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Joseph Boley
MSA SC 5496-3395
Accomplice to slave flight, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1863

Sources:

Archival Sources -

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Docket) MSA C65, State of Maryland vs. Joseph Boley, Presentments #8, #11, #12, #13 & #14, Pages 314-317, 1863/10, MdHR 2134, MSA C 65-24.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics) MSA C142, Owner: Joseph Benson, Pages 102-3, Slaves: Lizzy Bowley (age 35), Mary Ann Bowley (age 15), Susanne Bowley (age 12) Martina Bowley  (age 4), Nannie Bowley (age 10), David Bowley (age 1) [all listed as slavs “for life”], Dates: 1864, Accession No.: 4748, MSA No.: C 142-1.

GOVERNOR (Proceedings) MSA S1072, Joseph Boley, July 28, 1865 (#2), Dates: 1861-1869, Accession No.: 7897, MSA No.: S 1072-5.

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoners Record) MSA S275, Joseph Boley, #5885, MdHR 5656, MSA S 275-2.

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Commitments) MSA S270, Joseph Boley, #5885, MdHR 5688-3, MSA S 270-3.

SECRETARY OF STATE  (Pardon Docket) MSA S1110, Joseph Boley, #294, p 41, Dates: 1862-1869, Accession No.: 7943, MSA No.: S 1110-1.

SECRETARY OF STATE  (Pardon Docket) MSA S1110, 10 Prisoners in Penitentiary, #295, Dates: 1862-1869, Accession No.: 7943, MSA No.: S 1110-1.

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers) MSA S1031, 10 Prisoners in Penitentiary, #295, Box 61, Folder 5, Dates: 1865, ,Accession No.: 5401-61, MSA No.: S 1031-23.

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers) MSA S1031, Joseph Boley, Box 61, Folder 4, Dates: 1865, Accession No.: 5401-61, MSA No.: S 1031-23.

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record) MSA S1108, Joseph Boley, p 452, July 29, 1865, Dates: 1845-1865, Accession No.: 7931, MSA No.: S 1108-2.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Joseph Benson, 4th Dist, p 783, 1850, AA, M 1482, MSA SM 61-121.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Joseph Benson, p 364, 1850, Slaves, AA, M 1504-2, MSA SM 61-155.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Joseph Boley(free), 1860, AA, District 5, p 892, M 7202, MSA SM 61-177.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, Joseph Benson, 1860, Slaves, AA, District 5, p 20, M 7229-2, MSA SM 61-225.

Newspapers:

Annapolis Gazette, 1863, Sep. 10 - 1863, Dec. 31, MSA SC 3322 [OCLC 10596970] M 8830.

Books -

Hynson, Jerry M., Free African Americans of Maryland 1832, Family Line Publications, Westminister, MD, 1998, Dorcester County, Joseph Boley Age 21 p 68 Cyrus Boley Age 49 p 68, William Boley Age 24 p 68, Cyrus Boley, Jr Age 18 p 68, Richard Boley Age 16 p 68, Henry B. Boley Age 7 p 68, Sarah Boley Age 114 p 76, Call no.: 1450, Accession no.: L29755, Location: 12-4-3, Library no.: 13098.

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