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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 7th to the 13th,, of June 1816 both days included 101

Names Men Women Children Names Men Women Children

Jacob Allen 1 2 Brought forward 47 39 66
Nilus Allexander 1 1 1 Joe Cooper 1
Phillip Allexander 1 1 Silvy Claton 1 2
Ben Bowers 1 1 1 John Coats 1
Luke Bowers 1 Lewis Caste 1 1 1
Friday Bush 1 2 2 Charles Cephas 1 1 5
James Bush 1 1 3 Peter Claton 1 1 1
Robart Bush 1 1 2 Thomas Dine 1 1 3
George Brown 1 1 4 James Downin 1 1 2
Henry Bisker 1 1 Jofeph Delani 1 1 3
Josiah Butler 1 1 3 Mashak Delawar 1 1
Moses Ball 1 1 2 Daniel Driger 1 1 2
Thomas Binkling 1 Charles Dunmore 1 1 2
Abram Brown 1 1 1 William Dear 1 1
Esan Bowels 1 1 Peter Duncan 1 1 2
Luther Blair 1 1 2 Peter Duncan 2 1
Spencer Boyd 1 1 6 John Elson 1 1
Richard Bailey 1 1 1 Peter Emmerson 1 1
William Brown 1 Samuel Evens 1 2 1
Whatt Brown 1 1 1 William Fisher 1 1
William Bundy 1 3 Robart Flood 1 1
George Balim 1 Isaac Fletcher 2 1 3
Henry Becket 2 1 5 John Floyd 1
James Burton 1 Adam Green 1 1 4
Samuel Biddle 1 Jerry Gardner 1 1 5
Thomas Carter 2 1 1 Richard Grant 1 2 4
Royal Carter 1 1 1 Daniel Grofes 1 2 3
Basiel Crowd 1 1 3 Solomon Gundry 1 1 3
John Collins 2 2 1 George Gibson 1
James Chooke 1 1 2 John Gardner 1 1 3
Lewis Conner 1 1 2 Henry Grofe 1 2 5
Jacob Claton 1 1 1 William Greeno 1 1 1
Matt Crawley 1 1 3 Joseph Glasgo 1 1 1
Bray Cooper 3 1 Robart Glasgo 1
Peter Craney 1 John Gregory 1
Sepitimus Clarke 1 1 4 Aaron Grant 1
Solomon Crawley 1 1 3 Alexander Grant 1 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 2 William Gilmore 1 1 1
Jofeph Cox 1 1 4 John Grant 1
Henry Clarke 1 1 Peter Goffergon 1 1 1
Nim Carter 1 1 3 Richard Grofs 1
Robart Courser 1 1 1

Carried forward 47 39 66 Carried over 88 72 123






Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 101

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