Nova Scotia Archives

African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition

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Return of the Black American Refugees residing at Hammonds Plains

	Names	Women	Males Under 7 yrs. of age	Do. Under 14 yrs. of age	Do. Above 14 yrs. of age	Females Under 7 yrs. of age	Do. Under 14 yrs. of age	Do. Above 14 yrs. of age	Total	Names of those desirous of going to Trinidad
	Parry Brown	1		1		2			5
	Richard Fitzhue	1		3		3	1		9
	John Butler	1		1					3
	Simeon *Cochran	1							2
	John Tyson	1	2						4
	Henry King	1		1					3	Trinidad
	William Palmer	1					1		3
	Isaac Butler	1	1	1	1			1	6
d	Francis Butler	1				4			6
a	Willm Days	1				2			4
o	Charles Stewart	1	1			1			4
R	George *Gingham	1	1	2	4				9	Trinidad
	John Carolina								1	Trinidad
d	Joseph Davis	1	2			1			5
l	Hector Butler	1	1			2			5
O	Joseph Butler	1	2						4	Trinidad
	Kato Lee	1	1			1			4
	George Butler	1	2						4
	Simpson Fox	1						1	3
	York Forrester	1							2	Trinidad
	Joseph Pencil								1

d	Aplo Solmit	1	2						4
a	Charles Arnold	1			1		1	1	5
o	Abr. Butler	1						1	3
R	George Tailor	1	2						4
	Brister Mot	1			1				3
s	Dom De Broker	1	1				2	1	6
i	John Newton	1							2
l	John Hamilton 2d	1		1					3
o	Antwine Goodry	1							2	Trinidad
p	Dolly Lee				1	1		4	1
a	Jubah Wallace				1			1	3
n	Andw Smith	1	1				1		4
n	Hope Maxwell
A	James Sanders	1	2						5
	Brister Webb	1							2	Trinidad
	Aplo Pier	1							2	Trinidad
	John Grigaw	1							2	Trinidad
	John Mersy	1							2
								Total	143	arrived for

This return gives detailed information about family makeup. It also lists the families who expressed an interest in moving to Trinidad.

Date: [1820?]

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 19 (microfilm 15463)