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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: male

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

Diuguid ID Number:

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