Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition
"Return of the black American refugees residing at Hammonds Plains"
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| 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 | |
| Robert Cooper | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Lewis Stewband | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Danl Goffigan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Jesse Carter | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| William Griffin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Robert Grant | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mark Young | 1 | 2 | Trinidad | |||||||
| Jos McClew | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| April Cooper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Trinidad | |||||
| March Cooper | 1 | Trinidad | ||||||||
| July Cooper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Ruban Wiley | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Deal Wiley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Quashy Cooper Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Josh Wiley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Henry Hamilton | 1 | |||||||||
| Patk Bailey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Gabriel Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Cesar Wiley | 1 | Trinidad | ||||||||
| John Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| William Marshman | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Jeffrey Howe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| Sampson Butler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Gabriel Manigo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| John Brown | 1 | |||||||||
| ___ | ||||||||||
| Total | 464 | |||||||||
| Wally Wiley | 1 | Trinidad | ||||||||
| La Fortune | 1 | Trinidad | ||||||||
| George Rantham | 1 | Trinidad | ||||||||
| Rose Rushley | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| ___ | ||||||||||
| Total | 469 |
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)