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Reports of Black people drawing rations at Preston, 1815. (Weekly reports)
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66
- Reporte of People of Colour who Drew rations in Preston
from the 27th of Oct to the 2nd of Nov 1815 both days included

Names Men Women Children

Peter Claton 1 1 1

Jenny Gardner 1 1 5

Nat Crawley 1 1 2

Lensen Winder 1 1 -

Geo Winder 1 1 1

Isaac Jones 1 1 4

Henry Bisher 1 - -

Henry Taylor 1 1 1

James Downnin 1 1 2

Geo Turner 1 1 1

[Steftemus?] Clarke 1 1 4

Jacob Claton 1 1 1

Stephen Johns 1 1 2

[Rich?] Bailey 1 1 1

Geo Smith 1 1 4

Richard Grant 1 1 5

Joseph Smith 1

Jacob Muse 1

[Dan?] Muse 1 1 1

Abram Brown 1 1 1

Philinson Hawkins 1

Henry Leo 1 1 4

[Lobman?] Crawley 1 1 2

Willson Wise 1 2

Joseph Cox 1 1 4

George Brown 1 1 4

[Nate?] [Sexton?] 1 1 3

[Robert?] Flood 1 1 -

Isaac [Bolins?] 1 1 1

Jack Thompson 1 1 1

What Brown 1 1 1

James Haughter 1 1 2

Thomas Carter 1 1 1

Daniel Claton 1 1 1

Carried over 34 31 60


Names Men Women Children

Brought forward 34 31 60

Daniel Johnson 1 1 3

Daniel Grofs 1 1 3

Jerry Page 1 1 -

Samuel Jones 1 1 2

Feilding Johnson 1 1 1

Jacob Hudling 1 1 -

Meshak Delewa 1 1 -

John Parker 1 1 3

Joseph Warren 1 1 1

[Willson?] Bundy 1 2 1

[Willson?] Ralph 1 2 1

Shedrick Henderson 1 1 1
Jane Gerbet 1 1

John Roberts 1 1

[William?] Homes 1

Sam C Johnson 1 1 2

Moses Wilson 1 1 3

Cesar Johnson 1 1 6

[William?] Brown 1 -

Sam L Turner 1 1 1

Solomon Gundy 1 1 3

[Ben?] Johnson 1 1 -
Sarah Osborn 1

Henry Becket 1 1 4

Daniel Drigen 1 1 1

Gabriel Johnson 1 1

[Esaw?] Bowels 1 1

Robert [Probartson?] 1 - -

Jack Johnson 1 1

Tobias Parker 1 1

[William?] Parker 1

James Burton 1

Thomas Johnson 1 1


Carried Over 65 61 97


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 66

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