Criss Cary

<421> Criss Cary --Born 1759 (one source suggests 1761). Parents unknown; mother of Hannah Gaskina <230> and Flora Cary (139> (a list dated 1787 mentions a daughter named Criss, although the age indicates that this was the same person as Flora). Residing at Old Ordinary in 1773, 1782, and 1785 (tithable). Engaged in field labor in 1782. Sent from Old Ordinary to the Shenandoah tract in 1787. Residing at Libra in 1788, 1789, and 1791. Described as infirm in 1789. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1795. Received certificate of emancipation in 1795. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pt. 1, pp. 11, 24, and Pt. 2, pp. 10, 26; "2d Book of Miscellanies, p. 58; Nomony Hall Ledger "A a," p. 7; Nomony Hall Waste Book, No. 2, 1773, p. 34; Letterbook, 1782-1784, pp. 9, 14; Richard Sanford to Robert Carter III, May 15, 1782, C.F.P., 1651-1861, Sect. 22 (Mssl C2468 a771), VHS; Nomony Hall Journal, 1784-1785, p. 47; Letterbook, 1785- 1787, pp. 251-53, 255-56; Letterbook, 1789-1792, pp. 74-75; "List of Persons, tò whom Certificates of Emancipation have been delivered, manumItted by Robert Cartai, 1795, Westmoreland County Court Papers, Box 82, VSA.