Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Robert Hardcastle (b. 1768 - d. 1852) 
MSA SC 5496-51378 
Slaveholder, Caroline County

Sources:

Archival Sources - 

Acts, 51st New Jersey General Assembly, Dec. 26, 1826, "A Supplement to an act entitled 'an act concerning slaves.'"

Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827. 

CAROLINE COUNTY LEVY COURT (Assessment Record), 1830.  (page 2). 

CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Book M, 1817-1820, p. 114. 

CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) Book Q, 1827-1830, p. 37.

CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) Book Q, 1827-1830, pp. 436 - 437.

CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) Book Y, 1848-1850, pp. 227-229.

CAROLINE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills), Book JRN/C, p.145.

CAROLINE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills), Book WAF/A, pp. 489-490.

Newspapers and Journals - 

"Notice." Daily National Intelligencer. 14 August 1822. 

"$5 Reward." Commercial Chronicle and Daily Marylander. 27 November 1832. 

"$30 Reward." Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser. 14 July 1832.

"A Slave Case," Dorchester Aurora, 23 January 1837.

Internet Sources - 

West Jersey History Project: Gloucester County Slavery Records, Minutes of Hearings, 1833, Robert Hardcastle vs. Negro Slave Samuel and Louisa.

Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census Record, Caroline County, p. 12.

Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census, Caroline County, District Not Stated, p. 31.

Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census Record, Caroline County, District 1, p. 1.

Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census Record, Caroline County, District 1, p. 19. 

Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census Record, Caroline County, District Not Stated, p. 13.

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census Record, Slave Schedule, Caroline County, District Not Stated, p. 3. 

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