Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

William Clagett (d. 1810)
MSA SC 3520-13922

Sources:


Books -

Williams, T. J. C. and Folger McKinsey.  History of Frederick County, Maryland.  2 vols.  1910.  Reprint, Baltimore:  Regional Publishing Company, 1967.


Articles -

"The Knell."  The Maryland Gazette, 4 April 1810.

"Died."  The Frederick-Town Herald, 7 April 1810.


Archival sources -

Maryland State Archives CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers) 19 May 1806, 5741:   Elie Williams, Nathaniel Rochester, J.T. Towson, Peter Mifler, Geiger Clagett, Harry A. Clagett, Christian Keller, and Francis Foreman vs. William Clagett and George Price.  WA.  Contract to purchase Long Life to Lord Baltimore, Time Elapsed, Clift Spring.  MSA S512-5847   1/37/2/.

Maryland State Archives GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL (Commission Record) MSA S1080-7, 1777-1827, liber TAS, no. 1, MSA S 1080-7, 2/26/3/16.

Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Scharf Collection) MSA S1005-123, William Clagett, statement of Alexander Contee, 1781. William Clagett, statement of John Smith Brookes, 1781, 1/8/5/77.

Maryland State Archives WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT (Land Records) MSA CM1130-13, 1800-1801, N 13, pp. 88-95, CR 34,121.

Maryland State Archives WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT (Land Records) MSA CM1130-16, 1804-1806, R 16, pp. 423-425, CR 34,124.

Maryland State Archives WASHINGTON COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Estate Docket), MSA C1933-1, 1777-1867, 1/63/3/34.
Estate docket indicates that William Clagett left no will; letters granted to Alexander Clagett.

Maryland State Archives WASHINGTON COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories) CM 1154-5, 1808-1814, liber D, pp. 167-169, WK 937-938-2.
(Note:  Microfilmed copy is difficult to read in places.)


Sources checked -

Clark, Raymond B., Jr.  1800 Census Washington County, Maryland.  Washington, D.C.:  Raymond B. Clark, Jr., 1964.
        No William Clagett listed.

Jackson, Ronald Vern ed.  Maryland 1800 Census Index.  Bountiful, UT:  Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1978.
        One William Clagget listed in Anne Arundel County, p. 113.  No other William Clagetts in Maryland.

-----.  Maryland 1810 Census Index.  Bountiful, UT:  Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1976.
        One William Claggett listed in Anne Arundel County, p. 473.  No other Williams Clagetts in Maryland.

Maryland State Archives WASHINGTON COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) MSA CM1145-3, 1807-1810, liber 3,
        WK 926-927-3.  No William Clagett listed in index.

Morrow, Dale W., ed.  Washington County, Maryland Cemetery Records.  7 vols.  Westminster, MD:  Family Line Publications, 1992-96.
        No William Clagett listed.

Overman, Virginia Newsome.  Berry, Bowie, Clagett and Dorsey:  Family Lineages of Maryland.  Hendersonville, TN:  n.pub., 1987.
        No William Clagett listed.

U. S. Bureau of Census.  Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the Year 1790:  Maryland.
        Washington, D.C.:  U. S. Government Printing Office, 1907.
        No William Clagett or Clagget or Claggett listed.

Washington County, Maryland Church Records of the 18th Century, 1768-1800.  Westminster, MD:  Family Line Publications, 1988.
        No William Clagett listed.


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