Charles Edward Wilson · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Charles Edward Wilson
location: Residence of Charles E. Mix
Identifier: EV_1271
first name: Charles Edward
last name: Wilson
age: Adult
age description: 24
physical description: 5'10"
occupation: Domestic Service
occupation description: Coachman
event type: Emancipation
event date: 1862-04-16
value: 1800
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 Charles E. Mix, 11 July 1862 (Petition No. 896)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Found at Civil War Washington, https://civilwardc.org/texts/petitions/cww.00896.html (accessed 24 October 2024).
emancipated person: Charles Edward Wilson
enslaver: Charles E. Mix