twenty-one. [Charles County Court Record 1727-31, 42; Haun, Craven County, Court Minutes IV:11-12,
Annis/ Ennis, Bentley, Boston, Brown (3
$ Elizabeth Edelin before
County, Maryland Proceedings 1716-8, 247, 284-5]. But Hannah Shannon's trial was not recorded in
Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? The County filed a notice of appeal to this Court on February 6, 2015. of the day-to-day happenings in the county. Seventeen members of the Gibbs family were freed in Queen Anne's
$ the mother of Lewis Mingo
McMillan invented the name "Croatan Indians" and theorized that they had
families), Lett, Poulson, Rogers, Shaw, Stewart, Welch (4 children), Wilson (2 children). $ mother of Sarah who married
The Proctor family owned land in Charles County before 1762. St. Mary's County Circuit Court Judge Joseph M. Stanalonis ordered a gun be forfeited and $359 in cash. described him as "a black man." Proctor said Gross was trading drugs for guns at one point. [Charles County Court Records 1766-7, 262]. Maryland counties kept a Judicial Record or Judicial Proceedings which
32 children listed in inventories, including Songo family (3
In January of 2021, the County Executive of Prince George's County appointed Dr. Miller to chair the Board of Education for the 20 th largest school system in the nation. On 23
$ Ann Christian in 1713
for thirty-one years in 1743, but there were two of her children bound to him until
Priscilla Gray ("Molattoe woman Priss") and her two children
Fewer owned land than did their counterparts in Delaware, Virginia
Make sure that the file is a photo. "Negroe John" and unlawfully dealt with white servants in 1731. James A Proctor; Created by: Charles Read; . In July 1864, Confederate troops under the leadership of General Jubal Early attempted to invade Washington. He taught them Indian dances and songs and taught them to
Prince George's County Operations Parks & Recreation Parks & Facilities Community Centers Community Centers Baden Community Center 13601 Baden-Westwood Road Brandywine, MD 20613 Beltsville Community Center 3900 Sellman Road Beltsville, MD 20705 Berwyn Heights Community Center 6200 Pontiac Street Berwyn Heights, MD 20740 Bladensburg Community Center This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. $ Elizabeth Cannah in 1753
Courtesy of the Historical Society of Washington, Place of Birth: Prince George'sCounty, Maryland, Associated Landscape:Fort Stevens Park, Washington, DC. Margaret Cannon's daughter was bound to Isaac Smoot of Charles County
The 3 February 1755 Dorchester County
[Kent County, Maryland Criminal Proceedings 1748-60, 119]. not have surviving colonial court records. County Court Records 1770-2, 491; 1772-3, 9, 31]. Estimate 60 children based on comparison with the inventories of
$ Margaret Caine in 1763
After the Civil War, light-skinned African Americans who owned land in
Following the Civil War, Elizabeth Thomas continued to reside near Fort Stevens. Self-taught aerialist Aidan Bryant, of Prince George County, was named the . Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of James Proctor (242174583)? Charles Allen's 23 June 1818 Prince
County, Virginia, in 1795. 462]. County estate of John Raitt [Prerogative Inventories 69:1-3]. was free from his indenture in Anne Arundel County in 1763 [Judgment Record 1760-2, 166]. community in 1911, 1922 and 1942. punishment from the Baltimore County court [Proceedings 1718-21, 498, 507]. $ Ann Hardy in 1746 [Anne
the trustees of Harmony Meeting House, and on 13 March 1819 Eli Norwood and his
ridicule of whites in the area [Porter, Quest for Identity, 103, 108-9, 111]. $ Mary Rye in 1711 [Baltimore
1761 [Judgments 1759-62, image 85]. $ In August 1736 Catherine
Clinton. closer relations between free African Americans and whites and less social relations with
[Prince George's County Court Record 1768-70, 654]. Proctor's injuries did not arise out of the course of his employment and were non-compensable. $ Jane Knock in 1743 and
was indicted by the Prince George's County court for "Malatto Bastardy," but she
Margaret Ruston, a
of William Neale, was given thirty-nine lashes seven years later in June 1756 for taking
In November 1757 he was charged with striking a
was punished for fornication when it was found that the child was "begot by an
listed in the inventory of Wright's estate in 1729 as "Mullatto Boy named Daniel Lee
Maryland Descendants of Manumitted Slaves. 12219 Tulip Grove Drive Bowie, MD 20715 301-262-2063 Email Library website. children were not recorded by the court--perhaps handled by the churchwardens. Maryland and Delaware during the colonial period as told through their family histories. $ East Indian William Creek
Black/Mulatto Proctors By genealogy.com user May 29, 1998 at 02:28:35. $ Frances Lewellin in Queen
slaves [Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Transcripts of Letters
children). Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. $ Jane Duxberry in 1714 and
Court records indicate that John Hutt's "Mulatto" child was supported by
fountains, seating areas, rest rooms, etc. $ Margaret Lang in 1731
We have set your language to As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. the same age as white children, it being "unjust and inhuman to punish the child for
Talbot County estate of Captain Edward Roe [Prerogative Inventories 2:177-8]. [Somerset County Judicial Records EF:17]. white women. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. his ear nailed thereunto and ripped off. children), Jones, Kelly (2 children), Knight, Lee, Lewis (3 children), Parker (2
$ Sarah Garner in 1760
Queen Anne's County: 1751-1766, Talbot County: 1747-1775, and these contain the cases of
Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? county and state that were about equally divided between Republicans and Democrats. Other cases of Indian indentures which appear in
Anne Arundel County in 1705, and Robert Perle of Prince George's County who was
1708 [Charles County Court Records B-2:433]. who had a mixed-race child in Westmoreland County in 1705, married a sister of Benjamin Banneker
Mr. Robert Mason sold a "Negro man slave," a white woman
1730-2, 329-30; 1732-5, part 2, 503-4, 535]. Advertisement. $ Sarah Smith (mother of John
For many years, Elizabeth Thomas fought for compensation for the damage and loss of her property incurred during the war. [Baltimore County Proceedings 1743-6, 471, 481-2]. The Washington-based architect developed the distinctive mosaic concrete for nearby Meridian Hill Park. recorded in Coventry Parish in Somerset County [Wright, Anne Arundel County Church
Margaret Madden had six children in Talbot County between 1725 and
$ Mary Milner in 1726 [Prince
However, there is a
Get in Touch with a Prince George's County Child Injury Attorney. In the early nineteenth century the mixed-race families formed their
366]. $ Grace Davison in 1756
County, Delaware families came to be known as Moors or Indians during the Jim Crow Period. consist of almost verbatim minutes of all that occurred at the county court: cases brought
Press, Puckham, Sammons, Sockem, Shaver, Sparksman,
Dr. Juanita Miller is Chair of the Board of Education of Prince George's County, Maryland. Jonathan Curtis probably owned or leased land in St. Mary's or Charles County in 1746 when he had an account with William Hunter & Company of Spotsylvania County for over twenty-nine pounds Maryland currency. As a child, Thomas and her parents moved to Vinegar Hill, a small community of free blacks located in northwest Washington, D.C., approximately two miles south of the Maryland border. Thomas encounter with the stranger was a story she told throughout her life, helping her story to gain recognition as part of the history of Fort Stevens. Churb, Collins, Edmunds, Graham, Gray, Grayson, Grimes (2 children), Harris, Hill,
Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. $ Sarah Purrey in 1705 [Anne
According to Thomas, at the time her house was being demolished she was holding her six-month old baby and weeping beneath a sycamore tree. $ Frances Humphreys in 1744
[Charles County Court Record 1693-4, 2, 116-7]. Proctor & Associates, Inc. is a full service Lobbying and Consulting firm. Gross was ordered to complete substance abuse and mental health treatment for the next year. It is in the Judgment Records of Queen Anne's
about 16 months to serve when he was listed in the 22 January 1732 inventory of the
Governor and his Council were not familiar with the practice on 18 July 1722 when they
That reputation works in our favor and it also works for you. Prince George's County, Maryland was created in 1696 from portions of Charles, and Calvert Counties. Try again later. Society), pp. Maryland. Winifred
24 children. Jonathan Curtis probably owned or leased land in St.
You have chosen this person to be their own family member. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. person. there were more opportunities for land ownership. Dedicated in 1936 by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the memorial is a bronze bas-relief model of the fort mounted on a mosaic concrete base designed by John J. Earley. There was an error deleting this problem. Try again later. They had closer relations with the slave population than did their
for the former free persons of color of the county in an effort to win their votes in a
$ the mother of Fanny Dreaden
You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. A system error has occurred. Dogan, Donaldson (2 children), Downs, Duffy, Frost, Hodgskin, Jervice (2 children),
children by slaves by selling them as servants for seven years and binding their children
was baptized in Anne Arundel County in 1699, Henry Quander who was free and married
$ In March 1711/2 Elizabeth
Family members linked to this person will appear here. ), In 1898 William H. Babcock visited the Delaware "Nanticoke
Delaware in 1728, the clerk wrote in the docket, "Entered in the Criminal
probably Thomas Rustin who was free in 1750 when he petitioned the Charles County
However, the births, baptisms
Failed to delete memorial. the will of their master in 1747. prepare costumes, strings of beads and feather headdresses, subjecting them to the
young fellow of dark ginger-bread color." Library Hours [Wright, Anne Arundel County Church Records, 155]. A slave named Thomas Rustin was indicted by the Charles County court in
counties in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina--developed a culture of acceptance of
This case received some notoriety because
[Baltimore County Proceedings 1743-6, 20, 82]. members of the Proctor, Butler, Newman, Savoy, Swann,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242174583/james-a-proctor. Folk, 117]. Elizabeth Proctor, who was joined by about a dozen members of her family, took the oath with her. However, in Kent County there were six recorded cases of white women
50 children. not know their place.". Anne's County in 1775 [Surles, and they Appeared in Court, 1774-1777, 57]. Part of the congregation was willing to go along with this, but another group
twenty-one (for boys) and sixteen (for girls) [Archives of Maryland, 30:289-90;
were usually charged with fornication and received the same sentence as if both partners
Founded in January 1995 by Gregory Steve Proctor, President/CEO, G.S. $ Martha Bedworth in 1707
Prince George's County Public Schools Sasscer Administration . $ Margaret Crass in 1746 and
In 1715 and 1728 the Maryland General Assembly made the mixed-race
Some in Virginia and North Carolina tell of a white woman running away
Court for the Trial of Negro Slaves, 1764-1773]. The law created three castes: white, Negro
An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. The Prince George's County Police Department's Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement Team arrested three juveniles for stealing a Kia. $ In June 1721 Eliza Lester
communities was land ownership. At the turn of the century, Thomas sold some of her Fort Stevens acreage to an influential Washingtonian who hoped to preserve the remaining earthworks and establish a park. Talbot County in 1692 [Prerogative Inventories & Accounts, 10:256-8]. The family settled on a high point beside the Seventh Street Turnpike . states, particularly North Carolina and Delaware. African American men. Baltimore County estate of John Stokes [Prerogative Inventories, 18:310]. Devorax1 Driggers leased
All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. still owned fifty acres each in 1783, but the others sold their land and moved to
Explore Proctor genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. building of a Methodist Episcopal Church. counterparts in Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina. $ Ann Hyde in 1753 [Prince
Search above to list available cemeteries. women and slaves by 1664 when Maryland passed a law which made them and their mixed-race
[Charles County Court Record 1755-6, 127]. Fort Stevens and nearby Fort DeRussy led the defense of the capital as skirmishes broke out. 1742. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Ridgeway, Strickland, Trout, Walker, Webster, and Welch. County Judgment Record 1706-8, 266-7]. loans and the cooperation of other planters to succeed. culture very similar to whites because they had gone to school and church with whites
In 1903 the "Incorporated Body" of Sussex County petitioned
bound until the age of thirty-one. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. survive. The only case recorded in Sussex County
In 1881 the
Families who originated in Maryland but were counted in the
1748 [Prince George's County Court Record 1743-6, 532; 1747-8, 331; 1748-9, 44]. children), Booth, Burke, Cannon (2 children), Clark, Cox, Cunningham, Dawson,
A member of the Hubbard family, a descendant of a white woman
William Barton purchased 177 acres in Anne Arundel County in 1711, and
The
who were described by the Reverend David Humphreys of the Society for the Propogation of
$ Joanna Kashier in 1704
1758 Kent County deed in which John Hutt petitioned the court saying he was bound
County in 1714. City Council approved the Vision Zero resolution on Feb. 24, 2022 and directed staff to develop an action plan for the initiative within one year. one of the Choptank Indians who sold land in Dorchester County in 1727 [Land Records
accountants listed slaves in colonial inventories under the heading "Slaves,"
Settlers from other areas of Maryland included Fountain,
1736-8, 22]. She was sold for seven years for each offense but was renting 60 acres of land from her master when he died, and she left a sizable estate to her children. to serve until the age of twenty-one if they were married to the slave, and till
Anne Arundel County records: Davis (2 children). be allowed to construct their own separate schools. County that we learn that a white woman named Catherine Simiter was the wife of
1709. mixed-race children of white women to be bound out until the age of thirty-one. children), Madden (6 children), Mitchell (3 children), Munts (6 children), Peck (3
Arundel County Judgment Record 1739-40, 11]. descendants of white women who had children by slaves subject to the same punishments as
There are no volunteers for this cemetery. [Charles County Court Records 1770-2, 128, 254]. [Minton, Early History of Negroes in Business in Philadelphia (1913):18]. [Queen Anne's County Judgment Record 1730-2, 162-3; 1735-9, 419]. 1705 [Somerset County Liber G-I:251. Indian" [Court Record 1730-2, 402]. The court
and Williams families; ten births or marriages recorded in Stepney Parish, Somerset
Failed to report flower. Arundel County Judgment Record 1705-6, 51, 116]. The Kent County court dockets
convicted of the same offense, but Rebecca's case was not recorded in the Quarter Sessions
1703 [Anne Arundel County Judgment Record 1703-5, 3, 323]. They were sold as servants for seven year terms, and their children were
[Prince George's County Court Record 1754-8, 218]. Between 1720 and 1751 there were no cases of "Mulatto
Sorry! $ the mother of Jane,
1886):20-30]. Delaware. [Talbot County Judgment Record 1728-31, 126]. Anne's County Judgment Record 1718-9, 5]. Also: Costos, Humphreys, Rye, Strutt, Warburton, Wenham. PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES and SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS Transcribed by Tom Blake, August 2003 PURPOSE. On December 27, 2012, the Prince George's County Executive and County Council ("Appellant," the "County"), acting in their capacity as employer and insurer, filed a statement of contesting issues with the WCC. Parsons received ten lashes by the Talbot County court for having an illegitimate child by
temper [Babcock, American Anthropologist, 1 (1899): 277-82]. mixed-race families who lived in Indian River Hundred have no connection to the Indians
36:275-76; Laws of Maryland, 1715, chapter 44, section 25, cited by Wright, The
Later, there would be three sets of water
President Lincoln became the second sitting president to come under enemy fire as Union forces successfully thwarted the invasion. white woman, had a child by her master's slave in Charles County in 1691. [Charles County Court Records 1759-60, 425; 1760-2, 99-100]. 300 acres in Bogerternorten Hundred in 1707, William Driggers owned 100 acres in
Advertisement. $ Elizabeth Blackbourne in
They include, but are not limited to, the following: . Mary Wedge of Prince George's County had at least five children
Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held is almost non-existent. There were also six East Indians, six Indian servants and twenty-four "free
In June 1721 the Prince George's County court ordered her sold for seven years and
when Anthony Johnson moved there from the Eastern Shore of Virginia and leased 300
"Negro" Grinedge was married to Jane Shoare in Talbot
Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855 (transcript at Pennsylvania Historical
An unidentified English woman was married to a "Negro" in
Before coal came into general use, "the Durhams, Harmons,
The story was modified in the twentieth
Negroes" who still had time to serve. Land ownership made for
Other Eastern Shore free African American families
Eli Harmon left a Sussex County will in 1818 by which he left $10 to
Migration Between Maryland and Other colonies. had a sister Susan and six other children bound to Stockett until the age of thirty-one
Boy Robin, 1 do girl Sarah, 1 do girl Rachel, 1 Do Boy
Martha Beddo of Charles County had three children between 1711 and
children, three bound until the age of thirty-one and one bound until the age of
As a child, Thomas and her parents moved to Vinegar Hill, a small community of free blacks located in northwest Washington, D.C., approximately two miles south of the Maryland border. Weve updated the security on the site. $ Hannah Coe in 1720 [Kent
In a rural community land ownership was the ultimate measure of freedom. There was a problem getting your location. $ East Indian Aron Johnson
for the lesser offense of fornication and had to pay a fine or suffer corporal punishment. planters in Sussex County unless they were accepted by the white community. $ Ann Dick in 1771 [Charles
$ Sarah Moals, alias Grimm,
Prince George's County, Maryland, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. ceremony was conducted by a Catholic priest on the Boarman plantation. Benjamin Banneker, 19]. since the colonial period in Indian River, Sussex County, organized as a "certain
$ Dinah Wenham in 1714
$ In November 1745 Catherine
was free from his indenture in Charles County in January 1706/7 [Court Record 1704-10,
$ Mary Foggett in Cecil
Elizabeth Proctor Thomas was born in Prince George's County, Maryland in the early 1800s. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Free African Americans were drawn to Somerset County as early as 1666
28 children listed in inventories, including. Nanticoke Indian Association. a slave, purchased 200 acres in Rehoboth Bay, Sussex County, in September 1685. Jonas Hodgskin and Rhoda Driggers and the birth of their two children were
None were recorded in Sussex County, but in 1699 the grand jury presented Adam
A part the county became Frederick County in 1748. [Somerset County Judicial Record 1713-15, 74, 212]. [Prince George's County Court Record 1766-8, 573, 581]. was free from his indenture in Prince George's County [Judgment Record 1728-9, 413]. Beckett, Clark, Cornish, Driggers, Esaw, Friend,
Proctor & Associates, Inc. is to provide our federal, state, county and municipal clients with the most effective legislative and administrative lobbying representation possible, as well as advocacy services catered to their interests and endeavors. children), Fisher, Hall, Harwood, Haws, Hicks, Howard, Howe(2 children), Impey (2
Over 600 mixed-race children were born to white women in Maryland and
County before 1735, partnered with whites in putting up security for the executors of
Grace MacDonald was married to a "Negro" man in Charles
Today, Fort Stevens is a neighborhood gathering place where the stories of the battle and Elizabeth Thomas continue to be told. families--the earliest in 1746 [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes,
(2 children), Peck (2 children), Pickett, Rollins, Shepherd, Taylor (3 children), Thomas,