Jacob Murray (b. circa 1789 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-015093
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, Kent County, Maryland, 1814
Biography:
Jacob Murray absconded from Arthur T. Jones' farm, Swan Point, around September 16, 1814. He reached British ships on the Patuxent River with seven other fellow slaves: Delilah Murray, George Horner, Abraham Lyles, John Chambers, Hannah Lyles, Elijah Lyles, and Polly Chambers.1
Murray enlisted in the Third Company of the Colonial Marines, and was
present at the British invasaion of Cumberland Island, Georgia, in December
1814.3 Like George Horner, John Chambers and Abraham Lyles,
Murray settled in Trinidad following the war.2
1. Claim of Arthur T. Jones, Case 731, 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.
2. Claim of Arthur T. Jones.
3.
Mary R. Bullard.
Cumberland Island: A History (Athens, Georgia:
University of Georgia Press, 2005) 118.
3. John McNish Weiss.
The
Merikens: Free Black American Settlers in Trinidad 1815-1816 (London,
UK: McNish & Weiss, 2002) 34.
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