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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 Prince George's County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:285]. vi. ?John Barton, "free Mulatto" head of a Prince George's County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:269j. vii. TThomas1 Barton, "free negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 3 "other free" and a slave in 1800 [MD:286]. viii. ?James Barton, a "free Negro" taxable in Elkridge Hundred, Anne Arundel County in 1783 [MSA1161-1-3, p.4]. 2. Nancy Barton, born about 1768, registered as a free Negro in Prince George's County on 22 April 1813: a bright mulatto woman, about 45 years old, and 5 feet 6 inches tall... descendant of a certain Rosamond Bently who recovered her freedom in the Prince George's County Court in a suit against Anthony Addis on. She was the mother of i. Thomas2, born about 1791, registered on 1 September 1818: a bright mulatto man, about 2 7 years old, and 5 feet 7 inches tall... descendant of Nancy Barton, a free woman of color. ii. Elizabeth, bom about 1793, registered on 3 November 1813: a bright mulatto girl, 20 years old, and 5 feet 11 inches tall... daughter of Nancy Barton. iii. William2, born about 1794, registered on 1 September 1818: a bright mulatto man, about 24 years old, and 5 feet tall... descendant of Nancy Barton, a free woman of color iv. James Richard, born about 1797, registered on 1 September 1818: a bright mulatto man, about 21 years old, and 5 feet 9 inches tall... descendant of Nancy Barton. v. Charlotte, born about 1800, registered on 3 November 1819: a bright mulatto girl, about 19 years old, and 5 feet 4 inches tall... a descendant of Nancy Barton. vi. Ann Maria, bom about 1803, registered on 3 November 1819: a bright mulatto girl, about 16 years old, and 5 feet 2 inches tall... descendant of Nancy Barton [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes. 15, 16, 26, 32, http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-Butler.htm Page 10 of 38