Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Thomas Davidson (b. 1800 - d. 1868)
MSA SC 5496-1632
Slave Owner, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 19th Century

Sources:


Archival Sources:

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Certificates of Freedom) MSA CM794, 1851-1864, p 135, CR 47,243-1, MSA CM 794-1.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Chattel Records) MSA C49, 1829-1838, Thomas Davidson, p 25, 77, 297, WSG 1, 945, MSA C 49-1, Location: 1/1/8/3.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Chattel Records) MSA C50, 1851-1862, Thomas Davidson, p 311, NHG 1, 954, MSA C 50-1, Location: 1/1/8/6.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Chattel Records) MSA C50, 1862-1871, Thomas Davidson, p 63-65, NHG 2, 18,906, MSA C 50-2, Location: 1/1/8/7.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records, Index) MSA C101, 1855-1868, Thomas Davidson,  12,140, MSA C 101-2, Location: 1/1/12/37.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Manumission Record) MSA C110, Thomas Davidson, p 50, January 1, 1849, D 4, 876-2, C 110-1, Location: 1/1/11/24.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Accounts of Sale) MSA C27, Thomas Davidson, p 67, December 1868, 16,844-2, C 27-28, Location: 1/3/13/8.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories) MSA C88, Thomas Davidson, p 67, December 15, 1868, as well as p 270, October 25, 1869, MdHR 16,844-1, MSA C 88-28, Location: 1/3/13/8.

Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions Featuring the Collections of the Maryland State Archives, Davidsonville M.E. Church, Davidsonville, MD, AA, MSA S 1512-688, Location:  01/09/09/62.

MARYLAND INDEXES (Freedom Records, AA, Owner Index) S1408, Thomas Davidson, 50,755, MSA S 1408-2, Location: SR.

U. S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) SM61, Thomas Davidson, 1840, SM61, 1840, p 128, AA, 1st Election District, M 4711, MSA SM 61-97.

U. S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) SM61, Thomas Davidson, 1850, SM61, 1840, p 259, AA, 1st Election District, M 1482, MSA SM 61-122.

U. S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) SM61, Thomas Davidson, 1860, SM61, 1860, p 9, AA, 1st Election District, M 7202, MSA SM 61-178.


Print Sources:

Clayton, Ralph, Free Blacks of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1850, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1987, Call no.: 1450, L24640, Location: REF A-5-1.

Daughters of the American Revolution, Marlborough Towne Chapter, Tombstone Inscriptions of Southern Anne Arundel County, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1971, p 374-375, Call no.: 0418, L11144, Location: REF A-2-1.

Davidson Family Bible, courtesy of Davidsonville Methodist Church, p 1 & 2.

Federal Writer's Project, Slave Narratives, vol. 15, p 19, 20 & 21, Scholarly Press, Inc., St. Clair Shores, MI, 1976, Call no.: 1400, L24927, Location: 12-4-2.

Martin, Margaret Wilmot, James Davidson of the Maryland Line and Some of His Descendants, n.pub., n.pl., 1966, p 19-21, Call no.: 450 D, L7770, Location: REF C-2-3.

Reverend David W. Peck, The Davidsonville Methodist Church, 1964.


Newspapers:

Annapolis Gazette, MSA SC 3322, Obituary for Thomas Davidson, October 1, 1868, M 8834.

Baltimore Sun, State Law Library, Runaway slave ad placed by Thomas Davidson, September 19, 1845.

Evening Capital, MSA SC 2750, write-up on Davidson family Bible in "Davidsonville News" section, September 9th, 1960.


Electronic Sources:

Davidsonville Methodist Church. 819 Central Avenue, P.O. Box 370, Davidsonville, Maryland 21035.
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/davidsonville/

RootsWeb.  Davidson Family Resource.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dmd.html

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