Sale of Arena Holms

event name

Sale of Arena Holms

Identifier

EV_0121

first name

Arena

last name

Holms

age

Adult

event type

Sale

event date

1857-09-12

notes

$189.41 with son, Jefferson D. Holmes

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 Arena and Jefferson D. Holmes between John Waters and Philip Mackey (12 September 1857) and Philip Mackey and Columbus Alexander (14 September 1857): 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

Arena Holmes

enslaver

John Waters

Philip Mackey