Archives of Maryland
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Parker Johnson (b. circa 1834 - d. 1866)
MSA SC 5496-003400
Accomplice to slave flight, Rockville District, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1864

Sources:

Archival Sources -

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, (Minutes), 05/21/1863-04/01/1891, [MSA S368-1].

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, (Prisoner Record), 1862-1869, [MSA SE65-6]. Parker Johnson, Prisoner Number 5941. Page 9.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, CIRCUIT COURT, (Docket), March Term 1864. [MSA T961-22]. Continued on Page 2.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics), [MSA CM750-1]. Page 112 (page 132 in original record).

Montgomery County District 3, Simon J. Martenet, Martenet and Bond's Map of Montgomery County, 1865, Library of Congress, [MSA SC 1213-1-464]. Huntingfield Map Collection.

Montgomery County District 4, Simon J. Martenet, Martenet and Bond's Map of Montgomery County, 1865, Library of Congress, [MSA SC 1213-1-464]. Huntingfield Map Collection.

SECRETARY OF STATE, (Pardon Docket), 1862-1869, [MSA S1110-1]. Parker Johnson, May 2, 1865, Montgomery County.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Nathaniel Clagett, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 11, Line 29 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Nathaniel Clagett, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, District 4, Page 1, Line 28 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Nathaniel Clagett, 1860, Montgomery County, District 4, Page 71, Line 1 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for James M. Dawson Jr., 1860, Montgomery County, Medleys District, Page 18, Line 27 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for James M. Dawson, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, Medleys District, Page 14, Line 34 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Americus Dawson, 1860, Montgomery County, Medleys District, Page 4, Line 29 [MSA SM213, M 7223-1].

Newspapers and Journals -

"Assault in the Maryland Penitentiary." Baltimore Sun 12 April 1858: 1. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"Destructive Fire—The Maryland Penitentiary—Incendiarism." Baltimore Sun 24 April 1857: 1. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"Fire at the Penitentiary." Baltimore Sun 10 July 1857: 1. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"Fire at the Penitentiary." Baltimore Sun 17 October 1859: 1. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"Fire at the Penitentiary." Baltimore Sun 5 May 1860: 1. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"List of Registered Voters." Baltimore Sun 21 September 1866. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"Officers of the Penitentiary." Baltimore Sun 18 May 1868. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Books -

Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, Unabridged. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1934.

Herget, Henry. "Growth of the Cooperage Industry." Wood Craft: A Journal of Woodworking 8.6 (March 1908): 168-169.

Malloy, Mary Gordon. Abstracts of Wills Montgomery County, Maryland, 1826-1875. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007.

Shugg, Wallace. A Monument to Good Intentions: The Story of the Maryland Penitentiary, 1804 – 1995. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 2000.


 

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