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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 9th to the 15th Febury 1816, both days included,

[Left side]
Names Men Women Children
Jacob allen 1
Philip alexander 1
Benjamin Bowers 1 1 1
[illegible] Bush 1 2 2
George Brown 1 1 4
Henry [Bisker?] 1
Isaiah Butler 1 1 1
James Bush 1 1 3
Luke Bowers 1 1 1
[illegible] Ball 1 1 2
Abram Brown 1 1 1
[illegible] Bowels 1 1
Robert [Bush?] 1 1 2
[illegible] Blair 1 1 2
Spencer Boyd 1 1 4
[William?] Barret 1
Richard [Bakey?] 1 1 1
William Brown 1
[What?] Brown 1 1 1
William Bunday 1 2 1
George [Balem?] 1
Henry Becket 1 1 5
James Burton 1
[Baril?] [Croud?] 1 1 3
John Collins 1 1 1
James Cooke 1 1 5
Lewis [Conner?] 1 1 2
Jacob Claton 1 1 1
[Nat?] Crawley 1 1 2
Peter Claton 1 1 1
Bray Cooper 3 1
Peter Craney 1
[Septimus?] Clarke 1 1 4
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2
Thomas Carter 1 1 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 1
Colonel Cooper 1
Joseph Cox 1 1 2
Henry Clarke 1 1
Carried over 41 31 57

[Right side]
Names Men Women Children
Brought forward 41 31 57
[nim?] Carter 1 1 4
Joseph Cooper 1 1 1
[Silmy?] Claton 1
John Cots 1
Thomas [illegible] 1 1 2
James [Downin?] 1 1 2
[Mishak?] Delaware 1 1
Daniel [Driger?] 1 1 1
Charles Dunmore 1 2 2
William Dear 1 1
Peter Duncan 1 1 2
Peter Duncan [illegible] 1
John [Elson?] 1 1
Peter Emerson 1 1
Samuel Evens 1 2
Robert Flood 1 1
[William?] Fisher 1
Isaac Fletcher 1 3
Isaac Fletcher 1
John [Flord?] 1 2 2
Jerry Garner 1 1 5
Richard Grant 1 1 5
Daniel [Grofs?] 1 2 3
Solomon Gunday 1 1 3
John Gardner 1 1 3
Henry [Grofs?] 1 1 2
Richard [Grofs?] 1 1
[William?] [Greno?] 1
Joseph Glasgo 1 1
Robert Glasgo 1
John Grigory 1
aaron Grant 1
alexander Grant 1 2 2
[William?] Gilmore 1 1 1
[Rob?] Haynes 1
Philimon Hawkins 1
Jacob [Hudling?] 1 1
[Plesent] Harding 1
Carried over 77 63 100


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 85

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