Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Sophia (b. circa 1838 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-050567
Escaped from Germantown, Clarksburg District, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1860

Sources:


Archival Sources -

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, CIRCUIT COURT, (Equity Papers), 1858-1859, Warring vs. Warring, [MSA T415-22].

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Liber BS 12, Folio 338, 1843-1845, [MSA CE 148-38]. Henry B. Waring to Lemuel Clements.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Anna Maria Waring, 1860, Montgomery County, Clarksburg District, Page 1, Line 34 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) Anna M. Waring, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, Clarksburg District, Page 3, Line 19 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Rachel Waring, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, Clarksburg District, Page 1, Line 11 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Sophia Beans, 1870, Montgomery County, District 4, Page 18, Line 22 [MSA SM61-275, M 7256].


Newspapers and Journals -

"50 Dollars Reward." 1815 April 27 Maryland Gazette and Political Intelligencer. Maryland State Archives.

"Old Waring Homestead Burned." 14 April 1896 Baltimore Sun: 2. Baltimore Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"One Hundred Dollars Reward." 28 October 1839 Daily National Intelligencer. Maryland State Archives.

"One Hundred Dollars Reward." 11 April 1842 Daily National Intelligencer. Maryland State Archives.

"Twenty Dollars Reward." 19 September 1816 Daily National Intelligencer. Maryland State Archives.


Books -

Bowie, Effie Gwynn, and Walter Worthington Bowie. Across the Years in Prince George's County. Richmond, VA: Garrett and Massie, 1947.

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



 

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