Sale of Betsey Docket · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Sale of Betsey Docket
location: Residence of Robert Cruit
Identifier: EV_0267
first name: Betsey
last name: Docket
name note: Likely Elizabeth
age: Adult
event type: Sale
notes: Purchased from a "Negro Pen"; date of purchase unknown
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 Betsy Docket between Mr. Calvert and Robert Cruit, ND, as found in Petition of Susan Cruit, 23 May 1862 (Petition No. 412)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 27 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217987-00051. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
sold person: Betsy Docket
enslaver: Calvert; Robert Cruit