Peggy Wells

<234> Peggy Wells ("Pegg) Born 1778. Daughter of Kate (425> and unidentified father (perhaps dead by 1788). Residing at Old Ordinary in 1782, 1785, 1788, 1789, and 1791. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1796. Received certificate of emancipation in January 1796. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pt. 1, pp. 7, 25, and pt. 2, pp. 4, 21; Solomon Nash's Memorandum of Slaves and Stocks at Old Ordinary, February 27, 1789, Chicago Historical Society; Solomon Nash's Memorandum of Sundries at Old Ordinary Farm, January 1, 1788, Chicago Historical Society; James Harrison's Inventory of Sundry Effects at Old Ordinary Plantation, January 1, 1785, Chicago Historical Society; Letterbook, 1782-1784, p. 9; TMList of 24 Negroes, to whom Certificates of Emancipation were delivered, by Robert Carter,1' January 1796, Westmoreland County Court Papers, Box 83, VSA.