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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 16th. of February to the 22nd. 1815. both days included

Names Men Women Children

Jacob Allen 1 - -
Nel Alexander 1 1 -
Ben Bowers 1 1 1
Friday Bush 1 2 2
George Brown 1 1 4
henry Biskken 1 - -
Isaiah Buttler 1 1 1
Jacob Bush 1 1 3
Luke Bowers 1 1 1
[Mofas] Ball 1 1 2
Abrams Brown 1 1 1
Esaw Bowels 1 1 -
Robart Bush 1 1 2
Luther Blair 1 1 2
Spencer Boyd 1 1 4
William Barrett 1 - -
Richard Bailey 1 1 1
William Brown 1 - -
What Brown 1 1 1
William Bundy 1 2 1
Geo. Balem 1 - -
Henry Becket 1 1 5
James Burton 1 - -
"[illegible]" Collins 1 1 1
James Cooked 1 1 5
Lewis Connex 1 1 2
Jacob Claton 1 1 1
Nat Crawley 1 1 2
Peter Claton 1 1 1
Bray Cooper 3 - 1
Pter Craney 1 - -
Septimus Clarke 1 1 4
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2
Thomas Cartie 1 1 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 1

Carried Over 37 29 52

Names Men Women Children

Brought forward 37 29 52

Colonel Cooper 1 - -
Joseph Cox 1 1 2
Henry Clarke 1 1 -
Joe Cooper 1 1 1
Silvy Claton - 1 -
[Junior] Cotts 1 - -
Thomas Dine 1 1 2
James Dawson 1 1 2
[Meshah] Delawar 1 1 -
Daniel Driger 1 1 1
Charles Dunsmore 1 2 2
William Dear 1 1 -
Peter Duncan 1 1 2
Peter Duncan 2nd 1 - -
"[illegible]" Elson 1 1 -
Peter Emerson 1 1 -
Samuel Evens 1 2 -
Robert Flood 1 1 -
William Fisher 1 - -
Isaac Fletcher son 1 - 3
Isaac Fletcher jun 1 - -
Jn Floyd 1 2 2
Jerry Gardner 1 1 5
Richard Grant 1 1 5
Daniel Fross 1 2 3
Solomon Gundy 1 1 3
George Givson 1 - -
[Ins?] Gardner 1 1 3
Henry Gross 1 2 5
Richard Gross 1 1 -
William Greens 1 - -
Joseph Glasge 1 1 -
John Gregory 1 - -

Carried over 70 58 93


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 86

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