Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Michael Tiernan (b. 1783 - d. 1845)
MSA SC 5496-050622
War of 1812 Claimant, Baltimore City, Maryland

Sources:


Archival Sources -

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT, (Chancery Papers), 11/04/1837, [MSA C295-2008]: Bernard U. Campbell vs. George R. Carroll, et al.

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1815-1816, Liber WG 135, Folio 267, [MSA CE 66-185]. Isaac Burneston to Hugh Young and Michael Tiernan, April 3, 1816.

CHANCERY COURT, (Chancery Papers), 1820-1822, Case 10431: Union Bank of Maryland vs. Michael Tiernan. AL. Mortgage foreclosure on Cornucopia.[MSA S512-13-10292].

Michael Tiernan, No. 4. RG 76. Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitration. Records of the Mixed Claims Commission: Miscellaneous Records. Ca. 1814-28, 7 vols., entry 185. Vol. 4 of 11. National Archives, College Park.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Michael Tiernan to Emily McTavish, December 29, 1835. [MSA M 4221-5740].

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Michael Tiernan to Emily McTavish, March 1, 1836. [MSA M 4221-5746].

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. P. Tiernan & Son (1 quart) - P. Tiernan & Son-Baltimore, MD. [MSA SC 5646-1-497].

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Charles Carroll of Carrollton Family Papers Collection), Michael Tiernan to Emily McTavish, December 29, 1835, [MSA SC 3498, M 4221-5740].

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Charles Carroll of Carrollton Family Papers Collection), Michael Tiernan to Emily McTavish, March 1, 1836, [MSA SC 3498].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Emily McTavish, 1860, Baltimore City, Ward 11, Page 80, Line 1 [MSA SM61-185, M 7208].


Newspapers and Journals -

"American Prizes." Niles' Weekly Register 29 January 1814. Vol. 5. Baltimore, MD: Franklin Press, 1814.

"Died." Baltimore Sun 15 April 1845: 2. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"New Wholesale Cash Store." The Ohio Repository 8 June 1843: 4. Access Newspaper Archive.

Chrisholm, Hugh, ed. "Gallitzen, Demetrius Augustine (1770-1840)." The Encyclopædia Britannica. 11th ed. 1911.


Books -

The Catholic Church in the United States of America. Vol. 3. New York, NY: Catholic Editing Company, 1914.

Allegany County Bar Association. Pittsburgh Legal Journal. Vol. 31. Pittsburgh, PA: John S. Murray, 1884.

Benson, William Shepherd. Catholic Builders of the Nation. New York, NY: Catholic Book Company, 1935.

Burns, James Aloysius. The Growth and Development of the Catholic School System in the United States. New York, NY: Benziger Brothers, 1912.

Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Spirit: Addresses at the Chamber of Commerce. Pittsburgh, PA: Robert L. Forsythe Co., 1928.

Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay. Vol. 1. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1959. Available through the Internet Archive.

Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay. Vol. 6. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1981. Available through Google Books.

Cranwell, John Philip, and William Bowers Crane. Men of Marque: A History of Private Armed Vessels out of Balitmore During the War of 1812. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1940,

Crawford, Michael J., ed. The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Vol. 3. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Goverment Printing Office, 2002.

Crump, William Bunting, Joseph Rogerson, and Benjamin Gott. The Leeds Woollen Industry, 1780-1820. Vol. 32. Leeds, UK: The Thoresby Society, 1931.

Donnelly, Mary Louise. William Elder: Ancestors and Descendants. Published by the author, 1986.

Emmons, Lieut. George Foster. The Navy of the United States, from the Commencement, 1775 to 1853. Washington, D.C.: Gideon & Co., 1853.

Fairburn, William Armstrong. Merchant Sail. Vol. 2. Center Lovell, ME: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, 1955.

Garitee, Jerome R. The Republic's Private Navy: The American Privateering Business as Practiced by Baltimore During the War of 1812. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1977.

Griffin, Martin I.J. The American Catholic Historical Researches. Vol. 12. Philadelphia, PA: Martin I.J. Griffin, 1895.

Halleck, H.W. Elements of International Law and Laws of War. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1885.

Heaton, Herbert. "Benjamin Gott and the Anglo-American Cloth Trade." Journal of Economic and Business History 2.1 (November 1929): 146-162.

Hollowak, Thomas L. Index to Marriages and Deaths in the (Baltimore) Sun, 1837-1850. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978.

Huntsberry, Thomas V. and Joanne M. Huntsberry. Maryland War of 1812 Privateers. Baltimore, MD: J. Mart, 1983.

Kilty, William, Thomas Harris, and John N. Watkins, eds. The Laws of Maryland from the End of the Year 1799, with a Full Index, and the Constitution of This State... 5 volumes (III - VII). Annapolis: J. Green, 1820. Available through Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 192.

Maclay, Edward Stanton. A History of American Privateers. New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Available through the Internet Archive.

Mississippi Supreme Court. Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Vol. 2. Philadelphia, PA: T.K. and P.G. Collins, 1839.

Niles, H., ed. The Weekly Register. Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: The Franklin Press, 1812.

New York Supreme Court. Reports of the Cases Argued and Determined in the Chancery Court of the State of New York. Vol. 2. Albany, NY: Banks, Gould, & Co., 1847.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court. Vol. 2. Philadelphia, PA: Kay and Brother, 1876.

Phillips, Willard. A Treatise On the Law of Insurance. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Hurd and Houghton, 1867.

Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy. Memoirs of the Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy. New York, NY: The Devain-Adiar Co., 1917.

Russell, Jr., John. The History of the War, Between the United States and Great-Britain, which Commenced in June, 1812... Hartford, CT: B & J Russell, 1815.

Scharf, Col. J. Thomas. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town" and Baltimore City. Baltimore, MD: Turnbull Brothers, 1874.

Thurston, George H. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the Centennial Year. Pittsburgh, PA: A.A. Anderson & Son, 1876. Available through the Internent Archive.

Thurston, George H. Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities, etc. Pittsburgh, PA: Published by the author, 1856.162.

Tiernan, Charles Bernard. The Tiernan Family in Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Gallery & McCann, 1898.

United States Civil Service Commission. Register of All Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States on the Thirtieth September, 1835.... Washington, D.C.: Blair & Rives, 1835.

U.S. House of Representatives. Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Cornelius Wendell, 1857.

Wright, F. Edward, ed. Western Maryland Newspaper Abstracts, 1806-1810. Vol. 3. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006.


Internet Sources -

1800 U.S. Federal Census Record (PA) for Michael Tiernan, Fayette County, Brownsville District, Redstone Township, Page 2b, Line 4. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.(possible match, but probably not)

1810 U.S. Federal Census Record (PA) for Michael Tiernan, Fallowfield County, Nottingham District, Page 6b, Line 11. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (possible match, but probably not)

1840 U.S. Federal Census Record (PA) for Michael Tiernan, Crawford County, Summerhill, Page 26, last line. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Continued on Page 26, last line. (possible match)

1850 U.S. Federal Census Record (PA) for Seth Tiernan, Allegheny County, Ward 4, Page 21, Line 5. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

1860 U.S. Federal Census Record (PA) for Morris Jones, Allegheny County, Ward 1, Page 132, Line 2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

"Old Roman Catholic Cathedral." National Register of Historic Places. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDBDetail.aspx?HDID=32&COUNTY=Baltimore City&SEARCHTYPE=locationSearch&PROPNAME=&STREETNAME=Cathedral&CITYNAME=Baltimore&KEYWORD=.

Meinert, Norman J. "Cemetery Inscriptions from St. Mary's RC Cemetery." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njm1/stmyk.htm.


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