Inventory Registration of Caroline Branham · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Inventory Registration of Caroline Branham
location: Residence of George Washington Parke Custis
Identifier: EV_2675
first name: Caroline
last name: Branham
occupation: Domestic Service
occupation description: Personal maid
event type: Registration
notes: Maid to Martha Washington and present at George Washington's death. Negotiated the emancipation of her grandson [ED_01455] with GWP Custis in exchange for giving an account of Washington's death to reporter Jared Sparks.
source: National Park Service. 2021. "The Many Voices of Arlington Plantation." Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial. 2021. Accessed October 28, 2024. https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/the-many-voices-of-arlington-plantation.htm.
place: Arlington Estate
place type: Plantation
registered person: Caroline Branham
enslaver: George Washington Parke Custis