Gassaway Watkins (1752-1840)
MSA SC 3520-16779
Sources:
Archival Sources:
Adjutant General, Militia Appointments, 1794-1816, no. 2, [SM105-1].
Anne Arundel County Court, Marriage Licenses, 1777-1813, pp. 28, 35, MdHR 4752 [MSA C113-1, 1/1/11/27].
Compiled Service Record of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, National Archives, NARA M881, from Fold3.com.
General Assembly, House of Delegates, Assessment Record, 1783, Anne Arundel County, West River Hundred, p.3 [MSA S1161-2-2, 1/4/5/45].
Maryland State Papers, Brown Books, “Stations for Provisions—Recruiting Service,” 2 April 1782, vol. 2, no. 66, MdHR 4609 [MSA S991-2, 1/6/5/3].
Pension of Gassaway Watkins, National Archives and Records Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, NARA M804, W. 15857, from Fold3.com.
Return of the Maryland troops, 27 September 1776, from Fold3.com.
U.S. Federal Census, 1790, Anne Arundel County.
U.S. Federal Census, 1800, Anne Arundel County.
U.S. Federal Census, 1810, Anne Arundel County.
U.S. Federal Census, 1820, Anne Arundel County.
U.S. Federal Census, 1840, Anne Arundel County.
Published Sources:
Batt, Richard John. “The Maryland Continentals, 1780-1781.” PhD diss., Tulane University, 1974.
The Constitution and Register of Membership of the General Society of the War of 1812, to June 1, 1908. Philadelphia: Society of the War of 1812, 1908.
Fredriksen, John C. The War of 1812 U.S. War Department Correspondence, 1812-1815. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, inc., 2016.
General Assembly, Session Laws, 1852, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 615.
General Assembly, Session Laws, 1862, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 532.
Journal of the House of Delegates, 1807, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 555.
Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties, “Walnut Grove,” Howard County, HO-18.
National Register of Historic Places, “Richland Farm,” Howard County, Maryland, NR-1462.
O'Donnell, Patrick. Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016.
Steuart, Rieman. A History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War. Towson, MD: Metropolitan Press, 1969.
Tacyn, Mark Andrew. “‘To the End:’ The First Maryland Regiment and the American Revolution.” PhD diss., University of Maryland College Park, 1999.
Newspapers:
“Twenty Dollars Reward,” Times; and District of Columbia Daily Advertiser, 26 June 1801.
Web Sources:
Find A Grave, "Col. Gassaway Watkins."
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