Peter (b. circa 1793 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-001742
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, St. Mary's County, Maryland
Biography:
Peter escaped from Caleb
Jones' farm in St. Mary's County on August 22, 1813. He and four other
slaves—Job,
Luce,
Suckey,
and James—went
to British forces, who had come ashore to Jones house that day.1
1. Claim of Caleb Jones, St. Mary's
County, Case No. 638, Case Files, Ca. 1814-28, entry 190, Record Group
76, National Archives, College Park.
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