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Richard Harriday (b. circa 1832 - d. circa 1890)
MSA SC 5496-050575
Enlisted with Company B, 39th Regiment, USCT, in Montgomery County, 1864

Biography:

Richard Harriday was a slave on the Leesboro farm of William L. Bachelor,1 who had emigrated from England in 1837.2 On March 22, 1864, Harriday enlisted with the newly-formed 39th Regiment of Maryland Volunteer Infantry. After being mustered into service in Baltimore,3 he served alongside at least four other Montgomery County soldiers, including Samuel Debtor, Bazel Ciphas, Bazil Hall, Luke Letcher, and Robert Lincoln. The 39th Regiment participated in battles that included Petersburg, Spotsylvania Court House, and the Crater.4 Harriday received the final payment for his service on June 30, 1865, from Major Walker, the paymaster.

Following the Civil War, Richard Harriday returned to Montgomery County, Maryland. He lived near Brighton with his wife, Rachel, and their six children: Emily A. (b. 1856), John E. (b. 1858), Jesse (b. 1859), Mary C. (b.1867 ), Lorenzo (b. 1868), and Major (b. 1870).5 By 1880, the Harridays had moved to Washington, D.C.6 Richard Harriday had passed away sometime before 1900, since Rachel Harriday appeared in that year's Maryland census as a widow.7
 

1.     ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Rolls), 1864-1865, 1864-1865, Slaves mustered into U.S. Colored Troops, [MSA S936-51]. Richard Harraday, Montgomery County, Folder No. 38.
        U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for William Bachelor, 1860, Montgomery County, District 5, Page 76, Line 9 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].
        Simon J. Martenet, Martenet and Bond's Map of Montgomery County, 1865, Library of Congress, MSA SC 1213-1-464. Huntingfield Map Collection.

2.     New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Record for Wm. Bachelor,  Jul 14, 1837. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. www.ancestry.com.

3.     ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Rolls), 1863-1866, U.S. Colored Troops, [MSA S936-50]. Richard Harriday, Company B, 39th Regiment, Line 33.

4.     L. Allison Wilmer, 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) 261.

5.     U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Richard Harriday, 1870, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 23, Line 5 [MSA SM61-275, M 7256].

6.     1880 U.S. Federal Census Record (DC) for Richard Hariday, Washington, D.C., District 3, Page 34, Line 33. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

7.     U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Rachel Harridy, 1900, Montgomery County, Olney, District 60, Page 33, Line 31 [MSA SM61-416, M 2386-2]. 
 

Researched and written by Rachel Frazier, 2010.

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