Evening star., 1927-02-06

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this: ITO all whom it may
concern: Be is known that
Thomas Tingey of the County
OF Washington, for divers good causes
and considerations, me thereunto NOV.
ing, and also 81 current money in
hand paid, have released from slavery,
liberated, manumitted and set free my
negro man named Abraham, being of
the age OF 20 years and able to work
and gain a suficient livelihood and
maintenance
This deed of manumission was re-
corded July 21, 1909, and was wit.
messed by John Cassin and Lewis
Deblois before John n. Smallwood, :
justice Of the peace. That paper, in
connection with other records l have
come on, makes me believe that Com
modore Thomas Tingey was a man of
good heart, and that he had two great
vtrtues-liberality of mind and liberal.
3ty OF purse.
I find among the deeds one of
which the following is an abstract:
That, whereas Tunis Craven hath
established himself and commenced
business in Washington in the buying
and selling of goods, wares and mer-
chandise, and to enable him to carry
on said trade or business with facil.
ity he hath applied to Thomas Tingey,
Esq, to indorse certain notes of hand
for the purpose of getting them dis
counted at the Branch Bank of the
United States in said City of Wash
1ngton. which he, the said Thomas
Tingey, hath agreed to do on being
Unidentified in the premises in the
manner hereinafter mentioned" Cra-
ven transferred title to his stock of
goods to Tfngey. The Craven deed to
Tingey Is dated September Z. 1908.
I find that Tingey decided lot on
street southeast in square 974, be.
tween G., I, Eleventh and Twelfth
streets, to Benjamin King in 1906.
and lot on / street in the same
square, to Shadrach Davis in 1907.
Tingey took a deed of trust from
Nicholas Voss in 1907 for money
loaned on land in the southwest cor.
ner of square 1901, between Eleventh
and Twelfth. N and o streets south
east. The causeway of the Anacostia
Bridge cuts athwart the southwest
corner of that square and part of the
square west of the causeway- belongs
to the United States.
Nicholas Voss had that land from
Henry Pratt, Thomas Francis, John
Ashley and Jacob Baker, trustees for
James Greenleaf. l find the follow
lIIG uCC0S liDti 1tnSSN.
ITO Samuel Smallwood, 1909; to Dan
lei Brent and others IA trust), 1910; to
Shadrack Davis Ia release), 1910; to
Matthew Wright. 1S11 from Henry
Pratt, 1872; to Timothy Winn, 1915,
and to Benjamin G. Orr, 1916" The
trust deeds show that Commodore Tin
gey borrowed and lent money. His
pay a commandant of the navy yard
was 500 month, and he lived well.
He dealt not in high finance nor in
low finance, and his dealings were
usually in hundreds of dollars instead
Of thousand.
In the first account of Tunic Cra-
ven, named as administrator after the
death Of Benjamin l.. Lear, are vouch.
ers for small sums 200 and less)
paid to Margaret A. T. Wingate, Sarah
A. T, Dulany and Ann Z. Tingey.
Ann was the widow of the Commodore
and l assume that Margaret Wingate
and Sarah Dulany were his daughters.
There are items showing that $3.50 was
received from Mrs. Tyler for a piano,
S400 from Mr.. Humphreys for Sam
and $275 from Mr.. Clements for
Robert. Sam and Robert were slaves.
There are vouchers for taxes paid to
George Adams. collector for the fifth
and sixth wards, on lots owned by Tin