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Report of Deaf, Dumb and Blind Freedpersons in the State of Virginia. [[13 columned table]] | Number | Name | Residence County, or City | Residence Place, or Street | Condition | Age | Sex | Whether Deaf, Dumb, or Blind Deaf | Whether Deaf, Dumb, or Blind Dumb | Whether Deaf, Dumb, or Blind Blind | Occupation | Under whose charge or care | Remarks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Second Sub District, Bvt. Maj. J.R. Stone, S.A. Comr. | 19 | Valentine, Catherine | Petersburg City | Blandford | Destitute | 45 | Female | | | Blind | None | Betsy Berry, her Sister; too poor to keep her | Totally Blind for 25 years; caused by Neuralgia | | 20 | Smith, Henry | Petersburg City | Blandford | Destitute | 50 | Male | | | Blind | Vagrant | Begs for a living | Nearly Blind for 40 years caused by Scrofula. | | 21 | Carter, Lucy Ann | Petersburg City | Sycamore St. | Destitute | 19 | Female | Deaf | Dumb | | None | Lives with her mother who is barely able to support her | Deaf, Dumb and Nearly Blind for 13 years. Caused by St Vitus Dance | | 22 | Thompson, Patience | Petersburg City | Jail Alley | Comfortable | 30 Female | | | Blind | Seamstress. Not able to work | Jacob Thompson, her husband, who gest $40. per mo. and found | Blind for 7 years caused by overexertion in sewing | | 23 | Jackson, Stephen | Petersburg City | Pocahontas | Comfortable | 38 | Male | | | Blind | Buckmaker | Earns his support and that of wife and children, working at his trade | Blind for 17 years; struck with sudden blindness | | 24 | Lancaster, Burrill | Petersburg City | Blandford | Comfortable | 9 | Male | Deaf | Dumb | | None | Betsey Leath, his grandmother who is able to care for him | Born so | | 25 | Graves, Mary | Petersburg City | Harden St. | Destitute | 30 | Female | | | Blind | Factory Hand Not able to work | Lives with M.E. Thornton, col'd. Supported by Bureau R.F. &c | Nearly Blind for 4 years, caused by Small Pox. | | 26 | Baker, John | Petersburg City | Pocahontas | Destitute | 70 | Male | | | Bliind | Cook. Not able to work | Nancy Coleman, his daughter; not able to assist him | Blind for 6 years, caused by a fall from a horse | | 27 | Robinson, Dicey | Petersburg City | Banx Alley | Destitute | 70 | Female | | | Blind | None | Diley Tucker, her daughter; too poor to help her | Blind from old age | | 28 | Robinson, James | Petersburg City | Gill St. | Destitute | 30 | Male | | Dumb | | None | Sylvia Robinson, his mother, who is very poor | Born so. Idiotic |
Transcription Notes:
St Vitus Dance - Vitus dance describes Sydenham's chorea, a childhood movement disorder characterized by rapid, irregular, aimless and involuntary movements of the muscles of the limbs, face and trunk. The dance has also come to represent Parkinson's, dyskinesia, Tourette's syndrome, epilepsy and other nervous system disorders.