Dorcas
Title
Dorcas
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Male or Female
Female
Location or Address
Southold
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
Benjamin Davis
Misc. Date
March 25, 1805 (date of manumission certificate approved by overseers of the poor). March 28, 1805 (date that manumission certificate was recorded in town book).
Biographical Notes
She had two known children, John and Peter.
Source/s
Southold Town Records Volume 3: 51.
URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Historian>Documents>Manumissions>1810-1816>image 1/3.
URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Historian>Documents>Manumissions>1810-1816>image 1/3.
Owner or Household
The 1790 Federal census reported four enslaved people in the household of Benjamin Davis [Daviss]. The 1800 Federal census reported two enslaved people his household. His "Negro Limos" died January 18, 1794. See #1598 and #1669.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Dorcas,” Plain Sight Project, accessed September 30, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1664.