Sale of Thomas Holms · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Sale of Thomas Holms
location: Residence of Columbus Alexander
Identifier: EV_0116
first name: Thomas
last name: Holms
age: Child
event type: Sale
event date: 1859-06-06
notes: $1200 with mother, Nancy, and brother, Thomas
source: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of Treasury, 1775-1978]. 1862. "Bill of Sale for Nancy, Thomas, and Maria-Louise Holmes between Philip Mackey and Columbus Alexander, 6 June 1859: Petition of Columbus Alexander (Petition No. 893), 11 July 1862." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed October 27, 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217989-00464. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
place: District of Columbia
place type: City
sold person: Thomas Holmes
enslaver: Philip Mackey; Columbus Alexander