Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

John Ashton (b. circa 1742 - d. 1815)
MSA SC 5496-041715
Slave Owner, Prince Georges County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record 1797-1807, John Ashton to Daniel Mahoney, Vol. 825 pg. 258.

CHARLES COUNTY COURT (Land Records) IB 6, 1804-1806, Folio 117-118 [MSA CE 82-44]

CHARLES COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1808-1817, C681-14 Liber HB 13 Folio 460.

General Assembly (Session Laws) November 4, 1805 - January 28, 1806, Vol. 607.

Kilty's Land-Holder's Assistant and Land-Office Guide, John Ashton agt. Philip Hammond

MARYLAND INDEXES (Freedom Records, PG, Index) 'A', 1806-1869 MSA S1411-01

Prince George's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1829, Vol. 762 pg. 5

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD), John Ashton, 1790, pg. 1, Prince George's County,  M 4723-1, MSA SM 61-114.

White Marsh P. E. Church, exterior, c. 1935, Maryland Writers Project Collection, MSA SC 908-1-471.

Newspapers and Journals -

"Forty Dollar Reward," Maryland Gazette, 10 February 1803.

"Six Pounds Reward," Maryland Gazette, 15 June 1775.

"Sixteen Dollar Reward," Maryland Gazette, 08 January 1798.

"Twelve Pounds Reward," Maryland Gazette, 07 May 1795.

Papenfuse, Eric. "From Redcompense to Revolution: Mahoney vs. Ashton and the Transfiguration of Maryland Culture, 1791-1802", Slavery and Abolition, Vol. 15, No. 3.
    (December 1994), 38-62.

Books -

Baltz, Shirley V. Belair from the Beginning. Bowie, MD: City of Bowie Museums, 2005.

Heberman, Charles G. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. New York: Robert
    Appleton Company, 1907

Hughes, Thomas A. History of the Society of Jesus in North America; Colonial and Federal. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1910.

Provine, Dorothy S. Registration of Free Negroes 1806-1863: Prince George's County, Maryland. Washington, DC: Columbian Harmony Society, 1990.

Shea, John G. Life of Archbishop Carroll:  A History of the Catholic Church Within the Limits of the United States. New Jersey: The Mershon Company Press, 1888.

Whitman, T. Stephen. The Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Baltimore and Early National Maryland. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.


Internet Sources-

Campbell, Thomas. "John Ashton." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 16 Nov. 2011 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776e.htm>.


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