Emancipation of Elizabeth Walker

event name

Emancipation of Elizabeth Walker

location

Residence of Randolph Birch

Identifier

EV_1693

first name

Elizabeth

last name

Walker

age

Adult

age description

26

physical description

Dark color, 5'7"

event type

Emancipation

event date

1862-04-16

value

1500

notes

Inherited from John Birch [ER_0169] on 1 January 1860

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 Randolph Birch, 3 June 1862 (Petition No. 613)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 24 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217988-00071. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

place

Georgetown, DC

place type

Town

emancipated person

Elizabeth Walker

enslaver

Randolph Birch