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Report of Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Freedpeople in the Second Dist. State of Virginia, Bureau RF &c in compliance with Circular No. 1 C.S. Hd. Qrs. Dept. Poto. Bu. R F &c

[[13 Columned Table]]
| Number | 1 Name | 2 Residence or Present Whereabouts | 3 Condition | 4 Age - Years | 4 Sex | 5 Deaf | 5 Dumb | 5 Deaf and Dumb | 5 Blind | 6 Occupation | 7 Under whose Charge or Care | Remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
City of Petersburg
| 1 19 | Catherine Valentine | Blandford | Destitute | 45 | Female |   |   |   | 1 | None | Betsy Beny her Sister; too poor to help her. | Totally Blind for 25 years caused by Neuralgia |

| 2 20 | Henry Smith | Blandford | Destitute | 50 | Male |   |   |   | 1 | Vagrant | Begs for a living | Nearly Blind for 40 years; caused by Scrofula |

| 3 21 | Lucy Ann Carter | Sycamore St. | Destitute | 19 | Female |   |   | 1 |   | None | Lives with her Mother who is barely able to support her | Deaf, Dumb and nearly Blind for 13 Yrs caused by St. Vitus Dance |

| 4 C | Patience Thompson | Jail Alley  | Comfortable | 30 | Female |   |   |   | 1 | Seamstress Not able to Work | Jacob Thompson her husband who gets $20 pr mo & found | Blind for 7 years caused by overexertion in sewing |

| 5 B | Stephen Jackson | Pocahontas | Comfortable | 38 | Male |   |   |   | 1 | Brickmaker | Earns his support and that of wife & children, working at his trade | Blind for 17 years; struck with sudden blindness |

| 6 | Burell Lancaster | Blandford | Comfortable | 9 | Male |   |   | 1 |   | None | Betsy Leate his grandmother who is able to care for him | Born so |

| 7 | Mary Graves | Harden St. | Destitute | 30 | Female |   |   |   | 1 | Factory Hand Not able to Work | Lives with M.E. Thornton "Col'd" Supported by Bureau RF &c | Nearly Blind for 4 years caused by Small Pox |

| 8 | John Baker | Pocahontas | Destitute | 70 | Male |   |   |   | 1 | 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 |

|   |   |   | Carried Forward |   |   | x | x | 2 | 6 |   |   |   |

Transcription Notes:
11.10.2023 - "Scrofula" = "a disease with glandular swellings, probably a form of tuberculosis"; "St. Vitus Dance" = "old-fashioned term for Sydenham's chorea"; 11.10.2023 - For the first 5 rows, an additional number/letter is overwritten the original number so I included both because it doesn't seem like a strikethrough; Transcribed per guidelines (ditto marks transcribed as the words they represent) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-11-10 12:57:27 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-11-11 10:25:22 removed [[/13 columned table]] this is not required,