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

event name: Sale of Arena Holms
location: Residence of Columbus Alexander
Identifier: EV_0122
first name: Arena
last name: Holms
age: Adult
event type: Sale
event date: 1857-09-14
notes: $926 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: Philip Mackey; Columbus Alexander