Alms for the funeral of Charles Taylor, September 13, 1861
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Title
Alms for the funeral of Charles Taylor, September 13, 1861
Subject
Death and burial; Burial Records; Holy Trinity Church; Sacramental Records;
Description
These two documents from 1861 provide an account of the death and burial of Charles Taylor in the college cemetery.
Taylor was an African-American man who had worked at Georgetown College for decades and appears to have been owned by the College in the 1830s and 1840s. He may have been freed at some later point, because he was employed and paid wages by the College from July 1860 to September 1861. He died at age 46 and was buried at the College Ground, and the burial records do not indicate that he was enslaved. The final entry from his account in the College ledger reads "To cash as Alms for Charleys funeral."
For more entries related to Charles Taylor's life as a slave at Georgetown College see GSA264, GSA269 and GSA283.
Taylor was an African-American man who had worked at Georgetown College for decades and appears to have been owned by the College in the 1830s and 1840s. He may have been freed at some later point, because he was employed and paid wages by the College from July 1860 to September 1861. He died at age 46 and was buried at the College Ground, and the burial records do not indicate that he was enslaved. The final entry from his account in the College ledger reads "To cash as Alms for Charleys funeral."
For more entries related to Charles Taylor's life as a slave at Georgetown College see GSA264, GSA269 and GSA283.
Creator
Georgetown University Archives, Holy Trinity Church
Source
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
1861-09-13
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Rights
Georgetown University Library
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
GSA331
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
From Georgetown's Ledger G September 13, 1861 -Cash as Alms for Charles Funeral 10.00
From Holy Trinity Death Records, p. 109
1861
September
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Charles Taylor 46 years old (Coloured)
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From Holy Trinity Death Records, p. 109
1861
September
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Charles Taylor 46 years old (Coloured)
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Collection
Citation
Georgetown University Archives, Holy Trinity Church, “Alms for the funeral of Charles Taylor, September 13, 1861,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed September 14, 2024, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/362.