Tilla Thomas

< (229> Tilla Thomas (referred to once as Filla) Born 1777 or 1778 (one source suggests 1775). Daughter of Nanny(<---; dead by 1787) and James Thomas <408>. Residing at Coles Point in 1782, at Taurus in 1785. Sent from Taurus to Capricorn in January 1788. Residing at Capricorn in 1789, 1791, and 1796. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1797. Received certificate of emancipation in January 1797. Sources: Ded of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pt. 1, pp. 7, 26, and pt. 2, pp. 10, 26, 51; 2d Book of Miscellanies," p. 109; Letterboo,c, 1787-1789, PP. 18, 63; Westmoreland County Personal Property Tax List, 1785, VSA; William McClannaham's Inventory of Sundry Effects at Taurus, January 1, 1785, C.F.P., 1651 -1861, Sect. 36 (Mssl C2468 a2103), VHS; Letterbook, 1782-1784, pp. 8-9; "List of Negroes to whom Certificates of Emancipation were delivered by Robert Carter," January 1797, Westmoreland County Court Papers, Box 83, VSA.