Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

James A. Jones (b. 1803 - d. 1894)
MSA SC 5496-51536
Entrepreneur,  Free Black Property Owner, Kent County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources-

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records) [MSA CE 57-10] JKH 4, p. 692.

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records) [MSA CE 57-15] JKH 9, p. 315.

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records) [MSA CE 57-21]  JKH 11, p. 73

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records) [MSA CE 118-53] JNG 12, p. 53.

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records) [MSA CE 57-30] SB 7, p. 347.

KENT COUNT REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1816-1827 [MSA CM671-12] 10, p. 255.

KENT COUNT REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills)1888-1896 [MSA CM671-18] TRS 1, Folio 360.
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (The Chestertown Transcript) [MSA SC 3326] “Old Colored Man Dies," The Chestertown Transcript, March 29, 1894.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Hammond Harwood House Atlas Collection) [MSA SC 1427 -1 -231] Martenet's map of Kent County.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (The Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society Collection) [MSA SC 5977] Md. Colon. Journal (S1859) 6/1844 - 6/1855.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Telegraph Collection) [MSA SC 3776] "Notice," The Telegraph, May 22, 1829

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1860 [MSA SM61-212] Kent County, District One, Page 187.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1870 [MSA SM61-274] Kent County, Chestertown 4th District, Page 26.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1880 [MSA SM61-323] Kent County, Chestertown District, Page 133.
Newspapers and Journals-

“Affairs in Kent County,” The Baltimore Sun, May 28, 1870.

"Colored Colonization Convention," The Baltimore Sun, July 27, 1852.

 Heck, Peter. “Butcher helped found church, fought for racial equality,” The Star Democrat, February 6, 2011, accessed July 12, 2012, http://www.stardem.com/article_032df931-cc55-5992-a076-e27b79201603.html 
Books -

Harris, H. L. and G. W. Woodruff, eds. Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1872. Accessed July 25, 2012, http://www.archive.org/stream/journalofgeneral07meth#page/n5/mode/2up
Internet Sources -

Hisotrical Society of Kent County. "Slavery and the Civil War." Accessed July 2, 2012. http://www.kentcountyhistory.org/key/civilwar.php

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