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Report of People of Color who drew rations in Preston from the 8th to the 14th- March 1816 both days included- Viz (?)
Names Men Women Children
Jacob Allen 1 2
Phillip Alexander 1 1
Benjamin Bowers 1 1 1
Friday Bush 1 2 2
George Brown 1 1 4
Henry Bisker 1
Isaiah Butter 1 1 1
James Bush 1 1 3
Luke Bowers 1 1 1
Myles Ball 1 1 2
Abram Brown 1 1 1
[illegible] Bowels 1 1
Robart Burk 1 1 2
Suther Blair 1 1 2
Spencer Boyd 1 1 4
Richard Bailey 1 1 1
William Brown 1
What Brown 1 1 1
William Bundy 1 2 1
George Balim 1
Henry Becket 2 1 4
James Burton 1
Royal Carter 1 1 1
Bariel Croud 1 1 3
John Collins 1 1 1
James Cooke 1 1 1
Lewis Connor 1 1 2
Jacob Claton 1 1 1
Nat Crawley 1 1 3
Peter Claton 1 1 1
Brory Cooper 3 1
Peter Cranry 1
Septinnus Clarke 1 1 4
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2
Thomas Carter 1 1 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 1
Colonel Cooper 1
Joseph Cox 1 1 3
Caried over 41 34 55
SECOND COLUMN
Names men women children
brought forward 41 34 55
Henry Clarke 1 1
Joseph Cooper 1
Silvy Claton 1 1
John Cotts 1
Thomas Dine 1 1 2
James Downin 1 1 2
Mishak Delawar 1 1
Daniel Driger 1 1 1
Charles Dunmore 1 2 2
William Dear 1 1
Peter Duncan 1 1 2
Peter Duncan 2nd 1 1
John Elson 1 1
Peter Emerson 1 1
Samuel Evans 1 2
Benjamin Fuller 1 1 3
Robart Flood 1 1
William Fisher 1
Isaac Fletcher son 1 " 3
Isaac Fletcher juse 1
John Floyd 1 2 2
Jerry Gardner 1 1 5
Richard Grant 1 1 5
Daniel Grofs 1 2 5
Solomon Gunday 1 1 3
George Gibson 1 1
John Gardner 1 1 3
Henry Grofs 1 2 5
Richard Grofs 1
William Greene 1 1 1
Joseph Glango 1 1
Robart Glango 1
John Grigory 1
Aaron Grant 1
Alexander Grant 1 4 2
William Gilmore 1 1 1
Peter Gofagon 1
carried over 77 69 100
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 89
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