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Slaves and Owners of the 7th District
(including
Port Deposit)
listed in the Cecil County (Maryland) Tax Records Ledger
entitled
"Slave Record 1853-1864"
From the collection of the Historical Society of Cecil
County
Information extracted by Fred Kelso - October, 1995
1853
|
Name of Owner |
Name of Slave |
Age of Slave |
Value of Slave |
|
|
|
|
|
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Allen Anderson |
Margaret |
28 |
$300 |
|
Joseph Coudon |
William |
19 |
200 |
|
|
Susan |
15 |
200 |
|
|
Nancy |
12 |
200 |
|
Henry Chamberlain |
Robert |
10 |
75 |
|
|
William |
9 |
75 |
|
|
George |
8 |
75 |
|
|
Levi |
29 |
400 |
|
|
Lewis |
24 |
400 |
|
|
Joel |
21 |
400 |
|
|
Lizzy |
7 |
50 |
|
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Hannah |
16 |
200 |
|
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Louisa |
19 |
200 |
|
|
Jane |
35 |
300 |
|
Hazlett Owens |
Mary |
21 |
300 |
|
Thomas Patton |
Levi |
45 |
160 |
|
|
Sarah |
37 |
300 |
|
|
Martha |
53 |
100 |
|
Jefferson Ramsey |
Philis |
24 |
300 |
|
John Stump |
Jackson |
1 1/2 |
75 |
|
|
Jim |
13 |
250 |
|
|
Henry |
12 |
250 |
|
|
John |
30 |
400 |
|
|
Hett |
16 |
200 |
|
|
Harriet |
15 |
200 |
|
|
Mary |
28 |
300 |
|
Cornelius Smith |
Henry |
15 |
250 |
|
|
Janette |
16 |
200 |
|
Jacob Tome |
Henry |
24 |
400 |
|
James Way |
Ann |
11 |
50 |
|
|
Harriet |
9 |
50 |
Note 1: From the Last
Will & Testament of Cornelius Smith, dated 3/28/1857, "...I also give and
bequeath to my niece, Philena Reynolds...my black boy, Henry Dunmore, until he
is twenty-eight years of age, he being twenty-one last August, and at that time
I give him his freedom forever..."
Note 2: In the 1860 Census of the 7th District, Thomas Patton, farmer,
aged 87, has 4 black people living in his household - Martha Peaco (60), Sarah
Peaco (30), Hannah Collins (15), and Charles Williams (14)
Slaves and Owners of the 7th District (including Port Deposit) listed in the
Cecil
County (Maryland) Tax Records Ledger entitled "Slave Record 1853-1864" in
the collection of the Historical Society of Cecil County
1861-1864 (Ages
pertain to 1861 unless otherwise noted)
|
Name of Owner |
Name of Slave |
Age of Slave |
Value of Slave |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allen Anderson |
Margaret |
36 |
$300 |
|
Joseph Coudon |
Perry |
35 |
400 |
|
|
Bill |
27 |
400 |
|
|
Perry |
|
400 |
|
|
Nancy |
20 |
200 |
|
|
Susan |
23 |
300 |
|
|
Nancy |
21 |
300 (new in 1862) |
|
Henry Chamberlain |
Bob |
18 |
250 |
|
|
Dave |
34 |
400 |
|
|
Lizzie |
15 |
200 |
|
|
Lavina |
27 |
300 |
|
|
Jane |
43 |
100 |
|
|
Boy |
2 mos. |
75 (new in 1864) |
|
|
Eliza |
9 |
50 (new in 1864) |
|
Norman Nowland |
Janette |
21 |
300 |
|
Hazlett Owens |
Mary |
29 |
300 |
|
Thomas Patton |
Levi |
53 |
160 |
|
|
Sarah |
45 |
100 |
|
|
Martha |
61 |
100 |
|
William B. Paca |
Slave |
|
400 |
|
John Stump |
Jackson |
9 1/2 |
75 |
|
|
Jim |
21 |
400 |
|
|
Harry |
19 |
250 |
|
|
John |
38 |
400 |
|
|
Hett |
24 |
300 |
|
|
Harriet |
23 |
300 |
|
|
Isaiah |
4 |
75 (new in 1863) |
|
Cornelius Smith |
Harry |
23 |
400 |
|
|
Janette |
24 |
300 |
|
John Starrett |
Nick |
25 |
400 |
|
James Way |
Harriet |
17 |
200 |
Note 3: In the 1860 Census, Allen
Anderson is 70 (he had been a merchant), Joseph Couden is 37 & a merchant, Henry
Chamberlin is 73 & a farmer, Haselet Owens is 59 & a sailor, Jefferson Ramsey is
50 & a farmer, John Stump is 52 & a farmer, Cornelius Smith Sr. is dead
but he has a son Cornelius, Jacob Tome is 50 & a banker, James Way is 69 & a
plasterer, Norman Nowland is 37 & a carpenter, John Starratt is 70 & a farmer
Note 4: Marian Touchstone related that her gg grandfather Hazlett Owens
gave his slave Mary as a wedding gift to his daughter Virginia and her husband
James Touchstone. Mary married John Lowe, and often came back to stay with the
Touchstones after Emancipation.
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