Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Harry Snowden
MSA SC 3520-16425
Biography:
Between 1810 and 1822, Harry Snowden lived near the town of
Brookeville in Montgomery County, Maryland with Milly
Snowden, to whom he was likely married.1
Harry and Milly were tenants of Brookeville resident Gerard
Brooke, who owned nearly 2,000 acres of land throughout
Montgomery County.2
Harry supported himself through working various jobs such as corn
husking and field tending on Gerard Brooke's property surrounding
Brookeville, while Milly often exchanged her services as a weaver for
food and other household items from Gerard Brooke and his son, Richard
Brooke.3
Harry Snowden's whereabouts after 1822 are unknown.
Kyle Bacon, DAR
Research Fellow, 2012.
Notes:
- 1810 United States Federal Census,
Montgomery, Maryland for Harry Snowden. Roll 14, p. 939, Image
0193667
- SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Mary Farquhar Green Collection)
Account book of Gerard Brooke, 1802-1821 [MSA SC 566-1-98, 00/09/06/06].
- Ibid.;
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Mary Farquhar Green Collection) Account book of
Richard Brooke, 1815-1822 [MSA SC 566-1-100, 00/09/06/05].
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