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Aquila Nelson (b. 1765 - d. 1826)
MSA SC 5496-050755
War of 1812 Claimant, Harford County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

BALTIMORE CITY, HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Death Record), 07/1889-12/1889, Film Reel: CR 48081, [MSA CM1132-37]. Adaline C. Peters, August 8, 1889, Certificate Number A19657.

Claim of Aquila Nelson, Case 803. 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.

COUNCIL OF SAFETY, (Census of 1776), 1776, Harford County, Harford Lower Hundred, [MSA Citation: MSA S961-16]. Aquila Nelson, age 10.

COUNCIL OF SAFETY, (Census of 1776), 1776, Harford County, Harford Lower Hundred, [MSA Citation: MSA S961-16]. Sarah Henderson, age 39.

HARFORD COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1805-1807, Liber HD S, Folio 254, [MSA CE 113-18]. Joseph Husband to Aquila Nelson, December 13, 1805.

HARFORD COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1805-1807, Liber HD S, Folio 249, [MSA CE 113-18]. Paca Smith to Aquila Nelson, March 12, 1806.

HARFORD COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1825-1826, Liber HD 9, Folio 227, [MSA CE 113-34]. Samuel Bradford, Sheriff, to Aquila Nelson, June 13, 1826.

HARFORD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, (Land Records), 1854-1854, Liber ALJ 4, Folio 295, [MSA CE 54-4]. Henry Nelson, et al, to Aquila Bordley, February 1, 1854.

Harford County District 2, Jennings and Herrick, Map of Harford County, 1858, Library of Congress, [MSA SC 1213-1].

HARFORD COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1811, 1814-1832, Aquila Nelson, Liber SR 1, Folio 387 - 390, [MSA CM599-4]. 

HARFORD COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS, (Inventories), 1828-1834, Aquila Nelson, Liber *, Folio 928, [MSA CM570-8].

LAND OFFICE (Certificates, Patented, BA) #1115 Coheirs Lot Revised Survey for Humphrey Stokes [MSA S 1190].

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) BC & GS 17, pp. 622-5  John Hall, 1763 [MSA S11-115, MDHR 17,428].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Aquilla Nelson, 1800, Harford County, District 2, Page 8b, Line 3 [MSA SM61-32, M 2056-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Aquila Nelson, 1810, Harford County, Havre de Grace, Page 20, Line 7 [MSA SM61-51, M 2059-3].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Aquila Nelson, 1820, Harford County, District 2, Page 7b, Line 5 [MSA SM61-71, M 2066-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Bennett Nelson, 1860, Harford County, Hall Cross Roads District, Page 16, Line 32 [MSA SM61-210, M 7221].

Books -

Adams, Carolyn Greenfield. Hunter Sutherland's Slave Manumissions and Sales in Harford County, Maryland, 1775-1865. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1999.

Clayton, Ralph. Cash For Blood:  The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade. Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, Inc., 2002.

Palmer, Lewis. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John & Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (Now Delaware) Co. Pa. Chester, PA: Chester Times, 1910.

Peden, Jr., Henry C. St. John's and St. George's Parish Registers, 1696-1851. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2006.

Sullivan, C. John. Waterfowling on the Chesapeake, 1819-1936. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Internet Sources -

"Spesutia Church Cemetery." Perryman, Harford County, Maryland. Find a Grave, Inc. www.findagrave.com.

"St. George's Chapel of Ease (Trappe Church, St. James Chapel of Ease)." H-166. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

Google Earth - 

KMZ File, "Slavery in Harford County"

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