unknown, Phoebe [4]

Title: unknown, Phoebe [4]
Alias: unknown, Febe
Gender: Female
Biography: Phoebe escaped in October, 1809 from Nelson County enslaver Walter Harris, while traveling on a "Kentucky boat" on the Ohio River. She fled along with a man named Baptist and his pregnant wife, Susan. Harris placed a newspaper ad offering a reward of $50 for the return of "Febe," Baptist and Susan. They were lost on the Kentucky shore, somewhere near the Anderson Ferry. At the time the ad was placed, they had been spotted in Xenia, Ohio and were on their way to Springfield. Phoebe was described as tall, slim , about twenty-eight years old and claimed to be a free woman.
Birth date: ca 1781
Participant in: 1809- Help on the Kentucky shore
Resided in: Nelson County (Ky.)
Relationship: Enslaver(s): Harris, Walter
Bibliographic citation(s): "Fifty Dollars Reward, " Whig, Cincinnati, Oh., 8 November, 1809
Source(s): GenealogyBank.com

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