John
One of seven known slaves of Notley Maddox who ran away within 3 1/2 years
Notley Maddox group Research Notes (2) Here
May 19, 1841 ad
The following 3 slaves ran away on May 15, 1841:
John(Born 1814), age 27, 5'10", ran with 2 siblings, "The side(?) of one of his hams recently hurt so as to cause a ridge protuberance. He has long been my vegetable market man, a plain carpenter and joiner; has been hired at the Potomac Fisheries for several years past; strong natural sense; believed can read and write"
Dumpty(Born 1818), John's brother, about 23 years old, not quite as tall as his brother John
Louisa(Born 1811), their sister, age 30, has a free husband, named Jim Butler
September 2, 1842 ad
-John ran away in the middle of May 1841, he was a great mechanical man, believed can read and write, long had been Maddox's vegetable market man, believed a scar on his leg from a cat, another under his left eye, he carried considerable cash that he had stolen from Maddox with him, a variety of clothes, and a new trunk
The owner, Notley Maddox, had 7 slaves who ran away. He lived in PG County, near DC
Maddox was close enough to Washignton that he told people to write to him at the Washignton post office
Maddox was close enough to Washignton that he asked for the slaves to be lodged in Washington jail
October 5, 1842 ad
Forged certificates of freedom, with good intentions of official seals, are common
Maddox writes "I have now five males and one female that have left me without cause known to me"
He was wiling to pay $200 for each man, if taken in a free state, and fifty for Louisa, the lone woman - use this as a teaser on the case studies page
Biography linked here
All of the following documents were found,
(to link to the sources click here):
Found:
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Notly Maddox, p 63, 6th Election District, Dates: 1840, Description: PG. 8, pp. 1-69, Accession
No.: M 4723-1, MSA No.: SM 61-114
Checked:
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Annual Valuations) MSA C1156, Dates: 1829-1852, Description: PC 1, i, Accession No.: 18,911-1
MSA No.: C 1156-11, Location: 1/25/14/9 (for Notley Maddox)
MARYLAND INDEXES (Freedom Records, PG, Index) 1806-1869 S1411 ( for Jim Butler & Peter Johnson)
Census Indexes for Notley Maddox for 1830, 1840, 1850, found in 1840
DC Census index book 1830 for Peter Johnson (father of 3 of the runaways)
Census Index for Jim Butler (free Black, husband of Louisa) for 1840 but no match
John can be found in the Runaway Ads Database Search |
