unknown, Alce [2]
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Title
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unknown, Alce [2]
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Alias
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unknown, Alice
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unknown, Alse
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unknown, Acie
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Gender
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Female
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Biography
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Alce was appraised with a value of $250 in Orange County , Virginia, after the death of enslaver William Acra in 1819. William's daughters , Frances, Polly and Jane, purchased several of the enslaved people from the estate, including Alce, and brought them to Boone County.
1840 Will of Frances Acra (unmarried, female); Frances transfers her interest in Winny, Milton, Albert, Rachel, Alce and Jo to her sisters, Polly and Jane.
Polly Acra died in 1842, and transferred the same six enslaved people to her sister, Jane.
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Alce was accepted as a member of the Bullittsburg Baptist Church on 4 Aug 1839. by letter from her previous church, Blue Run Baptist Church in Orange County Virginia. Polly Acra was named in the minutes of the church as Alce's enslaver.
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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Boone County Will Book D, pages 81, 325
Orange County, Virginia Will Book 5, page 324