Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
William Courts
(c. 1753-1792)
MSA SC 3520-282
Sources:
Archival Sources:
Charles County Register of Wills, Wills, William Courts, Sr., 1758, liber AD 5, p. 111 [MSA C681-5, 1/8/10/5].
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. NARA M881, from Fold3.com.
Land Office, Debt Books, vol. 14, Charles County, 1758, p. 28 [MSA S12-75, 1/24/2/14].
Maryland State Papers, Blue Books, vol. 5, p. 26, Oath of Alliegiance, Charles County, 3 March 1778 [MSA S990-6, 1/6/4/44].
Maryland State Papers, Red Books, vol. 12, p. 120, Samuel Love to William Smallwood, 26 December 1775 [MSA S989-17, 1/6/4/5].
Maryland State Papers, Red Books, vol. 12, p. 7, Samuel Love to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, 21 March 1776 [MSA S989-17, 1/6/4/5].
Maryland State Papers, Red Books, vol. 19, p. 10, William Courts to Convention of Maryland, 20 June 1776 [MSA S989-28, 1/6/4/16].
Maryland State Papers, Red Books, vol. 19, p. 11, William Courts to Council of Safety, 6 July 1776 [MSA S989-28, 1/6/4/16].
Pension of William McMillan, National Archives and Records Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, NARA M804, S 2806, p. 33-35, from Fold3.com.
Return of the Maryland troops, 13 September 1776, Revolutionary War Rolls, NARA M246, folder 35, p. 85, from Fold3.com.
Published Sources:
"General Orders, 19 October 1777." Founders Online, National Archives.
Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety from July 7 to December 31, 1776, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 12.
Journal and Correspondence of the State Council, from March 20, 1777 - March 28, 1778, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 16.
Lee, Jean B. Price of Nationhood: The American Revolution in Charles County. New York:
W. W. Norton & Co., 1994.
Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 18.
Papenfuse, Edward C., et al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. Vol. 1. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979.
Ruddiman, John A. Becoming Men of Some Consequence: Youth and Military Service in the Revolutionary War. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Steuart, Reiman. The Maryland Line. The Society of the Cincinnati, 1971.
Tacyn, Mark Andrew. “’To the End:’ The First Maryland Regiment and the American Revolution.” PhD diss., University of Maryland College Park, 1999.
Newspapers:
"Annapolis, October 25." Maryland Gazette (Annapolis), 25 October 1792.
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