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Weekly ration reports, Preston, from 5 January to 1 August 1816
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Report of the people of colour who drew rations in Preston from the 5th to the 11th of July 1816 both days included
Men Women Children
Jacob Allen 1 2
Isaac Anderson 1 1 3
Nelus Allexander 1 1 1
Phillip Allexander 1 1
Benjamin Bowers 1 1 1
Friday Burk 1 2 2
James Burk 1 1 3
Robert Burk 1 1 2
George Brown 1 1 4
Henry Birker 1 1 "
Isaach Buttler 1 1 3
Mofes[Moses] Ball 1 1 2
Thomas Binkling 1
Abram Brown 1 1 1
Esau Bowels 1 1 1
Luther Blair 1 1 2
Spencer Boyd 1 1 6
Richard Bailey 1 1 1
William Brown 1
Whatt Brown 1 1 1
William Bundy 1 3 1
George Balim 1
Henry Becket 2 1 5
James Burton 1
Samuel Biddle 1 1 2
Arthur Bradley 1 1 1
Peter Being 1 3 2
Arm Bradford 1 2
Kitty Buttler 1
Tobias Brare 1 1 3
Thomas Carter 2 1 1
Royal Carter 1 2 2
Bassil Crowd 1 1 3
John Collins 2 2 1
James Chooke 1 1 2
Lewis Conner 1 1 2
Jacob Claton 1 1 1
Natt Crawley 1 1 3
Bray Cooper 3 " "
Peter Craney 1
[Name?] Clarke 1 1 4
Carried Forward 44 43 67
Brought Forward 44 43 67
Solomon Crawley 1 1 3
Daniel Claton 1 1 2
Jofsfh [Joseph]Cox 1 1 4
Henry Clarke 1 2
Nim Carter 1 1 2
Robart Cowser 1 1
Liby Clatin 1 2
John Coats 1
Lewis Caste 1 1 1
Charles Cphas 1 1 6
Peter Claton 1 1 1
Thomas Dine 1 1 3
James Dawnin 1 1 2
Jofeph [Joseph] Delane 1 1 3
Meshak Delawar
Daniel Driger
Charles Dunmore
William Dear
Peter Duncan
Peter Duncan 2nd
Rinah Davis
John Elson
Peter Emmerson
Lamuel Evens
Ben Fuller
Robart Flood
William Fisher
Isaac Fletcher
Isaac Fletcher Jr
Thomas Farmer
John Floyd
Adam Green
Jerry Gardner
Richard Grant
Daniel Grofs [Gross]
Solomon Gundy
George Gibson
John Gardner
Henry Grofs [Gross]
William Greeno
Jofefh [Joseph] Glasgo
Carried over


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 105

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