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Weekly ration reports, Preston, from 5 January to 1 August 1816
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Report of People of Colour who drew rations in Preston from
the 12th to the 18th January 1816 both days Included

Names - Men - Women - Children
Philip Alexander - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Ben Bowers - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
Friday Bush - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Geo.[Geoff?] Brown - 1(M) - 1(W) - 4(C)
Henry Bisker - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
Isaiah Butler - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
James Bush - 1(M) - 1(W) - 3(C)
Luke Bowers - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
Moses Ball - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Abram Brown - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
Esau Bowels[Bowers?] - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Rob Bush - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Suther [Luther?] Blair - 1(M) - 2(W) - 1(C)
Spencer Boyd - 1(M) - 1(W) - 4(C)
Sam Burret - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
William Brown - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
William Bundy - 1(M) - 2(W) - 1(C)
Geo.[Geoff?] Balem - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
John Burton - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
John Collins - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
[Jack?][John?] Cooke - 1(M) - 1(W) - 5(C)
Lewis Conner - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Jacob Claton - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
[Mat?][Nat?] Crawley - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Bray Cooper - 2(M) - 0(W) - 1(C)
Peter Craney - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
Septimus Clarke - 1(M) - 1(W) - 4(C)
Solomon Crawley - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Thomas Carter - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
Daniel Claton - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
Colonel Cooper - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Joseph Cox - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Rob Cooper - 3(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Henry Clarke - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Joe Cooper - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
[illegible] Claton - 0(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
John Cots - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
Thomas Dine - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
James Downin - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Meshak Delawar - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Daniel Driger - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
Charles Dunmore - 1(M) - 2(W) - 2(C)
William Dear - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Peter Duncan - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Peter Duncan 2nd - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
John Elson - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Sam Evens - 1(M) - 2(W) - 0(C)
Robert Flood - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
William Fisher - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
Isaac Fletcher - 1(M) - 0(W) - 3(C)
Isaac Fletcher Jr - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
John Floyd - 1(M) - 2(W) - 2(C)
Jerry Garner - 1(M) - 1(W) - 5(C)
Rich Grant - 1(M) - 1(W) - 5(C)
Daniel Grofs - 1(M) - 1(W) - 3(C)
Solomon Gundy - 1(M) - 1(W) - 3(C)
Geo[Geoff?] Gibson - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
John Garner - 1(M) - 2(W) - 3(C)
Henry Grofs - 1(M) - 1(W) - 2(C)
Rich Grofs - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
William Greeno - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
Joe Glasgo - 1(M) - 1(W) - 0(C)
Robert Glasgo - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
John Grigory - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
Aaron Grant - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
Alexander Grant - 1(M) - 2(W) - 0(C)
William Gilmore - 1(M) - 1(W) - 1(C)
Robert Haynes - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)
Philimon Hawkins - 1(M) - 0(W) - 0(C)


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 81

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