Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

William Harris (b. ? - d. circa 1820)
MSA SC 5496-050732
War of 1812 Claimant, Calvert County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

CALVERT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage Licenses) 1867-1886, T1854.

Calvert County District 2, Simon J. Martenet, Map of Calvert County, 1865, Huntingfield Collection MSA SC 1399-1-75.

Claim of William Harris, Case 773. 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.

GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL (Proceedings), Liber HD 2, 1694-1706, [MSA S1071-11/12]. Available through Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 23.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for William Harris, 1800, Calvert County, All Saints Parish, Page 8, Line 6 [MSA SM61-25, M 2054-4].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for William Harris, 1810, Calvert County, district not stated, Page 7b, 5th line from bottom [MSA SM61-45, M 2060-1].

U.S.Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Miss Barbara Fowler, 1820, Calvert County, District 2, Page 7, Line 4 [MSA SM61-65, M 2062-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Barbara Fowler, 1850, Calvert County, District 2, Page 38, Line 23 [MSA SM61-132, M 1492-1].

William Harris, No. 773. RG 76. Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitration. Records of the Mixed Claims Commission: Miscellaneous Records. Ca. 1814-28, 7 vols., Entry 185, Vol. 10 of 11 (International Claims). National Archives, College Park.

Newspapers and Journals -

Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Maryland. Bulletin 231, Series F, Geography, 39. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904.

Books -

Allen, Gloria Seaman, and Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn. Maryland Album: Quiltmaking Traditions 1634-1934. Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1995.

Dobson, David. Barbados and Scotland, Links 1627-1877. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005.

Dobson, David. Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1994.

Hanna, Charles A. The Scotch-Irish: or, The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America. Vol. 2. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902.

Hutchins, Ailene W. Calvert County, Maryland, Early Land Records. Prince Frederick, MD: Printed by the author, 1992.

Montague, F.C. The History of England, From the Accession of James I to the Restoration (1603-1660). New York, NY: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920.

Stein, Charles Francis. A History of Calvert County, Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Published by the author, 1976.

Internet Sources -

"Leitch's Wharf." CT-1194. Maryland Historical Trust. Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

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