Emancipation of Maria Myers

event name

Emancipation of Maria Myers

location

Residence of Charles E. Mix

Identifier

EV_1730

first name

Maria

last name

Myers

age

Infant

age description

3 months

event type

Emancipation

event date

1862-04-16

value

20

notes

Mix claims only the birth and burial costs with his petition

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

Maria Myers

enslaver

Charles E. Mix