| Barnes Compton
Census Records:
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1830 Census Record, MD) Charles County, Allen's Fresh District, Sheet 131, Line 20 [ancestry.com]
William Penn 'Campton', Barnes' father, was the head of a household in Charles County. Is this Rosemary Lawn, or is it located in Hill Top District, Barnes Compton's home in 1860? His family includes a woman between 20-30 (his wife Mary Key Barnes Compton) and both a son and daughter under the age of 5. Barnes was born on November 16, 1830, so the son may be him, or one of his brothers who died in childhood.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1840 Census Record, MD) Charles County, 1st District, Sheet 4, Line 11 [ancestry.com]
Barnes Compton's mother died in 1833 when he was only 3, and his father five years later. Guardianship passed to his maternal grandfather, John Barnes. Barnes is here listed as having within his household a male, free white child between the ages of 5 and 10, fitting with Barnes Compton's age of 10. In the household there is also a free colored female between age of 36 and 55.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1850 Census Record, NJ) Mercer County, Princeton Township, Sheet 34, Line 5 [ancestry.com]
Barnes 'Campton' listed as student at Princeton. He is 18 and from Maryland.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1850 Census Record, MD) Charles County, Allen's Fresh District, Sheet 108, Lines 28-32 [ancestry.com]
Wilson Compton was guardian of his nephew Barnes from 1844 on the death of John Barnes until young Barnes Compton came of age. It is thought that he and his family resided at Rosemary Lawn in Charles County, inherited by Barnes from his maternal grandfather. According to this census, Barnes' uncle, aunt and two cousins lived in Charles County. Once again, not sure if this is Rosemary Lawn. His paternal grandmother Elizabeth Penn Compton, at this point 83, lived with the family as well. Barnes was studying at Princeton and therefore not listed on the Maryland census.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1850 Slave Schedules, MD) Charles County, Allen's Fresh District, Sheet 236-237, Lines 28-42, 1-17 [ancestry.com]
Wilson Compton owned 41 slaves, perhaps at Rosemary Lawn, holding the property for Barnes Compton.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1860 Census Record, MD) Charles County, Hill Top District, Port Tobacco Post Office, Sheet 87, Line 38 [ancestry.com]
Barnes Compton, farmer, has an estate worth $20,000. He lives with his wife Margaret and one year old daughter Mary. The next family listed after the Comptons is headed by overseer Robert Hatcher, but it is uncertain whether or not he worked on the Compton property.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1860 Slave Schedule, MD) Charles County, Hill Top District, Sheet 61-62, Lines 9-40, 1-40,1-34 [ancestry.com]
Barnes Compton owned 105 slaves at Hill Top, MD. Is this Rosemary Lawn? According to modern districts, the location of Rosemary Lawn on Fire Tower Road would be in Hill Top, not Allen's Fresh as in the previous census records.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1870 Census Record, MD) Charles County, 1st District, Sheet 25, Line 28 [ancestry.com]
Compton's occupation is now more than a mere farmer--he is a "former state senator." He and Margaret have expanded their family to a total of five children, the youngest-"Infant"- only four months old. Three mulatto domesticated servants are listed; additionally, Frankie Frederich's five children lived in the same household as well. The youngest servant, William Ross (14), attended school within the year.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1880 Census Record, MD) Baltimore City, 5th Precinct, Ward 19, ED 194, Sheet 27, Line 13 [ancestry.com]
Compton and his wife Margaret live with their six children on 181 Carrollton St. in Baltimore. His occupation is listed as Tresurer of the State of MD. His oldest son, J.H.S. (John Henry) is a tresury clerk of the B&O RR. His younger sons are in school, while his daughters and youngest son have no occupation listed. A cook and two servants, all identified as black, live in the same household.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (1900 Census Record, MD) Prince George's County, ED 102, Sheet 18, Lines 91-94 [ancestry.com]
Margaret Sothoron Compton was widowed in 1898. She is here living in Laurel, the place of Barnes' death, with three of her children, Mary B., John H.S. and Barnes. The last two are Assistant Treasurer and Clerk of B&O RR, respectively. Margaret Compton on June 20, 1900.
Death Records:
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY (Wills) 1898, p. 555-557, 650-652, JBP i, MDHR 18,833 [MSA C1326-10, 1/25/7/11]
Barnes Compton leaves his entire estate to his wife Margaret Holliday Compton on his death in 1898. Two years later her will dividing the estate among their six children gives a much more defined listing of the estate and property.
Newspaper Records:
The Ohio Democrat. New Philadelphia, OH. 10 March 1892.
Barnes Compton one of the "flowery orators" of the House of Representatives. Speech in defense of his seat the previous term seen as one of the most eloquent heard within walls of building. Miscellaneous Records:
Rogers Williams, John. "Junior Orators." Academic Honors in Princeton University. Princeton, NJ: C.S. Robinson & Co. University Press, 1902. p. 53.
Barnes Compton listed as a junior orator in the American Whig Society for the year 1850. Later newspaper articles during his congressional office note his oratory skills.
SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION, State no. 179, National no. 1179, ancestor Philip Key. [http://archives.ubalt.edu/sar/sarvi_a1.htm]
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