Emancipation Appraisal of Maria Holmes · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation Appraisal of Maria Holmes
location: Residence of Columbus Alexander
Identifier: EV_0111
first name: Maria
last name: Holmes
name note: Name based on known individuals
event type: Appraisal
event date: 1862-08-15
value: 503.7
source: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the United States General Accounting]. 1862. "Payment to Petitioner Columbus Alexander, 10 November 1862 (Petition No. 893)." Commissions Valuations for Petitions. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-1863. Accessed 24 October 2024, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217984-00458. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
appraised person: Nancy Holmes
enslaver: Columbus Alexander