Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

F. Boswell (b. 1817 - d. 1899)
MSA SC 5496-036187
Property Owner and Slaveholder, Rockville District, Montgomery County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record, Slaves), [MSA C1112-1].

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), 1798-1839, Film Reel: CR 8920, [MSA CM724-1]. John James Boswell and Elizabeth Campbell, January 18, 1809, Montgomery County.

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

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1853-1864, Film Reel: CR 34357-3,
[MSA CM686-1]. A.F. Boswell, District 4, 1857.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, CIRCUIT COURT, (Docket), 1876-1878, [MSA T961-28].

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber JGH 5, Folio 174, 1855-1857, [MSA CE 63-5]. Estate of Charles Beckwith to Alexander F. Boswell. May 3, 1856.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics), [MSA CM750-1]. Alexander F. Boswell, Page 107.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), 1798-1839, Film Reel: CR 8920, [MSA CM724-1]. John James Boswell and Elizabeth Campbell, January 19, 1809.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Wills), 1852-1858, Liber WTR 2, Folio 279. Film Reel: CR 11968-2, [MSA CM756-1]. Charles Beckwith, October 25, 1853.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD), 1850, Agriculture, [MSA S1184-2]. Alexander F. Boswell, Montgomery County, Fourth Rockvile Election District, Line 33.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD), 1860, Agriculture, [MSA S1184-7]. A.F. Boswell, Montgomery County, The 4th District, Line 12.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD), 1860, Social Statistics, [MSA S1184-10]. Montgomery County, The 4th District.

US. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Alexander F. Boswell, 1840, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 19, Line 22 [MSA SM61-113, M 4722]. Continued on Page 20, Line 22.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Alexander F. Boswell, 1850, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 26, Line 16 [MSA SM61-142, M 1499-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Alexr. F. Boswell, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 6, Line 25 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for A.F. Boswell, 1860, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 70, Line 35 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for A.F. Boswell, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 11, Line 15 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Samuel Boswell, 1880, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 1, Line 40 [MSA SM61-324, M 4748-2].

Newspapers and Journals -

"$50 Reward." Maryland Journal. 16 July 1845: 3. MSA SC 3839, Reel M 7933. Maryland State Archives.

"House-Carpentering and Undertaking." Montgomery County Sentinel. 13 January 1860: 4. MSA SC 2813, Reel M 476-01. Maryland State Archives.

"Public Sale." Montgomery County Sentinel. 9 January 1857: 3. MSA SC 2813, Reel: M 475-02. Maryland State Archives.

"Sad Accident." Baltimore Sun 28 March 1855: 2. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Books -

Beckwith, Paul Edmond. The Beckwiths. Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1891.

Bowman, John D. Guide to Selections from the Montgomery County Sentinel, Maryland, January 1, 1876-December 31, 1881. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2005.

Bowman, John D. Guide to Selections from the Montgomery County Sentinel, Maryland, January 1, 1897-December 31, 1901. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007.

Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington Including the County of Montgomery, Maryland, 1879. Philadelphia, PA: G. M. Hopkins, C. E., 1879.

Hurley, Jr., William N. The Rabbitt Families of Maryland. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2001.

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

Maryland Court of Appeals. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Vol. 44. Baltimore, MD: Wm. K. Boyle & Son, 1877.

United States Court of Claims, United States Congress. Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: C. Wendell, 1915.

United States House of Representatives. United States Congressional Serial Set: House Documents. 59th Congress: 2nd Session. Vol. 53. 112 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907.

Internet Sources -

Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989 (Record Group 233)

“Medicine in Maryland, 1752-1920.” Maryland State Archives. http://mdhistoryonline.net/.

“St. Mary’s Catholic Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co., MD.” The Tombstone Transcription Project. USGenWeb Archives. http://usgwtombstones.org/.

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