Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Edward Brannum (b. circa 1805 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-050597
Fled from Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1856
 

Sources:

Archival Sources -

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1853-1864, [MSA C1112-1]. Slaveholder: Henry Harding. Slave: Edward. Page 55, 1853.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1853-1864, [MSA C1112-1. Slaveholder: Henry Harding]. Slave: Edward. Page 131, 1855.

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

Newspapers and Journals -

"$200 Reward." Montgomery County Sentinel 12 July 1856. Maryland State Archives.

"Two Hundred Dollars Reward." Baltimore Sun 10 July 1856: 2. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive.

Books -

Prince, Bryan. A Shadow on the Household: One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2009.

Still, William. The Underground Railroad. Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates, 1872.

Internet Sources -

"7 Janeta Houses Survey District 808-822, Veirs Mill Road (MD 28), Rockville." M: 26-13-9. Maryland Historical Trust. www.mdihp.net.

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