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Caleb Jones (b. circa ? - d. circa 1828)
MSA SC 5496-050750
War of 1812 Claimant, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Sources:


Archival Sources -

Claim of Caleb Jones, St. Mary's County, Case No. 638, Case Files. Ca. 1814-28, entry 190, Record Group 76, National Archives, College Park.

Claim of Thomas Smith, St. Mary's County, Case No. 815, Case Files. Ca. 1814-28, entry 190, Record Group 76, National Archives, College Park.

ST. MARY'S COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), [CR 7450-1, MSA CM905-1]. Caleb Jones and Eliza Bennett, January 6, 1806.

St. Mary's County District 1, Simon J. Martenet, Map of St. Mary's County, 1865, Huntingfield Collection MSA SC 1399-1-75 .

ST. MARY'S COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Wills), 1857-1880, Caleb Jones, Liber JTMR 1, Folio 453, [MSA CM926-10].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Caleb Jones, 1810, St. Mary's County, Page 24, Line 7, [MSA SM61-56, M 2061-3].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Caleb Jones, 1820, St. Mary's County, Page 1, Line 4 [MSA SM61-76, M 2067-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Thomas J. Bennett, 1820, St. Mary's County, District 1, Page 4, 8th line from bottom [MSA SM61-76, M 2067-2].


Newspapers and Journals -

“Private Correspondence.” National Intelligencer 31 August 1813: 1.

Butler, Stuart Lee, ed. "Thomas Swann and the British in St. Mary's County." Maryland Historical Magazine. 73.1 (March 1978): 71-78.

Cassel, Frank A. “Slaves of the Chesapeake Bay Area and the War of 1812.” Journal of Negro History 57 (April 1972): 142-154.


Books -

Ridgely, Helen West. The Old Brick Churches of Maryland. New York, NY: Anson D.F. Randolph and Company, 1894.

Skinner, John S., ed. The American Farmer. Baltimore, MD: J. Robinson, 1824.


Internet Sources -

"Cross Manor (Manor of Cornwaley's Cross)." SM-3. Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. Maryland Historical Trust. www.mdihp.net.


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