Charles Brown (b. circa 1825 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-047810
Escaped from Rockville District, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1845

Sources:

Archival Sources -

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, (Land Records), Liber JGH 7, Folio 603, [MSA CE 63-8]. E. L. Hays, et al, to Commission for Montgomery County, November 24, 1859.

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 Hungtingfield Map Collection.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Edward L. Hays, 1840, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Pages 29 and 30, Line 30 [MSA SM61-113, M 4722]. Slaves appear on Page 30.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Edward L. Hays, 1850, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 18, Line 13 [MSA SM61-142, M 1499-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) Edward L. Hays, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 4, Line 2 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Edward Hays, 1860, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 75, Line 11 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for E. L. Hays, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 14, Line 7 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for George Brewer, 1870, Montgomery County, District 4, Page 9, Line 28 [MSA SM61-275, M 7256].

Newspapers and Journals -

"$100 Reward." Maryland Journal 1 October 1845: 3. MSA SC 3839, Reel M 7933. Maryland State Archives.

Books -

Franklin, John Hope, and Loren Schweninger. Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999.

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