Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Leonard Covington
(1768-1813)
MSA SC 3520-1877
Sources:
Archival sources -
LAND
OFFICE (Certificates,
Patented, PG) Covington, 29 September 1769, Patented Certificate no.
574 [MSA S1203-645, 1/25/5/29].
PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records) Manumission of
George Rankin by Leonard Covington, 1798, Volume JRM 6 p. 583 [MSA
CE65-35, CR 49540].
PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records) Manumission of
Leander and his family by Leonard Covington, 1801, Volume JRM 8 p. 386
[MSA CE65-37, CR 49542].
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Estate Papers) Leonard
Covington, 1814 [MSA C2119-23, 0/50/6/23].
1820
Laws of Maryland Chapter 23, "An Act for the Sale of the Real Estate of
Leonard Convington, deceased."
CHANCERY
COURT (Chancery Papers) Rebecca Covington and B.L.C. Wailes
vs.
Levin Covington, Rebecca Covington, Benjamin Covington, Susan
Covington, and Edmund Covington. PG. Petition to sell Acquasco,
Gallilee., 1820/12/23, Case No. 7273, MdHR 17,898-7273 [MSA
S512-7300, 1/37/4/26] Recorded in CHANCERY COURT (Chancery
Record)
Volume 116 p. 663 & ff [MSA S517-134, 1/35/3/23].
ST. MARY'S COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT (Equity Papers) Division of Joshua Estep’s estate, 1856,
case no. 381, MdHR 19,731-438-1/2 [MSA C1592-27, 01/57/09/062].
Newspaper/journal articles -
The Maryland Gazette,
20 September 1804.
Maryland
Republican, 15 July 1815.
Niles Register, 7
August 1813.
Excerpts from
volume 5 of the Niles
Register (Sept. 1813-March 1814).
"The late brig. gen. Covington." Niles Register, 1
September 1820.
Books -
Eisenberg, Gerson G. Marylanders
Who Served the Nation. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State
Archives, 1992, 54-55.
Lossing, Benson J. Pictorial
Fieldbook of the War of 1812. Somersworth: NH: New
Hampshire Publishing Co., 1976.
Wailes, Benjamin L.
C. Memoir of Leonard Covington. 1861;
Reprinted, 1928.
Other sources -
Baltz,
Shirley V. "A Prince George's Hero Recalled."
Lourie, Owen.
"Report on Location of Leonard Covington's Home." Maryland State
Archives, 2014.
"Leonard
Covington." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
MARYLAND
HISTORICAL TRUST (Inventory of Historical Sites) Canter House/Covington
Farm Buildings, Prince George's County, site no. PG: 87A-21 [MSA
SE5-19494].
Election
results, 1801 Maryland Senate Electors, Prince George's County. A New
Nation Votes.
Election
results, 1804 U.S. House of Representitives, Maryland,
District 2. A New Nation Votes.
Election
results, 1806 U.S. House of Representitives, Maryland,
District 2. A New Nation Votes. Note: election
totals for the two candidates appear to be reversed.
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