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• Acra, Polly
  Polly Acra was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Acra of Orange County, Virginia. She migrated to Boone County some time before 1830, with several of her siblings, other family members and the people they enslaved. Polly was never married. Her will was filed in 1842 in Boone County. Within it, she names six enslaved people she claimed interest in, along with her sisters Polly and Jane. Several of the enslaved people were purchased by the sisters from the estate of their father, while others were born to one of the enslaved women who were part of the estate.
• Acra, Frances
  Frances Acra was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Acra of Orange County, Virginia. She migrated to Boone County some time before 1830, with several of her siblings, other family members and the people they enslaved. Frances was never married.
• Amos, Nancy
  Nancy was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Acra. She was mentioned in her father's will, filed in Orange County, Virginia in 1819. Several of her siblings and other family members relocated to Boone County between 1810-1830
• Morris, Betsy
  Betsy was the daughter of William and Betsy Acra, of Orange County, VA. She died before 1815, when her father's will was written. He directed her portion of his assets should go to her children (not named,) not her husband, who had remarried.
• unknown, Peter [31]
  Peter was enslaved by William Acra in Orange County, Virginia. Acra allotted Peter to his son, Reuben in his will, which was proven in 1819. His appraised value was $350 and when compared to another enslaved man it's likely Reuben was between 10 & 15 years old at the time. Reuben Acra moved to Boone County sometime before 1830 with family members and brought with him one enslaved person over 16. Reuben is shown as he enslaver of one person over the age of 16 between 1832-1849 in Boone County tax lists. It's likely that the person he was taxed for was Peter.
• Acra, Reuben [2]
  Reuben was allotted an enslaved man named Peter in his father's 1819 will in Orange County, Va. Reuben Acra moved to Boone County some time after the death of his father. Several siblings and other family members also migrated.
• unknown, Kitt [2]
  Kitt was named in the inventory of William Acra's estate in 1819 in Orange County, Virginia. An appraised value of $170 was given. Though several of the enslaved people named in this estate were later brought to Boone County with Acra's heirs, Kitt has not been found in Boone County records
• Acra, William
  William Acra died in Orange County, Virginia in 1819. Several of his children and other family members migrated to Boone County in the late 1820s.
• unknown, Louisa [12]
  Louisa was sold by Noah Noble to Benjamin Willis in 1820 for $150. Louisa was included in the 1829 inventory of the estate of Benjamin G. Willis, valued at $100. in 1832, Louisa was allotted to the widow.
• unknown, Lucy [52]
  Lucy was the daughter of Mary, who was enslaved by Reuben George. George's 1814 will explicitly stated that all of the enslaved people should be manumitted, some within ten years. others as soon as was deemed appropriate by the administrator. Finally, all should be manumitted at the death of the widow. Lucy's mother was manumitted in 1824.
• unknown, Joe [16]
  In the 1814 will of Bourbon County enslaver Reuben George, Joe was identified as one of five boys who were to be manumitted as soon as the administrator and widow deemed appropriate. Additionally each boy was to be taught a trade. No additional information about Joe has been found.
• unknown, Jarrard
  Jarrard was enslaved by Reuben George of Bourbon County, who directed he be taught a trade and manumitted as soon as deemed appropriate. Jarrard learned the skill of shoemaking. He was manumitted at the age of 22, in 1829.
• 1829--Bourbon Co., Manumission of Jarrard
  Bourbon County enslaver Reuben George directed in his 1814 will that Jarrard be manumitted at the discretion of the estate administrator, and be taught a trade of his choice. Jarrard's Free status was filed in the Bourbon County Court on April 6, 1829.
• 1824--Bourbon Co., Manumission of Mary
  Mary's manumission was filed with the Bourbon County Court exactly ten years after the death of enslaver Reuben George, who directed she be freed within that timeframe.
• unknown, Mary [106]
  Bourbon County enslaver Reuben George directed in his 1814 will that Mary should be freed at his administrators' discretion, no later than ten years after his death.
• 1822--Bourbon County, Manumission of Talbot
  Bourbon County enslaver, Reuben George, directed in his 1814 will that Talbot be manumitted no later than ten years after his death. A manumission was filed in the bourbon County Court by George's administrators in 1822.
• Beatty, Lewis
• Edrington, Mary Ann
  Mary Ann Ross was born in Pennsylvania around 1820 married Joseph Edrington in 1846. She was his second wife, with whom he had three children. Both Joseph and Mary Ann appeared in the 1850 census, but after that record, neither can be found in the records.
• Edrington, David
  David only appears in the 1850 census with Joseph and Mary Edrington in Rising Sun (Ind.). A man with the same name appeared in the 1880 census, living in Evansville, IN. He is listed as working on steamboats, as a laborer and as a porter. With the River connection, this may be the same person as Joseph Edrington's son.
• Edrington, Gustavus
  Gustavus was the son of Joseph Edrington and Catherine Hawkins, he was born Free in Rising Sun. He appeared in the Indiana Negro Register in 1854, along with his sister, Harriet. He may have been living with the Barkshire family for a time, though he did not appear in the census records.
• Boone County Tax List for Negroes and Mullatoes, 1884
  A list of African Americans appearing in the tax rolls for Boone County, Kentucky in 1884.
• Edrington, Joseph
  Joseph Edrington was born in Virginia in about 1812. It is not clear if he was born Free or once enslaved and obtained his freedom. He was living in Rising Sun (Ind.) as early as 1837, when his first marriage was solomnized . He was a member of the Methodist Church in Rising Sun and was licensed to preach in 1844.
• Edrington, Harriet
  Harriet was enumerated in the 1850 census, in the household of Samuel Barkshire. Samuel's family was close with her father, Joseph Edrington.
• Boone County Tax List for Negroes and Mullatoes, 1883
  A list of African Americans appearing in the tax rolls for Boone County, Kentucky in 1883.
• Boone County Tax List for Negroes and Mullatoes, 1882
  A list of African Americans appearing in the tax rolls for Boone County, Kentucky in 1882.