Ann Smoot (b. circa 1812 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-10372
Fled from Charles County, Maryland, 1857
Biography:
On April 20, 1857, Ann Smoot fled from her owner, Andrew J. Smoot of
Charles County, Maryland. He advertised for her apprehension and
delivery in the Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser
on
June 11, 1857. He also advertised for John Wallace, another runaway.
Wallace's runaway date was May 25, 1857, just weeks after Ann Smoot's departure.
Andrew J. Smoot was part of the large slaveholding Smoot family from the
Charles County area. According to the the 1860 Charles County Slave
Schedule many of the Smoot family owned well over ten slaves apiece.
In 1860 Andrew Smoot owned over fifteen slaves. Andrew J. Smoot believed
that forty-five year old Ann may have attempted to run to her husband or one of
her children. Her husband, a slave, resided at the home of Judge Peter
Crain. Judge Crain also had a large slaveholding, over almost thrity-five
slaves, in the 1850 Charles County Slave Schedules just before he became
a Circuit Court Judge for Charles County. Ann Smoot's son, a slave,
was at the residence of William Cox, another slaveholding resident of Charles
County living in the Coomes District. Ann's daughter was living in
Port Tobacco with her owner Miss Murdock. Andrew Smoot believed Ann
may have been lurking in or around those neighborhoods. Ann Smoot's
advertisement ran until February 18, 1858.
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