Alfred
One of seven known slaves of Notley Maddox who ran away within 3 1/2 years
Notley Maddox group Research Notes (2) Here
March 23, 1839 ad
Alfred(Born 1816), at age 23, ran away with his brother from his master, Notley Maddox, on March 17, 1839. He took other clothes with him.
Alfred was born in 1816
Jerry(Born 1818), Alfred's brother, at age 21, ran away a couple days before March 17, 1839 (when Alfred ran away). He took other clothes with him.
Jerry was born in 1818
Maddox believed that they were hired as free "by some gentlemen of the Potomac fisheries, or public works in or about the District of Columbia."
April 4, 1839 ad
They took clothes with them.
They have a manumitted father in Washington by the name of Peter Johnson
May 19, 1841
-Alfred and his brother, Jerry, age 25 and 23, left in March of 1839
-*I have no doubt they have forged papers, and are now passing under other names.
September 2, 1842
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
Alfred can be found in the Runaway Ads Database Search |
