Hannah Lyles (b. circa 1797 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-001613
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, Kent County, Maryland, 1814
Biography:
Nineteen-year-old Hannah Lyles escaped from Athur T. Jones' farm, Swan
Point, in Kent County around September 16, 1814. She reaching British ships
on the Patuxent River with seven others of Jones' slaves: Jacob
Murray, Abraham
Lyles, Elijah
Lyles, George
Horner, Delilah
Murray, 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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