Lilly Jones (b. circa 1812 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-002523
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, St. Mary's County, Maryland
Biography:
Lilly Jones was just three years old when her mother, Margaret
Clem, escaped from George
Loker's farm. On Sunday, February 19, 1815, Margaret took Lilly and
her two other daughters, Julian
and Elizabeth,
and boarded the British frigate Havannah.1 They were
transferred to the Orlando
on February 27, 1815.2 Elizabeth and her mother and sisters
settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, along with approximately two thousand
black refugees who had fled to or been taken by the British.3
1. Claim of George Loker, Case
121, Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting the period ca.
1814 - ca. 1828, *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI 177 190,* National
Archives, College Park.
3.
Definitive List of Slaves and Property, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, ARC
Identifier 1174162 / MLR Number PI 177 192, National Archives, College
Park.
3.
ST. MARY'S COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX, (Assessment Record, Slaves),
1813, [MSA C1544-34]. George Loker, St. Inigoe's District, March 16, 1813.
3.
"Halifax List," African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/.
2. Thomas M. Bayly, No. III, Bayly's List (RG 76. Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitration. Records of the Mixed Claims Commission: Miscellaneous Records) 107, 112.
3. "Halifax List."
3.
"Black Refugees, 1813-1834." African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery
and Abolition. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/.
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