Emancipation of Lucy Honesty · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation of Lucy Honesty
location: Residence of William R. Birch
Identifier: EV_0363
first name: Lucy
last name: Honesty
age: Child
age description: 10
physical description: Very dark, regular features, always had good health
occupation: Domestic Service
occupation description: House servant, cook
event type: Emancipation
event date: 1862-04-16
value: 900
notes: Valuation based on if she had remained enslaved by Birch until 28, at which point she would have been freed
source: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of Treasury, 1775-1978]. 1862. "Petition of William R. Birch, 17 June 1862 (Petition No. 702)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 27 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217988-00521. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
place: Alexandria County
place type: County
emancipated person: Lucy Honesty
enslaver: William R. Birch