Dilly
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Title
Dilly
Subject
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Date
June 13, 1837
Contributor
Zach Hottel
Relation
Daughter Mary, EnslavedPerson:18369
Identifier
EnslavedPerson:18368
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
Unknown
Birthplace
Unknown
Death Date
Unknown
Occupation
Enslaved Person
Biographical Text
On February 12, 1838, the Overseer of the Poor was charged to sell Dilly (and her daughter, Mary) at a public sale. Their enslaver, Henry Machir, was deceased, and they were now in the Poor House.
Bibliography
Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 2, book A, (2010), 30.
Additional Information
Enslaved by Henry Machir (deceased).
Citation
“Dilly,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14784.
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