ARHO Registration of William Burke · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: ARHO Registration of William Burke
location: Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
Identifier: EV_5280
first name: William
last name: Burke
age: Adult
age description: 36
event type: Registration
event date: 1853-00-00
notes: Hired out in Baltimore in early 1850s; freed after Molly Custis's death by Robert E Lee [ER_0066]; immigrated to Liberia in 1853
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: William Burke
enslaver: Robert E. Lee; Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis