Inspection Roll of Negroes

British inspection rolls documenting persons formerly enslaved by Loyalists departing New York

MilitaryRevolutionaryNational2,520 records

Book	Year	Vessel	Where Bound	Name	Age	Description	In Possession Of	Remarks
1	1783	Ship Spring	St. Johns	George Black	35	—	Capt. Isaac Allen	Freed by Lawrence Hartshorne as certified
1	1783	Ship Spring	St. Johns	Ann Black	25	—	Capt. Isaac Allen	Freed by Lawrence Hartshorne as certified
1	1783	Ship Spring	St. Johns	Reuben Black	7	—	Capt. Isaac Allen	Freed by Lawrence Hartshorne as certified
1	1783	Ship Spring	St. Johns	Sukey Black	5	—	Capt. Isaac Allen	Freed by Lawrence Hartshorne as certified
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Billy Williams	35	healthy stout man	Richard Brown	Formerly lived with Mr. Moore of Reedy Island Carolina from whence he came with the 71th regt. abt. 3 years ago
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Rose Richard	20	Stout young woman	Thomas Richard	Property of Thomas Richard a Refugee from Philadelphia
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Daniel Barber	10	Stout boy	James Moore	Says he was made free by Mr. Austin Moore of Little York nigh 20 years ago
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Sarah Farmer	23	Stout young woman	Mrs. Sharp	Free Negress indented to Mrs. Sharp for one year
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Barbary Allen	22	Stout black wench	Humphrey Winters	Property of Humphrey Winters of New York from Virginia
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Elizabeth Black	24	Stout girl from Madagascar	Mr. Buskirk	Free indented when nine years of age to Mrs. Courtland
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Bob Stafford	20	Stout healthy negro	Mr. Sharp	taken from Mr. Wilkinson in Virginia by a party from the royal navy about four years ago
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Harry Covenhoven	24	healthy stout negro	Mr. Buskirk	Came in two years ago from Mr. Covenhoven in Jersey
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	John Vans	39	healthy, blind of his right eye	Mr. Buskirk Jr.	Taken in Pennsylvania by a party of the British Army abt. 6 1/2 years ago lived then with Sam Barker who he says had 4 Months before given him his freedom
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Anthony Haln	27	Stout negro	Nicholas Beckle	His own property will'd to him by his father
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Joyce	12	healthy negress	James Moore	Lived with James Moore for 6 years her father died in the King's service
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Simson McGuire	23	Stout healthy negro man	John Buskirk	Came in to Genl. Arnold in Virginia from Benjamin Hill
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Bristol Cibbwine	14	Stout negro boy	Richard Browne	Came from Woodbury Charlestown South Carolina with Major Grant of the King's American regiment about 4 years ago
1	1783	Aurora	St. Johns	Paul	19	stout mulatto boy	Richard Browne	Came from Woodbury Charlestown South Carolina with Major Grant of the King's American regiment about 4 years ago
1	1783	Ariel	St. Johns	Sam Brothers	25	Stout negro man	Thomas Harrison	Certificate from General Birch formerly lived with Willis Wilkinson in Virginia
1	1783	Ariel	St. Johns	Betsy Brothers & 2 children (wife of Sam Brothers)	32	14 & 12, stout healthy	Thomas Harrison	Certificate from General Birch formerly lived with Willis Wilkinson in Virginia
1	1783	Ariel	St. Johns	Susanna Jarvis	22	Stout & healthy negress	John Jos. Brown	Indented to J J Browne Says she was made free about nine years ago when Mr. Blowfield died
1	1783	Ariel	St. Johns	Dinah Mitchel	30	ditto with a child in her arms	Matthew Stewart	Left Charlestown from whence she was ordered by Dr Humphry of the York Volunteers.. then the property of Mitchel
1	1783	Peggy	Port Roseway	Mary & boy (wife of Joe)	26	Stout wench	Lt. Reed Delancey Brigade	Her own property
1	1783	Ariel	St. Johns	Frank Mitchel (son of Dinah Mitchell)	10	Fine boy	Matthew Stewart	Left Charlestown from whence she was ordered by Dr Humphry of the York Volunteers.. then the property of Mitchel
1	1783	Ariel	St. Johns	Joseph	20	Stout lad, Sawyer and Cooper	Capt. Richardson of the Ariel	formerly the property of Col. DeVois whom he left at the taking of Savanna

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