Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Joseph Wetherly
MSA SC 5496-3058
Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

Biography:

    One of Joseph Wetherly's enslaved men fled while he was in Baltimore in 1842. The owner bought a runaway advertisement, which claimed that the 35 year old John Wetherby "has one or two of his front teeth knocked out."

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