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Transfer of Betsy
event name
Transfer of Betsy
Identifier
EV_3086
first name
Betsy
name note
Likely Elizabeth
event type
Transfer
event date
1806-00-00
notes
Deceased at time of source document
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 Mary D. G. Ringgold (Petition No. 450), 27 May 1862." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 24 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217987-00239. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
transferred person
Betsy
enslaver
Mary D.G. Ringgold
Governor Thomas S. Lee
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