Transfer of Martha Ann Honesty

event name

Transfer of Martha Ann Honesty

Identifier

EV_0351

first name

Martha Ann

last name

Honesty

age

Adult

age description

27

physical description

Black, scar on left wrist, 5'2.75"

event type

Registration

event date

1854-06-05

notes

Registration #406; emancipated in 1806 by Sally Swink

source

"Arlington County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1847-1861." (1847) 1861. Local government records collection, Arlington County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Part of Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative. https://rosetta.virginiamemory.com/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3500571 (accessed 4 September 2024).

place

Alexandria County

place type

County

registered person

Martha Ann Honesty

enslaver

Solome Swink