William D. Travers (b. circa 1804 - d. 1857)
MSA SC 5496-51328
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Sources:

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Marriage Licenses) 1777-1851, for Levi D. Traverse and Eliza J. Travers, 1849, CM174, Reel WK 1397-1398-3.

DORCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Record) 1852, Election District 4, p. 117-117a. 01/04/05/016

DORCHESTER COUNTY COURT (Marriage Licenses) 1780-1841, for William D. Traverse and Eliza T. Edmondson, 1825, CM447.

DORCHESTER COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories), William D. Travers, 1857, p 11, MSA CM434-8, CR9029-1a.

DORCHESTER COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills), 1688-1976, CM460, Eliza J. Travers, 1902, JWF 2, folios 355-360.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Eliza Travers, 1860. Dorchester County, Fourth District, Page 149, Line 38.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Eliza Travers, 1870. Dorchester County, Fourth District, Page 2, Line 8.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Eliza Travers, 1880. Dorchester County, Parson's Creek District, Page 19, Line 11.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for William Travers, 1850. Dorchester County, Division No. 3, Page 357 verso, Line 38.

Larson, Kate Clifford. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. New York: Ballantine Book, 2005, p. 145-148.

Marshall, Nellie M., compl. Tombstone Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, 1678-1964. n.p., n.d., p. 85.

Still, William. Underground Rail Road: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, etc. Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coales, Publishers, 1872, p. 100.

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