Betty Hollady

<435> Betty Hollady ("Betty Banks") -- Born 1753. Parents
unknown; wife of James Banks <---> (dead by 1788); mother of
Judith Banks <242>, Kate Johnson <237), Dorcas <183>, James
<115>, and possibly John (585>. Residing at Old Ordinary in
1782 and 1785 (tithable). Sent to the Shenandoah tract in
April 1787 as a result of information bi, George Tuckson
(266>; thought to be intent on harming Tuckson. Residing atAquarius in 1788 and 1791. Described as buttermaker in
1788. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for
emancipation in 1793. Emancipated by deed dated January 1,
1793; deed proved in Westnioreiand County Court, February 28,
1793. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pL.
1, pp. 11, 18-19, 21, and pt. 2, pp. 9, 25; 2d Book of
Miscellanies, p. 53; Letterbook, 1782-1784, p. 9; James
Harrison's Inventory of Sundry Effects at Old Ordinary
Plantation, January 1, 1785, Chicago Historical Society;
Nomony Hall Journal, 1784-1785, p. 64; Letterbook, 1795-
1787, pp. 251-53, 255-56; Letterbook, 1787-1789, pp. 62-65;
Letterbook, 1792-1793, p. 37; Westmoreland County Deeds and
Wills, No. 18, 1787-1794, VSA microfilm, pp. 291-92.