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Report of People of colour who drew rations in Preston from the 26th of January to the 1st February 1816 both days Included.
Name. Men Women children Name Men women children
Jacob Allen 1 Brought Forward 39 29 55
Nelus Alexander 1 Joseph Coe 1 1 2
Philip Alexander 1 Henry Clarke 1 1
Ben Bowers 1 1 1 Nim Carter 1 1 4
Friday Bush 1 1 2 Joseph Cooper 1 1 1
[Geo.?] Brown 1 1 4 [Silvy?] Claton 1
Henry Bisker 1 [Jni?] Cots 1
Isaiah Butter 1 1 1 Thomas Dine 1 1 2
James Bush 1 1 3 James Downin 1 1 2
Luke Bowers 1 1 1 Meshak Delawar 1 1
Moses Bath 1 1 2 Daniel Driger 1 1 1
Abram Brown 1 1 1 Charles Dunmore 1 2 2
[Eaio?] Bowels 1 1 William Dear 1 1
Robert Bush 1 1 2 Peter Duncan 2 1 2
[Suther?] Blair 1 1 2 John Elson 1 1
Spencer Boyd 1 1 4 [Lame?] Evens 1 2
William Barrett 1 Robert Flood 1 1
Rich Baley 1 1 1 William Fisher 1
William Brown 1 Isaac Fletcher 1 3
What Brown 1 1 1 Isaac Fletcher Jun 1
Wm Bundy 1 2 1 John Floyd 1 2 2
[Geo?] Balem 1 Jerry Gardner 1 1 5
Henry Becket 1 1 5 Rich Grant 1 1 5
James Burton 1 Daniel [Gnofs?] 1 2 3
[Basiel?] [Crond?] 1 1 3 Solomon Gunday 1 1 3
Jn Collins 1 1 1 Geo Gibson 1
James Cooke 1 1 5 John Gardner 1 1 3
Lewis Conner 1 1 2 Henry [Gnofs?] 1 1 2
Jacob Claton 1 1 1 Rich [Gnofs?] 1 1
Nat Crawley 1 1 2 Wiliam Greens 1
Peter Claton 1 1 1 Joseph Glasgo 1 1
Bray Cooper 2 1 Robart Glasgo 1
Peter [Craney?] 1 [Jn?] Gregory 1
Septimus Clarke 1 1 4 Aaron Grant 1
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2 Alexander Grant 1 2 2
Thomas Carter 1 1 1 Wm Gilmore 1 1 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 1 [Robt?] Haynes 1
Colonel Cooper 1 1 {Thilimom?] Hawkins 1
Carried O|ver 39 29 55 Carried Over 76 60 100
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 83
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