Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Hezekiah Foard (1752-1833)
MSA SC 3520-17299

Sources:

Archival Sources:

Adjutant General, Militia Appointments, Appointment of Hezekiah Ford, 1794, Liber 1, p. 12, MdHR 1349 [MSA S348-1, 2/8/3/13].

Adjutant General, Militia Appointments, Appointment of Hezekiah Ford, 1794, Liber 2, p. 95, MdHR 5587 [MSA S348-2, 2/6/5/10].

Cecil County Court, Land Records, Bill of sale by Joseph Taylor to Hezekiah and Josiah Foard, 1787, Liber 16, p. 119 [MSA CE 133-18].

Cecil County Court, Land Records, Selling of Bohemia Manor from Foard to Bayard family, 1835, Liber JS 35, p. 83-84 [MSA CE 133-62].

Cecil County Court, Marriage Licenses, Marriage of Hezekiah Ford and Sarah Lawrensen, 1785, p. 42, MdHR 9435 [MSA C632-1, 1/11/6/38].

Cecil County Register of Wills, Inventories, Inventory of Hezekiah Foard, March 1833, p. 678-679, MdHR 16577-1 [MSA C620-26, 1/11/12/42].

Cecil County Register of Wills, Wills, Will of Hezekiah Foard, 1833, Liber A 8, p. 411-412, MdHR 16556 [MSA C646-7, 1/11/14/14].

Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, NARA M881, from Fold3.com.

Governor and Council, Appointment List, Appointment of Hezekiah Foard, 1792, MdHR 1899 [MSA S1082-2, 2/26/4/40].

Governor and Council, Appointment List, Appointment of Hezekiah Foard, 1802, MdHR 1901 [MSA S1082-4, 2/26/4/40].

Governor and Council, Appointment List, Appointment of Hezekiah Foard, 1821, MdHR 1909 [MSA S1082-10, 2/26/4/40].

Governor and Council, Appointment List, Appointment of Hezekiah Foard, 1833, p. 44, MdHR 1924 [MSA S1082-24, 2/26/4/41].

Land Office, Lots Westward of Fort Cumberland, Hezekiah Ford's lots in Western Maryland, p. 319, 320, MdHR 17302 [SE1-1].

Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties, "Old Bohemia Manor," Cecil County, CE-54.

Maryland State Papers, Red Books, List of Regular Officers by Chamberlaine, December 1776, vol. 12, no. 66, MdHR 4573 [MSA S989-17, 1/6/4/5].

Maryland State Papers, Revolutionary Papers, Descriptions of men in Capt. Edward Veazey’s Independent Comp, 1776, MdHR 19970-15-36/01 [MSA S997-15-36, 1/7/3/13].

Pension of Hezekiah Foard, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, NARA M804, Record Group 15, Roll 0993, pension number S. 47187, from Fold3.com.

Pension of Mark McPherson, The National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. NARA M804, W 2144. 1-73, from Fold3.com. 

Revolutionary War Rolls, NARA M246, p. 92, from Fold3.com.

Rolls of the Second Maryland Regiment, 1780, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, National Archives, NARA M246, Roll 0033, p. 92, from Fold3.com.

U.S. Federal Census, 1790, Cecil County, Maryland.

U.S. Federal Census, 1820, Cecil County, Maryland.

U.S. Federal Census, 1830, Cecil County, Maryland.

Published Sources:

Hanson's Laws of Maryland, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 203.

Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 18.

Session Laws, 1803, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 560.

Session Laws, 1821, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 626.

Steuart, Reiman. A History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War. Towson, MD: Metropolitan Press, 1969.

Steuben, Friedrich. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, Part I. Philadelphia: Styner and Cist, 1792.

Tacyn, Mark Andrew. “‘To the End:’ The First Maryland Regiment and the American Revolution.” PhD diss., University of Maryland College Park, 1999.

Washington, George. General Orders, 7 November 1779, Founders Online, National Archives.

Washington, George. General Orders, 3 February 1780, Founders Online, National Archives.

Newspapers:

"Cecil County," Baltimore Patriot, 3 May 1821.

"Mortuary Notice," Brattleboro (Vermont) Messenger, 16 March 1833.

"Mortuary Notice," Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.), 28 February 1833.

"Mortuary Notice," Salem Gazette (Salem, Massachusetts), 1 March 1833.

"Reception of La Fayette in Cecil County, Md," Easton Gazette, 18 September 1824.

Web Sources:

Maryland 1821 Electoral Assembly for State Senate, A New Nation Votes.

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