Maryland State Archives

1870 Baltimore City Census, Stephen Chambers, page 272, 16th Ward, M7243

Checked 1850 Census for BC, NOT FOUND

Maryland Penitentiary (Prisoner Record) Stephen Chambers, prisoner #4817, September 29, 1854, Accession No.: 5656 MSA No.: S 275-2 Location: 1/30/4/38

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY(Commitments) MSA S270Dates: 1850-1857 Accession No.: 5688-1 MSA No.: S 270-1 Location: 1/31/4/16 NOT FOUND

BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Criminal Docket) MSA C1849,Dates: 1854 Accession No.: 50,334-3, MSA No.: C 1849-3 Location: 3/29/14/24 NOT FOUND IN STACKS

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Certificates of Freedom) MSA C290 Dates: 1832-1841 Accession No.: 40,131-3, MSA No.: C 290-3,Location: 2/15/7/45 Dates: 1841-1847, Accession No.: 40,131-4, MSA No.: C 290-4, Location: 2/15/8/1 Dates: 1841-1848, Accession No.: 40,131-5, MSA No.: C 290-5, Location: 2/15/8/2 Dates: 1848-1851, Accession No.: 40,131-6-1, MSA No.: C 290-6, Location: 2/15/8/3 CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM NOT INDEX, THEREFORE TOO TIME CONSUMING TO SEARCH THROUGH

BALTIMORE CITY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (Marriage Index, Male) MSA C212 Dates: 1851-1885 Accession No.: 12,640-3, MSA No.: C 212-3, Location: 3/1/14/13

BALTIMORE CITY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (Marriage Index, Male) MSA CM205 Dates: 1851-1885, Description: Carter to Craggs, Accession No.: CR 1666, MSA No.: CM 205-4 NO STEPHEN CHAMBERS FOUND ON INDEX

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275, Robert Allen Prisoner # 3612, Dates: 1811, 1826-1869, Description: 1, 1773-7229, Accession No.: 5656, MSA No.: S 275-2, Location: 1/30/4/38 Indicted for harbouring negro boy slave of Wm. Emory

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Criminal Docket, Index) MSA C1386, Robert Allen page 1, Description: *, Accession No.: 20,096-1, MSA No.: C 1386-1, Location: 2/1/4/26

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Criminal Docket) MSA C1384, Robert Allen, Presentments May Term 1843 #18, Dates: 1843/05, Description: i, Accession No.: 20,095-44, MSA No.: C 1384-101, Location: 2/1/4/18

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Minutes) MSA C1451, Robert Allen, May Term 1843, 6th Trial on May 6, 1843, Dates: 1841-1849, Description: *, Accession No.: 15,322, MSA No.: C 1451-22, Location: 2/1/4/34 He plead not guilty, sentence to 3yrs in Pen

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM6, William Emory, page 74, Dates: 1840, Description: QA. 8, pp. 70-127, Accession No.: M 4723-2, MSA No.: SM 61-115

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, William Emory, page 193, Dates: 1850, Description: QA, Accession No.: M 1500-1, MSA No.: SM 61-144

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, William Emory, page 27, Dates: 1850, Description: Slaves, QA, Accession No.: M 1506-1, MSA No.: SM 61-170

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Biography

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record)WILLIAM TAYLOR,PRISONER #5127, MSA S275,Dates: 1811, 1826-1869, Accession No.: 5656, MSA No.: S 275-2, Location: 1/30/4/38

SEARCH FOR SUSAN'S OWNER PHILIP T. CHANDLER IN 1840, 1850, 1860 CENSUS INDEXES AND FOUND NOTHING

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Minutes) MSA C1267, William Taylor, April 13, 1857 pg 20, Dates: 1857/04, Description: *, Accession No.: 5954-2, MSA No.: C 1267-11, Location: 1/20/12/28 TAYLOR FOUND ON THE 20TH PAGE MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Commitments) MSA S270Dates: 1857-1863 Accession No.: 5688-2 MSA No.: S 270-2 Location: 1/31/4/17 FOUND TAYLOR'S COMMITMENT PAPERS #5127

CHECKED CENSUS INDEXES FOR 1830, 1840, 1850,1870, NO FREE BLACK WILLIAM TAYLOR RESIDING IN PG COUNTY IN THOSE YEARS

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT(Court Papers, Blacks) MSA C1188, Dates: 1856-1865,Accession No.:50,199-64/78, MSA No.: C 1188-1, Location: 1/21/11/31 TAYLOR NOT FOUND IN INDEX

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Certificates of Freedom) MSA C1172,Dates: 1820-1852, Accession No.: 6197 MSA No.: C 1172-1, Location: 1/21/8/43 NOT FOUND IN LOCATION IN STACKS

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Docket) MSA C1204,Dates: 1857/04, Description: i, Accession No.: 5954-1, MSA No.: C 1204-12, Location: 1/20/12/28 TAYLOR NOT FOUND IN DOCKET

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275, Greenbury Gray, Prisoner #3331, Dates: 1811, 1826-1869, Description: 1, 1773-7229, Accession No.: 5656, MSA No.: S 275-2, Location: 1/30/4/38

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Docket) MSA C64,Dates: 1840/04 Accession No.: 2085, MSA No.: C 64-63, Location: 1/2/7/28 COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN THE STACKS ,

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Court Papers) MSA C2424,Dates: 1810-1845, Accession No.: MSA No.: C 2424-1, Location: 1/2/10/41 NO PAPERS REGARDING GRAY FOUND

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT Certificates of Freedom) MSA C46 NOT INDEXED

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Rough Minutes) MSA C116, Dates: 1841/04-1841/06,Accession No.: 1454-1, MSA No.: C 116-8, Location: 1/1/10/11

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (JudgmentRecord),Dates:1839/04-1844/10 Accession No.: 12,065 MSA No.: C 91-81 Location: 1/1/10/7 MSA C91, NOTHING FOUND IN MINUTES OR JUDGEMENT RECORDS

EVERYTHING I WAS ABLE TO FIND:

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275, Frisby Johns, # 4289, Dates: 1811, 1826-1869, Description: 1, 1773-7229, Accession No.: 5656, MSA No.: S 275-2, Location: 1/30/4/38

-TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Criminal Record) MSA C1857, Dates: 1842-1851, Description: pp. 1-135, Accession No.: 11,849-1, MSA No.: C 1857-16, Location: 1/43/3/18

-TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Minutes) MSA C1891, Dates: 1843-1851, Description: *, Accession No.: 13,752-1, MSA No.: C 1891-14, Location: 1U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 1/43/3/21

-(Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Frisby Johns, Dates: 1850 , Description: BC, Wards 8-11, Accession No.: M 1488, MSA No.: SM 61-126

-(Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, John Tilghman, Dates: 1850, Description: TA, Accession No.: M 1501-2 , MSA No.: SM 61-147

-(Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, John Tilgman, Dates: 1840, Description: TA. 9, pp. 1-61, Accession No.: M 4725-1, MSA No.: SM 61-118

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MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275, Jesse Hudson, Prisoner # 3280, Dates: 1811, 1826-1869,Accession No.: 5656, MSA No.: S 275-2,Location: 1/30/4/38

ONLY INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR JESSE HUDSON

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275, Charles Heise, Prisoner # 5839, Dates: 1811, 1826-1869, Description: 1, 1773-7229, Accession No.: 5656, MSA No.: S 275-2, Location: 1/30/4/38

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Minutes) MSA C1267, Charles Heise, page# 19, Dates: 1863/11 Description: *, Accession No.: 5967-2 , MSA No.: C 1267-24, Location: 1/20/12/40

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record) MSA S1108, Charles Heisey (Heise), page #390, Dates: 1845-1865, Description: *, Accession No.: 7931, MSA No.: S 1108-2, Location: 2/26/5/30

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers) MSA S1031, Charles Heisey (Heise), Box 60 Folder 10, Dates: 1863, Description: *, Accession No.: 5401-60, MSA No.: S 1031-22, Location: 2/46/2/20

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Commitments) MSA S270, Charles Heise, No. 5893, Dates: 1863-1866, Description: 5761-6410, Accession No.: 5688-3, MSA No.: S 270-3, Location: 1/31/4/18

GOVERNOR (Proceedings) MSA S1072, Charles Heise (Heisey), page # 159, Dates: 1861-1869, Description: *, Accession No.: 7897, MSA No.: S 1072-5, Location: 2/26/1/39

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MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275,George Harrison, Prisoner # 4720, Dates: 1811, 1826-1869, Description: 1, 1773-7229, Accession No.: 5656, MSA No.: S 275-2, Location: 1/30/4/38

WASHINGTON COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Certificates of Freedom) MSA C1937, George Harrison, page88, Dates: 1842-1854, Description: i, Accession No.: 16,363, MSA No.: C 1937-2, Location: 1/63/4/13

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MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275, Otho Snyder, Prisoner # 4505, Dates: 1811, 1826-1869, , Accession No.: 5656, MSA No.: S 275-2,Location: 1/30/4/38

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Commitments) MSA S270, Dates: 1850-1857, Description: 4380-5710, Accession No.: 5688-1, MSA No.: S 270-1, Location: 1/31/4/16

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Otho Snyder, page 087, Dates: 1840, Description: WA. 9, pp. 62-237, Accession No.: M 4725-2, MSA No.: SM 61-119

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-Daily National Intelligencer, May 23, 1854

I looked up his slave owner who was signed a Z.B. Beall in the ad but only found a Wm. Z. Beall for P.G. County in the 1850. I did find Allen P. Bowie but his Census Record I was unable to print out in order to scan but I did gather the information off the microfilm. I could not locate Sarah Talbert or Gov. Sam Spriggs in PG in the 1850 Census.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD), Sarah Talbert, 1860, Prince George's County, page 474, MSA SM 61-214, M 7223-2. S. Talbert is the owner of some of Shaw's relations

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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Joseph Bowers, Cumberland District, p 51, Dates: 1860, Description: AL. 1, [Accession No.: M 7201 MSA No.: SM 61- 177]

Documents:

WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Docket) MSA T3063, Joseph Bowers, Criminal Trials, Nov Term, #28, Dates: 1861, Accession No.: 1999/03/25 [MSA No.: T 3063-128 Location: 0/69/10/37]

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275, Dates: 1811, 1826-1869, Description: 1, 1773-7229, Accession No.: 5656, [MSA No.: S 275-2 Location: 1/30/4/38]

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Commitments) MSA S270, Dates: 1857-1863, Description: 5711-5760, Accession No.: 5688-2, [MSA No.: S 270-2 Location: 1/31/4/17]

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Docket) MSA S1110, 10 Prisoners in Penitentiary, #295, Dates: 1862-1869, Accession No.: 7943, [MSA No.: S 1110-1 Location: 2/27/1/6]

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers) MSA S1031, Joseph Bowers, Box 61, Folder 5, Dates: 1865, Accession No.: 5401-61, [MSA No.: S 1031-23 Location: 2/46/2/21]

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record) MSA S1108, Joseph Bowers, p 443, Dates: 1845-1865, Accession No.: 7931, [MSA No.: S 1108-2 Location: 2/26/5/30]

GOVERNOR (Proceedings) MSA S1072, Joseph Bowers (along with Mary Ann Coates), May 30, 1865, Dates: 1861-1869, Accession No.: 7897, [MSA No.: S 1072-5 Location: 2/26/1/39]

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Court Papers, Blacks) MSA C1188 Dates: 1856-1865, Accession No.: 50,199-64/78 MSA No.: C 1188-1, Location: 1/21/11/31

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61,Dates: 1850,Thomas Dant, age 12 in 1850 race:W, Description: PG, Accession No.: M 1499-2,MSA No.: SM 61-143

Thomas Dant, Age:22 in 1860,Dates: 1860, Description: PG. 13, pp. 335-620, Accession No.: M 7223-2, MSA No.: SM 61-214

NOT SURE IF DANT IS WHITE OR BLACK EVEN THOUGH HIS WARRENT IS IN THE PG BLACK COURT PAPERS MAYBE THAT IS BECAUSE HIS CRIME INVOLVED RUNAWAY SLAVES

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Docket) MSA C1204, Thomas Dant, Criminal Appearence, Found Not Guilty, Discharged April 3, 1860,Dates: 1860/04, Description: i, Accession No.: 5959-1, MSA No.: C 1204-17, Location: 1/20/12/33

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Minutes) MSA C1267, Dates: 1860/04, Accession No.: 5959-2, MSA No.: C 1267-16, Location: 1/20/12/33 NOT FOUND IN MINUTES

"Port Tobacco Times" August 6, 1857.-Advertised as a runaway.

"Port Tobacco Times" June 25, 1857.-Advertised as a runway along with John Wallace who ran away just after her on May 25 of that same year.

Check 1850 and 1860 Census Indexes- COULD NOT FIND HER OWNER ANDREW SMOOT LISTED

FOUND ANDREW SMOOT IN 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULES IN ALLEN FRESH DISTRICT

FOUND SON'S OWNER WM. COX IN 1850 AND 1860 CENSUS AND SLAVE SCHEDULES, NOT THE SAME WILLIAM COX IN 1850 AS IN 1860. CANNOT DECIDE WHO IS THE RIGHT COX, THEREFORE WILL NOT SCAN CENSUS AND ADD TO SOURCE PAGE

HAVE NOW DETERMINED THAT COX IS LISTENED IN THE 1860 CENSUS

FOUND HUSBAND'S OWNER JUDGE CRAIN IN 1850 AND 1860 CENSUS AND 1850 SLAVE SCHEDULE

Daily National Intelligencer, September 22, 1853. Daily National Intelligencer, November 22, 1852. She has two ads advertising her run.

Checking Census index books for year 1850 for Margaretta Dyer and Maria Dyer

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Maria Dyer, page #92, Dates: 1850, Description: PG, Accession No.: M 1499-2,MSA No.: SM 61-143

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Margaretta Dyer, page #105, Dates: 1850, Description: PG, Accession No.: M 1499-2,MSA No.: SM 61-143

I really enjoyed working on the UGRR Project. I most enjoyable work was the case studies. Researching case studies is most interesting when different studies connect or link due to some type of relationship between flight accomplices, runaways, or slave owners. I also found several interesting newspaper ads advertising runaway slaves. For example, the committal notice on Mary Ann Waters, a suspected runaway. Waters was actually a man posing as a women hiring himself out to do domestic work in Baltimore City. I also found record stripping to be quite easy. The databases set up with the exact fields pertaining to Census and docket stripping helped to make the process of transferring data from the original docket or Census records on microfilm fairly easy.

I did find the actual process of newspaper stripping to be quite tedious and boring. Newspaper stripping could probably be done easier if smaller segments of dates to cover are given out periodically throughout the research. Spending several days at a time newspaper stripping can be very boring leading to mistakes such as over-looking advertisments. Smaller segments given in-between other assignments would help to make the process less tedious.I also found the the changing of note taking methods to be a bit confusing at times. Changing the method in which I was keeping notes right in the middle my case studies was very time consuming for me. I had to learn a new process of recording,adding and editing information afer several of my case studies had already been completed. If the process had of been shown to me from the beginning I may have been able to complete more case studies instead of going back and adding old case studies to the new note taking system.

There are several ways in which researching this project could be improved. There were several times when I was confused on how deep I should carry-out my research. For example if I was checking census records on a John Smith from P.G. County and found 15 John Smith from P.G. County in the index, should I look up everyone until I determine which one is the right John Smith or would that be too time consuming. It would also help future researchers, especially interns not heavily experienced with researching, if they could be taught how to pick out the most resourceful information and what should be given the most information, instead of wasting one's time looking for documents which will not yield much information to the case study. Sometimes I was a little confused on how fast I should be pacing myself when doing certain work. Work projects such as case studies can be left to complete as one sees fit, but other work such as record stripping could be given an actual due date. This will keep researcher who are not use to managing time and pacing themselves with their work on the same page as everyone else on there researching team. New interns should always be taught the best ways to break time up researching in order to cover all the possible areas that information can be found

I don't think this project actually defines what it feels is a sucessful escape. For example, a runaway who has been advertised for over a long period time could be seen as most likely a successful escapee. We should address cases such as these as sucessful and explore those we determine as failures, such as committals. This project is center on the flight of slaves from enslavement, but I think to better understand why slaves escape we need to answer questions on what was the daily life of a slave in order to understand what was normal and what would give cause for a slave to run in the Chesapeake region. Slave life differs from environment to environment so reasons for running probably differ too. Eventually we will want to compare and contrast the slave life and flight with other regions in the United States in order to understand how the Maryland experience differed from the slave experience in other states. Another question is how did free whites who were unaware of their participation in slave flight effect the UGRR?

At this stage of our work on the UGRR project David Terry did not need to be as hands on as he did in the beginning. Howver, he is always available,if not directly then by email, to answer questions or give suggestions. He also took the time to create work schedules for each of us detailing our different assignments. He also always wanted progress reports to make sure we were on schedule. David is always very appreciative of our work and he trusts with a level of independence. David also guides us and pushes us to set up our on methods or strategies for researching and revising our biographies. David set up periodic meetings which help us to set goals for completing tasks and inform us whether we are moving along on the right path. David is extremely easy to work with and pleasent. He never assigns an overload of work and any work he asks to be completed last minute is always appreciate and it's good to be appreciated.