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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 464 Print image (48K) |
| Adams-Butler 11/7/99 10:29 PM iii. Robert, born say 1720, taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1745 to 1748. He was appointed administrator of the estate of his brother Moses on 12 September 1749. 3 iv. Conselah, born say 1722. v. Thomas1, born say 1723, sued James Maxwell for debt in Kent County Court in May 1744 [Docket Volume 1736-85,43]. He was taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1754 to 1756. 3. Conselah Butcher, born say 1720, called "Selah" Butcher, was taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County from 1752 to 1778. Administration on his Kent County estate was granted to Thomas Butcher, his "next of kin," in 1795 with Jesse Dean surety [WB N-l:l 17]. He may have been the father of i. Thomas2, born say 1756, taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1773 to 1776, in Duck Creek Hundred in 1777 and 1778, a "Negro" taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1782 to 1784, a "Mulatto" taxable in 1797, taxable on one acre and a log house in 1798, head of a Little Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [DE:33], 3 in 1810 [DE:32] and 6 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:20]. He witnessed the 11 May 1776 Little Creek Hundred, Kent County will of Samuel Whitman [de Valinger, Kent County Probate Records, 347]. Other members of the family were i. John, born say 1720, taxable in the upper part of Duck Creek Hundred from 1741 to 1743. His inventory dated 19 February 1762 named his wife Sarah. ii. Caesar, born say 1740, taxable in Little Creek Hundred in 1761. iii. Robert3, say 1750, taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1772 to 1781, in Duck Creek Hundred in 1785, and a delinquent Murderkill taxable in 1787, perhaps the Robert Bucher who was head of a Queen Anne's County, Maryland household of 4 "other free" in 1790 http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-Butler.htm Page 24 of 38 |