Billy ("Blind Billy") unknown

ID Number: T00697

Biographical Data

Basic Identification

Gender: male Ethnicity: African American Immigration: Attributed Race: black Free or Enslaved: free

Birth & Family

Birth Date: 1805?/00/00 Birthplace: unknown Mother: unknown Father: unknown 1st Spouse: Ann Armistead 2nd Spouse: none

Age Details

Age: 50 ? Age Group: adult (20-59)

Life Details

Occupation(s): musician Last Church: unknown Military Service: none Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia Last Address:

Death

Death Date: 1855/04/19 (20?) Death Note: none Place of Death: home Cause of Death: pneumonia

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1855/04/20 Funeral Home: Diuguid Indigent?: private interment

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes Section: 103.X Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker Grave Marker Erector(s): unknown Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker

Notes

born a slave, owned by Dr. Howell Davis at least in adulthood, freedom bought by citizens