Walter K. White (b. circa ? - d. 1825)
MSA SC 5496-038121
War of 1812 Claimant, Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Biography:
Walter K. White was born in Maryland. White married Mary Ann Goodhand, February 23, 1819 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Walter White and his wife had four children Samuel, Walter, Marmaduke, and Ann.
On September 13, 1821, Walter K. White submitted a claim for the loss of four enslaved men and women belonging to the representatives of Marmaduke Goodhand. The slaves, Samuel Galloway, Thomas Anderson, Hester Galloway, and Araminta Berry escaped to the British, under the command of Admiral Warren, while they occupied Kent Island during the War of 1812. Jacob Anderson, an enslaved man belonging to Harris Legg, also escaped with Goodhand's slaves. Walter K. White was married to the daughter of Marmaduke Goodhand, who was one of the representatives. Therefore, White submitted the claim in his name for his wife who was the representative of her deceased father. The slaves were valued at $1500, which Walter K. White and his wife wanted to be compensated. Maryland residents who lost slaves to the British during the war were to receive $280 per slave if they could prove that they had run off of were carried away. Walter K. White died, before the compensation was issued. Mary Ann Goodhand White was eventually awarded $1120 for the loss of the four slaves.
Slaves continued to escape from White's employ in the years following the war. In 1822, White's enslaved man, Perry Young, escaped and was believed to be lurking in Baltimore. Walter K. White offered a reward of $60 for the return of Perry Young. As time passed and Perry did not return, White increased the reward to $100.
Walter K. White died in 1825. White named his friend Thomas B. Turpin the sole executor of his estate. In his will he bequeathed to his wife Mary Ann all of the slaves that he became possessed of through marriage. To his son Samuel, Walter K. White bequeathed all of his slaves at his farm in Tuckahoe, a negro boy Elick and a negro boy Clinton. He gave to his son Walter Kirby White, he bequeathed a tract of land that was willed to him by his father and land purchased from Jacob Slemaker in Kent Island. Another son Marmaduke White, received one negro boy Clinton. White bequeathed to his daughter Ann a negro boy, Ellick. The residue of White's estate was to be divided between his son Marmaduke and his daughter Ann.
Return to Walter K. Whtie's Introductory Page
|
Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!
|