1 | 6 | James Sparkes | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Maradad [Stanty?] | 1 | 1| 3| Willm Wilson | 1 |
General Taylor | 1 | 1 | 5| Moses Ball | 1 | 1 | 2 |
[Nilus?] Alexander| 1| Spencer Boyd | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Nim Carter | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ruben Walker | 1 |
James Luke |1 | 1 | Robt Young | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Lewis Caste |1| | 1 | Geo. Savage | 1 |
Isaac Pereins | 1 | 1| Charles Dunmore | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Jerry Patterson | 1| 1| 1 | Major Richardson | 1 | 1 |
Naith Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | Willm Mitchiel | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Charles Yetting | 1 | 1 | 3 | Richd Parron | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Perimus Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1 | Saml [James?] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Henry Quarey | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jas Bush | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Henry Clarke | 1 | 1 | Henry Woodhouse | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Naith Leach | 1 | 1 | 2 | Friday Bush | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Rhode [Callentiam?] | 1 | | 1 | Robt Bush | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gilbert [Hattins?] | 1 | 1 | 1 | John Nelson | 1 |
Gabriel Jones | 1 | 1 | 1 | [Suther?] Blair | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Mechiel Johnson | 1 | 1 | Richd Gross | 1 | 1 |
Henry Pele | 1 | 1 | 1 | Henry Gross | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Andw [Andrew] Williamson | 1 | 2 | 5 | Willm [Illegible] | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Wm Fisher | 1 | Joseph Glasgo [Glasgow?] | 1 | 1 |
Robartson | 1 | 1 | 2 | Thos Sanders | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Charles Smothers | 1 | Richd Henry | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rick Smothers | 1 | 1 | 8 | Geo Kirberry | 1 | 1 | 3 |
John Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | Anthony Hunnycutte | 1 | 1 | 1 "
Geo. More | 1 | 1 | Billy. Williamson | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Willm Williams | 1 | 1 | 3 | Travers Truction | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gabriel Johnson | 1 | Basil Crowd | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Willm Mcneath | 1 | 1 | 2 | Jacob Allen | 1 |
Willm Thomas | 1 | 1 | 2 | John Robartson | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Willm Robartson | 1 | Isaac Fletcher Sed| 1 | | 3 |

Carried over | 107 | 97 | 166 | Carried over | 141 | 128 | 211 |





Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 73

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