Emancipation Appraisal of Lucy Honesty

event name

Emancipation Appraisal of Lucy Honesty

location

Residence of William R. Birch

Identifier

EV_0364

first name

Lucy

last name

Honesty

event type

Appraisal

event date

1862-07-15

value

131.4

source

National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the United States General Accounting]. 1862. "Payment to Petitioner William R. Birch, 15 July 1862 (Petition No. 702)." 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_217984-00626. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

appraised person

Lucy Honesty

enslaver

William R. Birch