Lymas or Elimas - LYMA1

Title

Lymas or Elimas - LYMA1

Description

African descent

Contributor

Jackie Dinan

Status

Enslaved

Location or Address

Southold

Enslaver or Household

Jonathan Horton, son of Lazarus Horton

Source/s

Southold Town Records Liber E: 73 [image 162/175]

Male or Female

Male

Biographical Text

"...a male negro slave..."

Birth Date

1799, calculated from his reported age (22 years) at the time of his manumission.

Misc. Date

June 12, 1821 (manumission certificate approved by overseers of the poor). June 25, 1821 (manumission sworn before witnesses). August 1, 1821 (documents recorded in town record book).

Files

1821.MAN.Elymas_Horton.Liber E_162-175.pdf

Collection

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Citation

“Lymas or Elimas - LYMA1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed November 21, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1638.