Archives of Maryland
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Jerry Lynch (b. circa 1796 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-050684
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Biography:

On Sunday, February 19, 1815, George Loker's slave Jerry Lynch fled to the British frigate Havannah, joining seven other slaves who had left Loker's farm earlier that day.1 Lynch escaped from James Richardson's neighboring farm, where Loker may have hired him out.2 All seven slaves were transferred to the Orlando on February 27, 1815.3 Lynch and at least four of the seven slaves arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, between 1815 and 1818. The Halifax List stated his age as twenty-two.4
 

1.     Claim of George Loker, Case 121, Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting the period ca. 1814 - ca. 1828, *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI 177 190,* National Archives, College Park.
        Definitive List of Slaves and Property, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, ARC Identifier 1174162 / MLR Number PI 177 192, National Archives, College Park.
        ST. MARY'S COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1813, [MSA C1544-34]. George Loker, St. Inigoe's District, March 16, 1813.

2.     Claim of George Loker.
        U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for George Loker, 1810, St. Mary's County, Page 26b, 4th line from bottom [MSA SM61-56, M 2061-3].
        U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for James Richardson, 1810, St. Mary's County, Page 26a, 7th line from bottom [MSA SM61-56, M 2061-3].

3.     Thomas M. Bayly, No. III, Bayly's List (RG 76. Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitration. Records of the Mixed Claims Commission: Miscellaneous Records) 107, 112.

4.     "Halifax List," African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery and Abolition, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/.
 

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