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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 19th , to the 26th July 1816 to this days included

Names Men Women Children
Jacob Allen 1 2
Isaac Anderson 1 1 3
Nyles Alexander 1 1 1
Phillip Alexander 1 1
Ben Bowers 1 1 1
Luke Bowers 1 1
Friday Bush 1 2 2
George Brown 1 1 4
James Bush 1 1 3
Robart Bush 1 1 2
Henry Bisker 1 1
Isaiah Butler 1 1 3
Mofer Ball 1 1 2
Thomas Binksling 1
Abram Brown 1 1 1
E Bowels 1 1 1
Luther Blair 1 1 2
Spencer Boyd 1 1 6
Richard Bailey 1 1 1
William Brown 1
Wyatt Brown 1 1 1
William Bundy 1 3
George Balim 1
Henry Becket 2 1 5
James Burton 1
Samuel Biddle 1
Arthur Bradley 1 1 1
Peter (Buing?) 1 3 2
Ann Bradford 1 2
Kitty Butler 1
Tobias Brace 1 1 3
Thomas Carter 2 1 1
Royal Carter 1 2 2
Baril 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 Crowley 1 1 3
Bray Cooper 3
Peter Graney 1
(Septim?) Clark 1 1 4
Solomon Craverley 1 1 3
Daniel Claton 1 1 2
Joseph Cox 1 1 4
Carried forward 48 46 74

Names Men Women Children
Carried over 48 46 74
Henry Clarke 1 2
Nim Carter 1 1 3
Robert Courser 1 1
[Lihy?] Claton 1 1 2
John Coatts 1
Lewis Carte 1 1 1
Charles Cephas 1 1 6
Peter Claton 1 1 1
Thomas Dine 1 1 3
James Downin 1 1 2
Joseph Delane 1 1 3
Misha[h] Delawar 1 1
Daniel Driger 1 2 1
Charles Dunmore 1 1 2
William Dear 1 1
Peter Duncan 1 1 2
Peter Duncan 2nd 1
[Zinah] Davis 1 1





Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 107

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