Emancipation of Simon Walker · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation of Simon Walker
location: Residence of Randolph Birch
Identifier: EV_1702
first name: Simon
last name: Walker
age: Adult
age description: 22
physical description: Dark color, 5'6", stout, stiff leg
event type: Emancipation
event date: 1862-04-16
value: 600
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: Simon Walker
enslaver: Randolph Birch