Emancipation of Cornelia Gray · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation of Cornelia Gray
location: Residence of Louisa Hunter
Identifier: EV_1408
first name: Cornelia
last name: Gray
age: Adult
age description: 18
event type: Emancipation
event date: 1862-04-16
source: National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21 [Records of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851-1863.] "Emancipation of Cornelia Gray and Julius Augustus McClellan." 1862. District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Emancipation Records, 1851-1863. Accessed 12 September 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6070:2171. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
emancipated person: Cornelia
enslaver: Louisa Hunter