Emancipation Appraisal of Maria Bowman · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation Appraisal of Maria Bowman
location: Residence of Columbus Alexander
Identifier: EV_0130
first name: Maria
last name: Bowman
event type: Appraisal
event date: 1862-08-01
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: Maria Bowman
enslaver: Columbus Alexander