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Elijah Lyles (b. circa 1787 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-001608
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, Kent County, Maryland, 1814

Biography:

Around September 16, 1814, Elijah Lyles escaped his enslavement on Swan Point, reaching British ships on the Patuxent River. He fled with the slaves Jacob Murray, Abraham Lyles,  George Horner, Delilah Murray, Hannah Lyles, John Chambers and Polly Chambers.1

He served Colonial Marines, although the identity of his company is currently unknown.2
 


Footnotes

1.     Claim of Arthur T. Jones, Case 731. Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting the period ca. 1814 - ca. 1828, *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI 177 190,*. National Archives, College Park.

2.     John McNish Weiss, The Merikens: Free Black American Settlers in Trinidad 1815-1816 (London, UK: McNish & Weiss, 2002) 91.
 

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