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Weekly ration reports, Preston, from 5 January to 1 August 1816
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Report of People of Color who drew rations in Preston from the 8th to the 14th- March 1816 both days included- Viz (?)

Names Men Women Children

Jacob Allen 1 2

Phillip Alexander 1 1

Benjamin Bowers 1 1 1

Friday Bush 1 2 2

George Brown 1 1 4

Henry Bisker 1

Isaiah Butter 1 1 1

James Bush 1 1 3

Luke Bowers 1 1 1

Myles Ball 1 1 2

Abram Brown 1 1 1

[illegible] Bowels 1 1

Robart Burk 1 1 2

Suther Blair 1 1 2

Spencer Boyd 1 1 4

Richard Bailey 1 1 1

William Brown 1

What Brown 1 1 1

William Bundy 1 2 1

George Balim 1

Henry Becket 2 1 4

James Burton 1

Royal Carter 1 1 1

Bariel Croud 1 1 3

John Collins 1 1 1

James Cooke 1 1 1

Lewis Connor 1 1 2

Jacob Claton 1 1 1

Nat Crawley 1 1 3

Peter Claton 1 1 1

Brory Cooper 3 1

Peter Cranry 1

Septinnus 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 3

Caried over 41 34 55

SECOND COLUMN

Names men women children

brought forward 41 34 55

Henry Clarke 1 1

Joseph Cooper 1

Silvy Claton 1 1

John Cotts 1

Thomas Dine 1 1 2

James Downin 1 1 2

Mishak Delawar 1 1

Daniel Driger 1 1 1

Charles Dunmore 1 2 2

William Dear 1 1

Peter Duncan 1 1 2

Peter Duncan 2nd 1 1

John Elson 1 1

Peter Emerson 1 1

Samuel Evans 1 2

Benjamin Fuller 1 1 3

Robart Flood 1 1

William Fisher 1

Isaac Fletcher son 1 " 3

Isaac Fletcher juse 1

John Floyd 1 2 2

Jerry Gardner 1 1 5

Richard Grant 1 1 5

Daniel Grofs 1 2 5

Solomon Gunday 1 1 3

George Gibson 1 1

John Gardner 1 1 3

Henry Grofs 1 2 5

Richard Grofs 1

William Greene 1 1 1

Joseph Glango 1 1

Robart Glango 1

John Grigory 1

Aaron Grant 1

Alexander Grant 1 4 2

William Gilmore 1 1 1

Peter Gofagon 1

carried over 77 69 100








Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 89

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