Maria Henson
MSA SC 5496-50909
War of 1812 Refugee, Prince George's County, Maryland

Biography:

Maria Henson was an enslaved woman who was owned by Ann Sprigg of Prince George's County, Maryland. Maria had a daughter Anne who was also enslaved by Sprigg. 

Maria and her daughter escaped from Ann Sprigg in company with another slave Kitty Carroll and her infant son Henry and George Carroll, the slave of Trueman Tyler.  She went off with the British army, then in Upper Marlboro and embarked on one of their vessels lying in the Patuxent River.

 
 
 

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