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Samuel Debtor (b. circa 1848 - d. circa ?)
MSA SC 5496-050573
Enlisted with Company B, 39th Regiment, USCT, in Montgomery County, 1864

Sources:


Archival Sources -

ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Rolls), 1863-1866, U.S. Colored Troops, [MSA S936-50]. Samuel Debtor, Company B, 39th Regiment, Line 20.

ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Rolls), 1864-1865, Slaves mustered into U.S. Colored Troops, [MSA S936-51]. Samuel Detter, Montgomery County, Folder No. 38.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1853-1864, [MSA C1112-1]. Josiah W. Jones, 1st Election District.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics) [MSA CM750-1]. Josiah W. Jones, May 2, 1867. Page 7 (Page 2 electronic).

Montgomery County District 1, Simon J. Martenet, Martenet and Bond's Map of Montgomery County, 1865, Library of Congress, [MSA SC 1213-1-464].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Isaiah W. Jones, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 4, Line 31 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Josiah W. Jones, 1860, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 20, Line 34 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Martha Dettor, 1870, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 86, Line 37 [MSA SM61-275, M 7256].


Books -

Mitchell, Charles W. Maryland Voices of the Civil War. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Wilmer, L. Allison, J. H. Jarrett, and Geo. W. F. Vernon. History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65. Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Guggenheimer, Weil & Co., 1899.


Internet Sources -

"39th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry." Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm.

"The African American Civil War Memorial." African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum. http://www.afroamcivilwar.org/.

"Samuel Detter." Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm.

Maryland Marriage Record for Josiah W. Jones and Mary E. Barnesly, May 30, 1864, Montgomery County. Jordan Dodd. Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899. The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. www.ancestry.com.


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