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Francis Wrightson (b. circa ? - d. 1825)
MSA SC 5496-050788
War of 1812 Claimant, Talbot County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

Claim of Francis Wrightson, Talbot County, Case No.899, Case Files. Ca. 1814-28, entry 190, Record Group 76, 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.

Proclamation by The Honorable Sir Alexander Cochrane, April 2, 1814. Admiralty Archives 1/508,579, London Public Records Office.

TALBOT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX (Assessment Record, Slaves) 1813-1826, [C1835-1]

TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1796-1798 WSB 27, p. 0261 [MSA CE 90-29]

TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1800-1802 JL 29, p. 0253 [MSA CE 90-32]

TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1802-1804 JL 30, p. 0095 [MSA CE 90-33]

TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1809-1811 JL 34, p. 0232 [MSA CE 90-37]

TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1818-1819 JL 41, p. 0389 [MSA CE 90-44]

TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Accounts of Sale) 1826, [C1818-23]

TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Distributions) 1825-1845, [C1860-7]

TALBOT COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Inventories), 1731-1740, Francis Wrightson, Liber IB 2, Folio 492, [MSA CM1029-4].

TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1668-1997, James Wrightson, Liber JB 3 [CM1041-3]

Treaty of Ghent, 1814; International Treaties and Related Records, 1778-1974; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives.

U.S. Census Record (Census Record, MD) for Francis Wrightson, 1810, Talbot County, Page 2, Line 14 [MSA SM61-58, M 2059-6].

U.S. Census Record (Census Record, MD) for Francis Wrightson, 1820, Talbot County, Election District 2, Page 2, Line 16 [MSA SM61-78, M 2068-1].

Newspapers-

"60 Dollars Reward." Republican Star. 3 January 1809.

"Died." Easton Gazette, 27 August 1825.

"In Compliance with the Above Order, Notice is Hereby Given." Easton Gazette. 14 April 1827.

"Public Sale." Easton Gazette. 9 September 1826. 

Books-

Congress of the United States. American State Papers. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1834.

Eshelman, Ralph, Sheads, Scott, and Donald Hickey. The War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: A Reference Guide to Historic Sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

Peden, Henry C., Jr. and F. Edward Wright. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Vol. 5. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books and Family Line Publications, 1999.

Wright, F. Edward. Maryland Militia war of 1812, Vol. 1. Eastern Shore. Silver Spring, MD: Family Line, 1979.

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