Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Nathan (Uncle Nace) Hopkins, b. circa 1831 - d. 1900
MSA SC 5496-51877
USCT Soldier, Talbot County, Maryland
Sources:
Archival Sources -
BOARD OF HEALTH (Death Records, Counties), Dates:
1910-5/1951-6, Caroline Hopkins, Reel: SR 3024, MSA SM30-12.
BOARD OF HEALTH (Death Records, Counties), Dates:
1898-4/1910, Nathaniel Hopkins, Reel: SR 3933, MSA SM156-14.
CAROLINE COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage
Licenses), Nathan and Caroline Hopkins, 1852-1886, C535. Note: Did not find
reference to Caroline or Nathan Hopkins.
SPECIAL COLLECTION (Earle Collection of Maps), Atlas of
Talbot and Dorchester
Counties, Trappe
District, 1877, MSA SC 1970. Note: Has N. Hopkins
2 miles from McKnetts.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical
Photographs), Robert Saddler, 1914, MSA SC 1477-1-6303.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical
Photographs), Robert Saddler, 1914, MSA SC 1477-1-6304.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Sweninger Collection), Nathan Hopkins,
MSA SC 4239-30-11.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Sweninger Collection), Caroline Hopkins,
MSA SC 4239-30-13.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(Appeal Records), New Market Road,
Trappe Black
Church, Eastfield, Black School,
1876, MSA C1829. Note: Found no reference.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS (Assessor's Field Book), New Market Road, Trappe Black Church,
Eastfield, Black School, 1876-1880, MSA C1838.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Ledger), New Market Road, Trappe Black Church,
Eastfield, Black School, 1867-1876, MSA T3886. Note: Found no
reference.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS (Assessment List), New Market Road, Trappe Black Church,
Eastfield, Black School, 1854-1877, MSA T3357. Note: Found no
reference.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Record), New Market Road, Trappe Black Church,
Eastfield, Black School, 1832-1896, MSA C1832. Note: Found no
reference.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Record, Stocks), New Market Road, Trappe
Black Church,
Eastfield, Black School, 1850-1881, MSA c1837. Note:
Found no reference.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(Collector's Assessment Returns), New Market Road, Trappe Black Church,
Eastfield, Black School, 1842-1880, MSA C1853. Note: Found reference to
Nathan Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS (Ledger), Hopkins, Mullikan, New Market Road, Trappe Black Church,
Eastfield, Black School, 1849-1926, MSA T3358. Note: Found no reference.
TALBOT COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS (Levy List), Hopkins, Mullikan, New Market Road, Trappe
Black Church, Eastfield, Black School, 1832-1899, MSA C884. Note: Found
no reference.
TALBOT COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Proceedings),
Hopkins, Mullikan, New Market Road, Trappe Black Church, Eastfield, Black
School, 1832-1903, MSA C1903. Note: Found no reference.
TALBOT COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Road Accounts) ED 1, MSA T3344-1.
TALBOT COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Road Papers), New
Market Road, Trappe Black Church, Eastfield, Black School, 1884-1940, MSA
C2478. Note: Found no reference.
TALBOT
COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Road Records), New Market Road, Trappe
Black Church, Eastfield, Black School, 1854-1900, MSA C1910. Note:
Found no reference.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Civil
Appearance Docket), Caroline Hopkins, 1868-1946, T802. Note: Did not find
reference to Caroline Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Civil
Docket), Nathan Hopkins, 1856-1936, T1789. Note: Did not find reference to
Nathan Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNT CIRCUIT COURT (Criminal Record), Nathan
Hopkins, 1858-1882, T352. Note: Did not find reference to Nathan Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), deed from Elbert
Call and wife to Nathan Hopkins, 1882-1890, MSA CE211-8. (Page 32, Page 33)
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), deed from James Chaney and wife to
Nathan Hopkins, 1882-1890, MSA CE211-8.
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), deed from Nathan Hopkins and wife to
James Chaney, 1882-1890, MSA CE211-8. (Page 454, Page 455)
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), deed from Robert R. Butler and Mary
F. his wife to Philmore E. Potts, 1882-1890, MSA CE211-8. (Page 433, Page 434)
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), deed from Williams Collins Trustee
to Robert R. Bulter, 1882-1890 MSA CE211-8.
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), deed from Robert R. Butler and wife
to Theodore Bantum, 1890-1897, MSA CE211-9. (Page 41, Page 42)
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), mortgage from J.D. Clark to Nathan
Hopkins, 1877-1878, MSA T424-20.
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), mortgage from Nathan Hopkins and
wife to James Chaney, 1882-1890, MSA CE211-8. (Page 473, Page 474)
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Record), mortgage from Robert R. Butler to
Nathan Hopkins, 1882-1890, MSA CE211-8. (Page 33)
TALBOT
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Robert McKnett, 1853-1854, MSA C1881-1, NOTE:
Did not find a reference to the Hopkins.
TALBOT
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Robert
McKnett, 1854-1855, MSA C1881-2. NOTE: Did
not find a reference to the Hopkins.
TALBOT
COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Land
Records), Robert McKnett and Mary McKnett, 1855-1858, MSA C1881-3. (Land purchased in 1857; Land sold in 1859 (page 268), (page 269))
NOTE:
Did not find a reference to the Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records),
Mary McKnett, 1860-1862, MSA C1881-5. NOTE: Did not find a reference to
the Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Land
Records), Mary McKnett, 1862-1864, MSA C1881-6. NOTE: Did not find a
reference to the Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Land
Records), Mary McKnett, 18665-1866, MSA C1881-8. NOTE: Did not find a
reference to the Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Land
Records), Mary McKnett, 1867-1868, MSA C881-10. NOTE: Did not find a
reference to the Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage
Records), Alexander Hopkins, 1883-1886, MSA3010-8.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage
Records), Alice Hopkins, 1840-1920, MSA3010. Note: Did not find a Alice
Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage
Records), Lourana Hopkins, 1886-1895, MSA C3010-9.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage
Records), Madison Hopkins, 1886-1895, MSA C3010-9.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage
Records), Nathan and Caroline Hopkins, 1840-1867, MSA C3010-4. Note:
Did not find Nathan or Caroline Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT
(Petitions), Nathan Hopkins, 1803-1945, T1638. Note: Did not find Nathan
Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT (Plats from
Equity), New Market Road,
1852-1949, MSA C2392. Note: Did not find reference to Hopkins, Money Make Road, or
New Bolingbrooke Road.
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Plats from Land Commissions), New Market Road, Trappe Black
Church, Eastfield, Black School,
1852-1881, MSA CM1427. Note: Did not find reference to Hopkins, Money Make Road, or
New Bolingbrooke Road.
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Plats from Land Records), New Market Road, Trappe Black
Church, Eastfield, Black School,
1851-1923, MSA CM 1000, Reel: CR 47030-2. Note: Did not find reference
to Hopkins, Money Make Road,
or New Bolingbrooke Road.
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Plats, Index), New Market
Road, Trappe Black Church, Eastfield, Black School, 1875, MSA C2400. Note:
Did not find reference to Hopkins, Money
Make Road, or New Bolingbrooke Road.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER
OF WILLS (Administrative Accounts) Robert Mcknett, 1848-1860, MSA
C1820-24. NOTE: Did not find a reference to the Nathan Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER OF WILLS
(Administrative Accounts) Mary McKnett, 1883-1887, MSA CM1016-30. NOTE: Did
not find a reference to the Hopkins
family.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER OF WILLS
(Administrative Accounts, Index), Nathan Hopkins, 1860-1900, MSA CM1017. Note:
The Nathaniel Hopkins listed is not the same Nathaniel Hopkins.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER
OF WILLS (Administrative Bonds) Robert McKnett, 1852-1862, MSA C1821-16.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER
OF WILLS (Creditors Docket) Robert McKnett, 1854-1877, MSA C2297-1.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER OF WILLS
(Distributions) Robert McKnett, 1858-1869, MSA C1860-9
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER OF WILLS
(Distributions) Mary McKnett, 1877-1887, MSA 1860-11.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER
OF WILLS (Inventories) Robert Mcknett, 1858-1861, MSA CM1029-26.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER
OF WILLS (Negro Docket) Mary E. Mcknett and Caroline Hopkins,1855-1867, MSA
C1893-1.
TALBOT COUNTY
REGISTER OF WILLS (Office
Docket), 1822-1886, C1894. NOTE: Did not find a reference to the Mcknetts or
Hopkins.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland, Slave Schedule), 1860 Trappe,
Talbot County, Maryland, Sophia Shehan, Trappe District, page 29, Reel:
SCM 7226, MSA SM61-218.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1870, Trappe, Talbot County,
Maryland, Alice Hopkins, Trappe District, page 85, Reel: SCM 7260-1,
MSA SM61-280.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1880, Federal Census, Trappe,
Talbot County, Maryland, Nathan Hopkins, Trappe District, page 4, Reel:
SCM4752-1, MSA SM61-332.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1900, Federal Census, Trappe,
Talbot County, Maryland, Caroline Hopkins, Trappe District 0092, page
12, Reel: SCM 2389-1, MSA SM61-421.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1900, Federal Census, Easton,
Talbot County, Maryland, Luerana Cole, Easton District 0086, page 26,
Reel: SCM 2389-1, MSA SM61-421.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1900, Federal Census, Easton,
Talbot County, Maryland, Madison Hopkins, Easton District 0087, page
84, Reel: SCM 2389-1, MSA SM61-421.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1910, Federal Census, Trappe,
Talbot County, Maryland, Alexander Hopkins, Trappe District, page 20,
Reel: SCM 3271-3, MSA SM61-459.
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1910, Federal Census, Trappe, Talbot County, Maryland, Caroline
Hopkins, 3rd Trappe Town District, 2nd Precinct, page 11B, Reel: SCM 3271-3, MSA SM61-459.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1910, Federal Census, Baltimore
City, Baltimore County, Maryland, Emma Hopkins, Baltimore War 17, page
12A, Reel: SCM 3261, MSA SM61-434.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1910, Federal Census, Baltimore
City, Baltimore County, Maryland, Lourana Cole, Baltimore Ward 5, page
7 A, Reel: SCM 3257, MSA SM61-430.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1920, Federal Census, Baltimore
City, Baltimore County, Maryland, Lourana Cole, Baltimore Ward 5, Page
3 A, Reel: SCM 10107, MSA SM61-470.
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, Maryland) 1930, Federal Census, Baltimore
City, Baltimore County, Maryland, Lourana Cole, Baltimore Ward 5, Page
3 B, Reel: SCM 12920, MSA SM61-516.
Talbot County Resources-
James Dawson. Interview. Personal files. (bridge record; family diary provided by Nicholas Willis of the Clora Dorsey Farm, Trappe, Maryland, transcribed by James Dawson )
Talbot County Historical Society. Genealogical Chart. Accession Number FIC. Note: Could not find.
Talbot County Historical Society. Cowgill Collection. Accession Number 1982.028. Note: receipt
Talbot County Historical Society. Ledger for Coffins. Accession Number FIC. Note: page missing
Talbot County Historical Society. Biography on Nace, Nathan, Nathaniel Hopkins. Object Folder 458. (Interview with Great-Grandson; family story of Uncle Nace)
Talbot County Historical Society. Photographs of Nace Hopkins. (Photo One, Photo Two)
Talbot County Free Library. A Mullikan Scrapbook. Family records of Trappe.
Talbot County Free Library. Biography on Nace, Nathan, Nathaniel Hopkins. Vertical File. Various newspaper clippings.
----------------. Enlistment form, 1863.
----------------. Letter from General Shockwood to Nathan Hopkins, 1864. letter of permission to leave.
----------------. Letter From Lieutenant J. L. Foster, 1864. Letter regarding sick leave;
----------------. Pension request, March 1873. Form requesting pension for Nace Hopkins.
----------------. Notes on Pension Application, November 1874 through January 1876. Information regarding pension application of Nace Hopkins.
----------------. Discharge Papers, 1874. Unsigned or filled-out.
----------------. Pension application response from Second Auditor's Office, March 1874. Pension request suspended.
----------------. Certificate from R.R. Butler as justice of the pace, March 25, 1874. Justice of Peace present at hearing of Nathan Hopkins pension application case.
----------------. Letter from E.B. French to C. H. Duwell , March 28, 1874. Acknowledging pension application.
----------------. Letter from E.B. French, April 30, 1874. Suspension of pension application.
----------------. Request from E.B. French, April 30, 1874. Request for file of Nathan Hopkins from Second Auditor's Office.
----------------. Letter from E.B. French, November 11, 1874. Suspension of pension application.
----------------. Letter from War Department, Adjutant General's Office, November 27, 1875. Discussion of another Nace Hopkins thought not to be Nace Hopkins of Trappe.
----------------. Letter from E.B. French, December 5, 1875. Suspension of pension application.
----------------. Letter from E. B. French, December 6, 1875. Requesting description of Nace Hopkins.
----------------. Notes on pension application, December 6, 1875. Notes on personal description.
----------------. Letter from Second Auditor's Office, December 6, 1875. Requesting personal description of Nathan or Nace Hopkins.
----------------. Notes on pension application, December 15, 1875. Note regarding the existence of Nace Hopkins in Second Auditor's files.
----------------. Notes on pension application, January 5, 1876. Notes regarding Nathan or Nace Hopkins of the 30th Reg., Co. J.
----------------. Letter from E. B. French, January 5, 1876. Requesting personal description of Nace Hopkins of the 30th Reg., Co. J.
Newspapers and Journals -
Index, 1874-Unknown, Trappe, Maryland. Talbot County Free Library.
Trappe Enterprise, 1883-unknown, Trappe, Maryland. Talbot County Free Library.
Books -
Dawson, James. Irregularities in Abundance: An anecdotal History of Trappe District. Easton, Maryland: Talbot County Free Library Foundation, 2010.
Note: Has transcriptions of local newspaper articles not found elsewhere.
Preston, Dickson. Trappe: The Story of an Old-fashioned Town. Easton,, Md.: Economy Printing Company, 1976.
Note: Has transcriptions of family documents not found elsewhere.
Berlin, Ira, et al. Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867, Series 1, Volume 1, the Destruction of Slavery. Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
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Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867, Series
1, Volume 2, The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The Upper South. Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
--------------- No More Enslaved: Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Internet Sources/Google Earth -
Ancestry.com, 1864, U.S. IRS Tax Assessment List, Mary McKnett, Trappe District, Talbot County, Maryland.
Ancestry.com, 1865, U.S. IRS Tax Assessment List, Mary McKnett, Trappe District, Talbot County, Maryland.
Ancestry.com, 1890, Veterans Schedules, Nathaniel Hopkins, Trappe District, Talbot
County, Maryland, Enumeration District 84, page 3.
Ancestry.com, 1910, Federal Census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, James Hopkins, Philadelphia District, page 8 A.
“Uncle Nace’s Day,” Town of Trappe Celebrations, last modified 2013, http://trappemd.net/naces_day.html.
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