Sale of Lilly

event name

Sale of Lilly

location

Residence of George Washington Parke Custis

Identifier

EV_2727

first name

Lilly

event type

Sale

event date

1829-04-27

value

1

notes

Based on value, assumed that manumission to occur

source

"Deed of Sale for Lilly, 27 April 1829." 1829. In Alexandria County Deed Book. S-2:533. As identified in Virginia Jenkins (1995) Edward Stabler, "A Kind Friend and Counsellor": A Quaker and Abolitionist in Alexandria, Virginia: 1790-1830. John G. Motheral, editor. Alexandria Archaeology Publications, No. 27. Office of Historic Alexandria, City of Alexandria, Virginia.

sold person

Lilly

enslaver

George Washington Parke Custis

Edward Stabler