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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 14th to the 20th of June 1816 Both days included
Names Men Women Children Names Men Women Children
Jacob Allen / 2 Brought forward 44 39 60
Nelus Allexander / / / Solomon Crawley / / 3
Phillip Allexander / / Daniel Cladon / / 2
Ben Bowers / / / Joseph Cox / / 4
Luke Bowers / Henry Clarke / /
Friday Bush / 2 2 [illegible] Carter / / 3
James Bush / / 3 Robart [?] / /
[Robart?] Bush / / 2 [?] Claton / 2
George Brown / / 4 John Coats /
Henry [Bisher?] / / Lewis Caste / / /
Isaiah Buttler / / 3 Charles Cphas / / 5
Mofus Ball / / 2 Peter Claton / / /
Thomas [Brinkling?] / Thomas Dine / / 3
Abram Brown / / / James Downin / / 2
[Esaw?] Bowels / / / Joseph Delane / / 3
Luther Blair / / 2 Meshak Delawar / / "
Richard Bailey / Daniel Driger / 2 /
[Illegible] Boyd / / 6 Charles Dunmore / / 2
William Brown / [illegible] Dear / /
Whatt Brown / / / Peter Duncan / / 2
William Burdy / 3 Peter Duncan 2nd /
George [Illegible] / [Rinah?] Davis / /
Henry Becket 2 / 5 John Elson / /
James Burton / Peter Emmerson / /
[Jam e?] Biddle / Samuel Evans / 2 /
Arthur Bradley / / / Ben Fuller / / 3
Peter [Illegible] / 3 2 Robart Flord / /
Ann Bradford / / William Fisher / / /
Kitty Buttler / Isaac Fletcher 2 / 3
Tobias Brace / / 3 Isaac Fletcher [?] /
Thomas Carter 2 / / John Floyd /
Royal Carter / / 3 Thomas Farmer / / /
[Illegible] Crowd / / 3 Adam Green / / 4
John Collins 2 2 1 Jerry Gardner / 2 4
James Chooke / / 2 Richard Grant / 2 5
Lewis [Conner?] / / 2 Daniel Grofs / 2 3
Jacob Claton / / / Solomon Gurdy / / 3
Matt Crawley / / 3 George Gibson /
Bray Cooper 3 " / John Gardner / / 3
Peter Craney / - - Henry Grofs / 2 5
[illegible] Clarke / / 4 William Greens / / /
Carried forward 44 39 60 Carried over 83 80 132


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 102

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