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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 5th of January, 1816, to the 11th both days Included.

[Top column]
Names,,
Men
Women
Children
Names,,
Men
Women
Children

Jacob Allen 1
Nelus Alexander 1
Philip Alexander 1
Ben Bowers 1 1 1
Friday Bush 1 1 2
Geo Brown 1, 1, 3
Henry Bisker 1
Isaiah Butler 1, 1, 1
James Bush 1, 1, 3
Luke Bowers 1, 1, 1
Mofes Ball 1, 1, 2
Abram Brown 1, 1, 1
Esaw Bowels 1, 1
[Probt?] Bush 1, 1, 2
Suther Blair 1, 2, 1
Spencer Boyd 1, 1, 4
Richd [Badney?] 1, 1, 1
Wm Brown 1
[What] Brown 1, 1, 1
Wm [Bundry?] 1, 2, 1
Geo [Balesor?] 1
Henry Becket 1, 1, 4
James [Branton?] 1
Basiel Croud 1, 1, 3
In Collins 1, 1, 1
[Jat?] Cooke 1, 1, 5
Lewis Caste 1, 1
Lewis Conner 1, 1, 2
Jacob Claton 1, 1, 1
Nait Crawley 1, 1, 2
Peter Claton 1, 1, 1
Bray Cooper 2, 1
Peter Craney 1
[Septimers?] Clarke 1, 1, 4
Solomon Trawley 1, 1, 2
Thomas Carter 1, 1, 1
[Dane?] [Claiton] 1, 1, 1
Carried over {38, 29, 53}

Brought Forward 38, 29, 53
Colonel Cooper 1, 1
Joe Cox 1, 1, 1
[Robt?] Cooper 1, 1, 2
Henry cLARKE 1, 1
[Nison?] Canter 1, 1, 4
Joseph Cooper 1, 1, 4
[Silvy?] Claton -, 1, -
John Cots 1
James Downin 1, 1, 2
[Mishak?] Delawar 1, 1
[David?] Driger 1, 1
Charles [illegible - Dunmore?] 1, 2, 2
[W?] Dear 1, 1
Peter Duncan 1, 1, 2
Peter Duncan 2nd 1
In Elson 1, 1
[Samar?] [Evers?] 1, 2
[Robt?] Flood 1, 1
[W?] Fisher 1
Isaac Fletcher 1, 3
[Jm.?] Floyd 1, 2, 2
[Jerry?] Gardner 1, 1, 5
[Rick?] Grant 1, 1, 5
[Dant?] Grofs 1, 1, 3
Solomon Gundry 1, 1, 3
[Geo.?] Gibson 1
[Jns] Gardner 1, 2, 3
Henry Grof 1, 1, 2
[Rich?] Grofs 1, 1
Joseph Glasgo 1, 1
[Robt] Glasgo 1
[Ino.] Grigory 1
Aaron Grant 1
[illegible] Grant 1, 1, 2
[W?] Gilmore 1, 1
Carried over 73, 60, 95


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 80

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