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THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND
(Final Report) 1999/12/31
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THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND
(Final Report) 1999/12/31
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Adams-Butler _ _ 11/7/99 10:29 PM Baltimore. Their daughter one month old daughter Mary Joseph was baptized there on 15 December 1799 [Piet, Catholic Church Records in Baltimore, 4, 126]. ARMWOOD FAMILY 1. Jemima Arm wood, born say 1740, was taxable in John TulTs Pocomoke Hundred, Somerset County household in 1757 [List of Taxables]. She was prosecuted in Somerset County, Maryland Court in 1759 for having an illegitimate child by a "negro slave" [Judicial Records 1757-61, 236]. She (or perhaps a daughter by the same name) was a "Negro" head of a Worcester County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:733]. She was probably the mother of i. James, head of a Worcester County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:762]. ii. Daniel, head of a Worcester County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:796]. ATLOW FAMILY 1. Priscilla Allow, born say 1750, was head of a Frederick County household of 7 "other free" in 1790. She was probably the mother of i. George, born about 1770, obtained a certificate in Frederick County on 6 February 1822: aged about fifty two years five feet eight and a half inches high... dark Mullatto... free born as appears by the affidavit of Jacob Hoff [Certificates of Freedom 1806-27, 126]. BANKS FAMILY Members of the Banks family in Maryland were i. Matthew, head of a Baltimore City household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:144] ii. Ann, head of a Dorchester County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:701]. iii. Elisha, head of a Dorchester County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:7261. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-Butler.htni Page 7 of 38