Emancipation Appraisal of Maria Jenkins · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation Appraisal of Maria Jenkins
location: Residence of Thomas B. Dawson
Identifier: EV_1071
first name: Maria
last name: Jenkins
event type: Appraisal
event date: 1862-06-18
value: 262.8
source: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the United States General Accounting]. 1862. "Payment to Petitioner Thomas B. Dawson, 18 June 1862 (Petition No. 53)." 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_217984-00290. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
appraised person: Maria Jenkins
enslaver: Thomas B. Dawson