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Enoch George Howard (b. 1814 - d. 1895)
MSA SC 5496-047811
Land owner, Cracklin District, Montgomery County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

HOWARD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber 35, Folio 522, 1875-1875, [MSA CE 53-26]. John A. Shipley and Mary Ellen Shipley to George Howard, May 31, 1875.

BALTIMORE CITY, HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Death Record), [CM1132-122]. Martha Elizabeth Murphy, February 6, 1915, Baltimore City.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Death Record, Counties), [MSA S1179-1993]. Harriett A. Howard, July 31, 1917, Montgomery County.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Death Record, Counties), [MSA S1179-3861]. Greenbury Howard, April 28, 1926, Montgomery County.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Death Record, Counties), [MSA S1179-5185]. Rebecca Williams Howard, March 12, 1935, Montgomery County.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record), 1864-1869, Election District 1, [MSA C1111-4]. George Howard, "Negro," District 1.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, (Equity Record, Index), 1851-1876, [C1125-1].

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Liber STS 5, Folio 282, 1850-1851, MSA CE 148-43. Sarah Griffith to George Howard, March 1, 1851. Deed of Manumission.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Liber W, Folio 446, 1822-1823, MSA CE 148-24. Orlando Griffith to Richard H. Griffith, March 13, 1823.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber JGH 4, Folio 446, 1854-1855, [MSA CE 63-4]. Richard H. Griffith to Jeffrey P. T. Magruder, August 1, 1855.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber JGH 2, Folio 425, 1853-1853, [MSA CE 63-2]. Samuel R. Gaither to Harriet Howard, September 5, 1853. Deed of Manumission.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber JGH 8, Folio 671, 1860-1862, [MSA CE 63-9]. Kate A. Warfield to George Howard, August 5, 1862.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, (Land Records), 1860-1862, Liber JGH 8, Folio 36, [MSA CE 63-9]. Samuel R. Gaither to Harriet Howard, March 9, 1860.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, (Land Records), 1860-1862, Liber JGH 8, Folio 108, [MSA CE 63-9]. Basil Matthews to Harriet Howard, May 15, 1860.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, (Land Records), 1860-1862, Liber JGH 8, Folio 108, [MSA CE 63-9]. Basil Matthews to Louis Howard, May 15, 1860.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 8, Folio 11, 1870-1871, [MSA CE 63-18]. Wilson J. Lincoln and Thomas R. Bond to George Howard, September 5, 1870. Mortgage.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 18, Folio 430, 1878-1878, [MSA CE 63-28]. George Howard and Harriet Howard to Samuel Jones, Walter M. Talbott, and William T. Jones, School Commissioners, February 5, 1873.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 18, Folio 430, 1878-1878, [MSA CE 63-28]. George Howard to Board of County School Commissioners, February 5, 1878.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 7, Folio 122, 1869-1870, [MSA CE 63-17]. Richard H. Griffith to George Howard, June 15, 1869.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 29, Folio 277, 1883-1884, [MSA CE 63-39]. John H. Kelchner, Sheriff, to Eliza A. Lincoln, September 5, 1883.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 36, Folio 232, 1885-1885, [MSA CE 63-46]. George Howard to John H. Howard, November 16, 1885.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 36, Folio 235, 1885-1885, [MSA CE 63-46]. George Howard to Greenbury W. Howard, November 16, 1885.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 29, Folio 276. 1883-1884, [MSA CE 63-39]. George Howard to Eliza A. Lincoln and Wilson J. Lincoln, September 4, 1883.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber JA 53, Folio 412, 1896-1896, [MSA CE 63-99]. George Howard, estate, to Maria G. Oliver, et al., March 13, 1896.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber JA 55, Folio 1, 1896-1897, [MSA CE 63-101]. John H. Howard, et al, to Greenbury Howard, March 13, 1896.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Wills, Original), [C1142-13]. Beal Gaither, probated March 26, 1839.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Wills), Liber GCD 2, Folio 227, [CM756-6, CR 44-2]. George Howard, April 18, 1862, probated February 5, 1895.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD), 1870, Agriculture, [S1184-11]. George Howard, Cracklin District, Montgomery County, Line 19.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD), 1890, Union veterans and widows, [MSA SM61-364]. Greenbury Howard, Colesville District, Montgomery County, Line 8.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Samuel R. Gaither, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Page 8, Line 25 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Basil Matthews, 1850, Montgomery County, Page 33, Line 37 [MSA SM61-142, M 1499-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Bassil Matthews, 1860, Montgomery County, Page 52, Line 38 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for George Howard, 1860, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 20, Line 1 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for George Howard, 1870, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 9, Line 20 [MSA SM61-273, M 7254].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for John Howard, 1870, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 8, Line 26 [MSA SM61-273, M 7254].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Benjamin F. Harding, 1870, Montgomery County, District 3, Page 15, Line 26 [MSA SM61-273, M 7254].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for George Howard, 1880, Montgomery County, Cracklin District, Page 1, Line 19 [MSA SM61-324, M 4748-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Greenberry Howard, 1880, Montgomery County, Cracklin, District 107, Page 1, Line 14 [MSA SM61-324, M 4748-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for James Dawson, 1880, Montgomery County, Rockville, District 112, Page 13, Line 46 [MSA SM61-324, M 4748-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for John H. Howard, 1900, Montgomery County, Laytonsville, District 49, Page 10, Line 76 [MSA SM61-416, M 2386-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Greenbury W. Howard, 1910, Montgomery County, Laytonsville, District 101, Page 17, Line 12 [MSA SM61-454, M 3269-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for John H. Murphy, 1910, Baltimore (Independent City), Baltimore Ward 17, District 293, Page 21, Line 1 [MSA SM61-434, M 3261].

Newspapers and Journals -

"The Fall of Gold and Its Effects." Baltimore Sun 14 March 1870: 1. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"Local and Personal: Unity Items." Montgomery County Sentinel 25 January 1895: 3 [MSA SC 2813, Reel M 482-02].

"Underground Railroad's Poignant Connections; D.C. Area Boasts Many Links to Freedom Route." Washington Times 3 August 2006: n. pag. Web. www.washingtontimes.com.

Cottman, Michael H. "Map Traces Family Legacy, Local Heritage; Howard Chapel Site Is Part Of Hidden Black History" Washington Post 28 June 2001: T14. ProQuest databases. www.proquest.com.

Pressley, Sue Anne. "The Similarities That Bind: Family's Canadian, Md. Branches Close Gap Left by Slavery." The Washington Post 15 Jul 1990: D1. ProQuest databases. www.proquest.com.

Books -

"Public and Private Securities." The Universal Cyclopaedia. Vol. 10. New York: D. Appleton, 1900.

Cavicchi, Clare Lise. Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County, Maryland. Silver Spring, MD: The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commmission, 2001.

Coleman, Margaret Marshall. Montgomery County: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, VA: The Donning Company, 1984.

The General Assembly of Maryland. History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5. Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Guggenheimer, Weil, & Co., 1899.

Hathaway, Phyllis. "M. Elizabeth Murphy Moss, 1917- . Newspaper Publisher." Notable Maryland Women. Winifred G. Helmes, ed. Cambridge, MD: Tidewater, 1977. 240-42.

Hill, Warrick S. Before Us Lies the Timber: The Segregated High School of Montgomery County,Maryland, 1927-1960. Silver Spring, MD: Bartelby Press, 2003.

Hopkins, G.M. Atlas for Fifteen Miles Around Baltimore Including Howard Co., Maryland. Philadelphia, PA: F. Bourquin, 1878.

Mitchell, Wesley Clair. Gold, Prices, and Wages Under the Greenback Standard. Vol. 1. Berkeley: The University Press, 1908.
(pg. 36)

Peto, Samuel Morton. Resources and Prospects of America: Ascertained During a Visit to the States in the Autumn of 1865. New York, NY: Alexander Strahan & Co., 1866.

Sandy Spring Museum. Sandy Spring Legacy. Sandy Spring, MD: Sandy Spring Museum: 1999.

Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Western Maryland: Being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. Vol. 2. Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1882.

Smith, C. Fraser. Here Lies Jim Crow: Civil Rights in Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

United States Post Office. United States Official Postal Guide. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company, 1906.

United States Supreme Court. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford, December Term, 1856. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co., 1857.

Internet Sources -

1900 U.S. Federal Census Record (IN) for James B. Oliver, Clay, Brazil, District 5, Page 12, Line 98. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

"Dred Scott." Notable Black American Men. Gale Research, 1998. Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC.

"Dred Scott Decision." 2009. This Day in History. The History Channel. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2128.

"Dred Scott's Fight for Freedom." Judgement Day: Fugitive Slaves and Northern Racism. Africans in America. PBS Online. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html.

"Early Doers: Enoch George Howard." Early Families at Work and Play. The Sandy Spring Museum. www.sandyspringmuseum.org.

"Gaither-Howard House, Ruin & Cemetery." Brookeville, Montgomery County, M: 23-8A. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

"Howard Chapel Ruin and Cemetery." Brookeville, Montgomery County, M: 23-11. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

"Howard House, Ruin, Brookeville." Montgomery County, M: 23-8B. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

"Howard, Greenbury." Freedman's Bank records. Branch Location: Baltimore, MD. App. Year: 1872. HeritageQuest Online. ProQuest Databases. http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/cgi-bin/hqo.

"Security." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/532058/security.

"Underground Railroad Experience Trail." Montgomery County Department of Parks. September 2006. 2006.http://www.montgomeryparks.org/PPSD/ParkTrails/trails_MAPS/trailmap_pdfs/URR_trail.pdf.

"William Belt House." Brookeville, Montgomery County, M: 23-10. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

Maryland Marriage Record for Benjamin F. Harding and Mary A. Howard, January 26, 1864, Montgomery County. Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. www.ancestry.com.

U.S. Freedman's Bank Records (1865 - 1874). Branch : Baltimore, MD. Series: M816, Roll: 13, Page: 505, Account: 4305. Greenbury Howard, January 2, 1872. Heritage Quest Online. http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/cgi-bin/hqo.


 

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