Sale of Rebecca Pocahontes Wilson · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Sale of Rebecca Pocahontes Wilson
location: Residence of William D. Nutt
Identifier: EV_2025
first name: Rebecca Pocahontes
last name: Wilson
event type: Sale
notes: Date of sale unknown; based on Alexandria Personal Property Tax lists, likely occurred in 1854/1855
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.] "Manumission of Rebecca Wilson." 1860. District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Emancipation Records, 1851-1863. Accessed 27 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7773:2171?tid=&pid=&queryid=f5d3e031-39e1-457d-9c24-2d5b2002bf80&_phsrc=YIf1298&_phstart=successSource. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
place: Alexandria County
place type: County
sold person: Pocahontas Rebecca Wilson
enslaver: Lucinda Belt Klotz; William D. Nutt