Polly Chambers (b. circa 1797 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-001614
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, Kent County, Maryland, 1814
Biography:
Seventeen-year-old Polly Chambers escaped from Arthur
T. Jones' farm, Swan Point, around September 16, 1814.1
She escaped with seven other slaves: Jacob
Murray, Abraham
Lyles, Elijah
Lyles, George
Horner, Delilah
Murray, Hannah
Lyles, and John
Chambers.
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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