Delilah Murray (b. circa 1795 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-001612
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, Kent County, Maryland, 1814
Biography:
Delilah Murray absconded from Athur T. Jones' farm, Swan Point, around
September 16, 1814. She reached British ships on the Patuxent River with
seven other fellow slaves: Jacob
Murray, Abraham
Lyles, Elijah
Lyles, George
Horner, Hannah
Lyles, John Chambers and
Polly
Chambers.1
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.
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