Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Francis Wrightson (b. circa ? - d. 1825)
MSA SC 5496-050788
War of 1812 Claimant, Talbot County, Maryland
Sources:
Archival Sources -
Claim
of Francis Wrightson, Talbot County, Case No.899, Case Files. Ca. 1814-28,
entry 190, Record Group 76, National Archives, College Park.
Definitive
List of Slaves and Property/, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828/* ARC
Identifier 1174162 / MLR Number PI 177 192*. National Archives, College
Park.
Proclamation by The Honorable Sir Alexander Cochrane, April 2, 1814. Admiralty Archives 1/508,579, London Public Records Office.
TALBOT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX (Assessment Record, Slaves) 1813-1826, [C1835-1]
TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1796-1798 WSB 27, p. 0261 [MSA CE 90-29]
TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1800-1802 JL 29, p. 0253 [MSA CE 90-32]
TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1802-1804 JL 30, p. 0095 [MSA CE 90-33]
TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1809-1811 JL 34, p. 0232 [MSA CE 90-37]
TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1818-1819 JL 41, p. 0389 [MSA CE 90-44]
TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Accounts of Sale) 1826, [C1818-23]
TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Distributions) 1825-1845, [C1860-7]TALBOT COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Inventories), 1731-1740, Francis
Wrightson, Liber IB 2, Folio 492, [MSA CM1029-4].
TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1668-1997, James Wrightson, Liber JB 3 [CM1041-3]
Treaty
of Ghent, 1814; International Treaties and Related Records, 1778-1974;
General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11;
National Archives.U.S. Census Record (Census Record,
MD) for Francis Wrightson, 1810, Talbot County, Page 2, Line 14 [MSA SM61-58,
M 2059-6].
U.S. Census Record (Census Record,
MD) for Francis Wrightson, 1820, Talbot County, Election District 2, Page
2, Line 16 [MSA SM61-78, M 2068-1].
Newspapers-
"60 Dollars Reward." Republican Star. 3 January 1809.
"Died." Easton Gazette, 27 August 1825.
"In Compliance with the Above Order, Notice is Hereby Given." Easton Gazette. 14 April 1827."Public Sale." Easton Gazette. 9 September 1826.
Books-
Congress of the United States. American State Papers. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1834.
Eshelman, Ralph, Sheads, Scott, and Donald Hickey. The War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: A Reference Guide to Historic Sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Peden, Henry C., Jr. and F. Edward Wright. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Vol. 5. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books and Family Line Publications, 1999.
Wright, F. Edward. Maryland Militia war of 1812, Vol. 1. Eastern Shore. Silver Spring, MD: Family Line, 1979.
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