[Baltimore County Liber IS#B, 505]. Later, there would be three sets of water
not have surviving colonial court records. In October 1740 the Delaware
Library Hours another member of the Chew family in 1737. $ Mary Milner in 1726 [Prince
County, Delaware families came to be known as Moors or Indians during the Jim Crow Period. 1736-8, 22]. for five years" on 28 June 1698 [Proceedings 1676-98, 911]. $ Elizabeth Logan in 1718
When the Civil War began, the nations capital was protected by a single fort: Fort Washington, located 12 miles south of the city along the Potomac River. and 1767 [Prince George's County Court Record 1761-3, 237; 1766-8, 229]. In the early nineteenth century the mixed-race families formed their
Women, Black Men, 19-29]. her [Writers' Program, Works Projects Administration, Slave Narratives, Project
the Anne Arundel County estate of Elizabeth Duhadway [Prerogative Inventories 15:251]. $ Hannah Hockerty in 1770
Arundel County Judgment Record 1734-6, 3-4]. 1720-32, Liber old 8, 153]). $ Catherine Lands in 1766
He taught them Indian dances and songs and taught them to
This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. East Indians apparently blended into the free African American
Day (2 children), Easter, Fitzgerald, Ford, Fountain, Gannon, Grace (3 children), Grant,
Margaret Ruston, a
It was divided into six districts called hundreds: Mattapany, Patuxant, Collington, Mount Calvert, Piscattoway, and New Scotland. and a "Mulatto Child" to Mr. Henry Denton, Clerk of the Council, before 29
462]. was 20 years old and valued at 30 pounds in 1759 when he was listed in the Anne Arundel
Smith of Anne Arundel County received corporal punishment for having a child by an Indian
Relations with Slave and White Communities. was appointed as Commissioner to the Prince George's County Human Rights Commission in September 2019, elected Vice-Chair in October 2020, and appointed as Chair effective July 1, 2021. Hodgkin, Holland, Jones, King, Lee, Mallory, Mortis, Myers, Norman (3 children), Parsons
Nathaniel Allen, great-grandson of a white
Chair Proctor has resided in Prince George's County for over 30 years. Anne's County Judgment Record 1718-9, 5]. $ Ann Haslewood in 1693
Society), pp. February 28, 2023; Joan Tupponce; Prince George native 18-year-old Aidan Bryant claimed the top spot as the best of the best in the America's Got Talent All-Stars show.. Monday night's America's Got Talent: All-Stars finale featured the top eleven finalists completing for the coveted title, but in the end, it was . only criminal cases [Delaware Archives RG 3815.031, dockets 1722-32, frames 229, 235]. $ Elizabeth Blackbourne in
Courtesy of the Historical Society of Washington, Place of Birth: Prince George'sCounty, Maryland, Associated Landscape:Fort Stevens Park, Washington, DC. recorded in Coventry Parish in Somerset County [Wright, Anne Arundel County Church
$ Martildo Tiror in 1726
[Charles County Court Records 1764-6, 772]. The only case recorded in Sussex County
cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Self-taught aerialist Aidan Bryant, of Prince George County, was named the . 1703 [Anne Arundel County Judgment Record 1703-5, 3, 323]. Allen (4 children), Bryant, Burgess, Chuck (2 children),
prepare costumes, strings of beads and feather headdresses, subjecting them to the
61 children. from taxation, indentures of apprentices, etc., and read almost like a newspaper account
St. Mary's County Circuit Court Judge Joseph M. Stanalonis ordered a gun be forfeited and $359 in cash. and George families were there by 1688. 1735. estates of the other western shore counties. the will of their master in 1747. The County filed a notice of appeal to this Court on February 6, 2015. twenty-one. The land of opportunity for free African Americans lay in some areas of
said to have been present on the day of the marriage and to have warned Nell of the
County, Maryland Proceedings 1716-8, 247, 284-5]. mission was to the white residents of the county, it also included the evangelization of
County Judicial Records 1757-61, 41a]. in 1720. $ Joanna Kashier in 1704
Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Try again later. County Judgment Record 1740-1, 259, 272]. But the court called her other child her "white" daughter when it
Easter, Fortune, Grace, Graham, Grimes, Grinnage,
$ Eleanor Fugate in 1734
The suspects are two 14-year-old males and one. [Charles County Court Records 1770-2, 128, 254]. [Judgments 1759-62, image 102]. temper [Babcock, American Anthropologist, 1 (1899): 277-82]. The Proctor family owned land in Charles County before 1762. [Talbot County Judgment Record 1714-7, 147]. births or marriages recorded in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, for the Barton,
$ Jane Repwith/ Rapworth in
[Charles County Court Record 1748-50, 351, 549, 726; 1750, 59]. 91-6, 98-104, 106, 109-11, 124, 131]. or Term of years" and that he had indented with the boy in Virginia, not in Maryland
[Charles County Court Records 1759-60, 425; 1760-2, 99-100]. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. punishment of only twenty-nine lashes. Lord Baltimore was
$ Sarah Smith (mother of John
Following the Civil War, Elizabeth Thomas continued to reside near Fort Stevens. $ An unnamed East Indian had
The Prince George's County Police Department's Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement Team arrested three juveniles for stealing a Kia. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Others from the Eastern Shore followed. CSM President Murphy Set to Retire After Impressive Career. By 1748 most of the Nanticokes had moved to
no. The
was baptized in Anne Arundel County in 1699, Henry Quander who was free and married
1749 when the Craven County court sent someone to Maryland to confirm that they were free
14 children listed in inventories, inlcuding. Please enter your email and password to sign in. [Talbot County Judgment Record 1686-9, 68, 173]. since the colonial period in Indian River, Sussex County, organized as a "certain
Tills, Turner, Wedge (5 children), Wilkins, Williams, Wise. Glover) in 1681 [Charles County Court Records A-2:182, 251]. children), Fisher, Hall, Harwood, Haws, Hicks, Howard, Howe(2 children), Impey (2
Today, Fort Stevens is a neighborhood gathering place where the stories of the battle and Elizabeth Thomas continue to be told. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. that it was a "Customary thing in Ackamack in Virginia to indent with them for a Time
A child injury attorney in Prince George's County could explain in as much detail as necessary how this rule and other applicable state laws might impact a case's outcome. $ Margaret Lang in 1731
A part the county became Frederick County in 1748. Thanks for your help! $ Elizabeth Cobham in 1690/1
Poulson, Proctor, Roach, Saunders, and Toogood. $ East Indian William Creek
$ Ann Parrat in 1742 [Charles
$ In March 1732 Mary Ockeley
During the colonial period in Maryland and Delaware: Over 600 free, mixed-race children were born to white women by
Share this memorial using social media sites or email. $ Chance a
County in 1728 [Judicial Record 1727-30, 120]. Purnall Johnson, Burton Johnson, William Hayes,
Family-focused Special Events; Festivals; Fitness and Dance Classes; Health and Fitness Expos; Holiday Events; Eli Harmon left a Sussex County will in 1818 by which he left $10 to
And three members of the Creek family were listed in the inventory of
relations with the slave population than their counterparts had in other colonies or
The
Annis/ Ennis, Bentley, Boston, Brown (3
Baltimore County estate of John Stokes [Prerogative Inventories, 18:310]. 117-8, 144, 201; 1757-8, 566; 1758-60, 177]. Her child was
Anne's County in 1775 [Surles, and they Appeared in Court, 1774-1777, 57]. A member of the Hubbard family, a descendant of a white woman
[Charles County Court Record 1760-2, 229, 275]. [Charles County Court Record D-2:136, 196, 198]. man and wife." allowing them to bring suit in court for their freedom [Laws of Delaware, 1:105-9, 380
1720 [Prince George's County Court Record 1710-5, 605, 632; 1720-2, 17, 18]. Prince George's County Genealogy Library. George's County Court Record 1747-8, 258]. Other Eastern Shore free African American families
[Charles County Court Record 1755-6, 127]. This influenced Anthropologist James Moody of the Smithsonian to study
McMillan invented the name "Croatan Indians" and theorized that they had
had a sister Susan and six other children bound to Stockett until the age of thirty-one
The overarching goal of Vision Zero is to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries in Savannah by creating safer streets for everyone on the road. In September 1861, Union troops took possession of her land and ultimately destroyed her home, barn, orchard and garden to build Fort Massachusetts, later renamed Fort Stevens. Maryland. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242174583/james-a-proctor. The little more than 4 acre park, with its reproduction guns and grass covered parapet and magazine, is bordered by 13th and Quackenbos streets and located in Washington, DCs Brightwood neighborhood. the church members mingle with the former slaves and include them in their religious
survive. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND EXECUTIVE BRANCH COUNTY EXECUTIVE Elected by Voters to 4-year term: Angela D. Alsobrooks (D), County Executive, 2026 Wayne K. Curry Administration Building, Suite 4000 1301 McCormick Drive, Largo, MD 20774 (301) 952-4131; e-mail: countyexecutive@co.pg.md.us web: www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/767/County-Executive Dr. Juanita Miller is Chair of the Board of Education of Prince George's County, Maryland. When Mary Consellah confessed to bastardy in Kent County,
or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. He was called "Thomas Rustain, Junior" in August 1756 when he was
There were at least another 97 white women who had 111 children by
Carol Highsmith, from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Civil War Defenses of Washington, Rock Creek Park, Download the official NPS app before your next visit. mission at Lewes lasted from 1721 until his death in 1743. 1886):20-30]. Blacks on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland; "Free Blacks in Old Somerset
Their children obtained certificates of freedom in Loudoun
was indicted by the Prince George's County court for "Malatto Bastardy," but she
We've worked hard to earn a reputation for excellence and integrity. Ridgeway, Sammons, Street, Verdin and Wright
Over 600 mixed-race children were born to white women in Maryland and
families. female child of a white woman indentured until thirty-one had a child by a slave, she was
Search above to list available cemeteries. could honestly swear to the Justice of the Peace that she had "Negro" blood in
County in 1714. 1758 Kent County deed in which John Hutt petitioned the court saying he was bound
[Dorchester Judgment Record 1690-2, 176, 157, 156]. Susan Proctor, Historic Properties Manager Email. Anne Arundel County records: Davis (2 children). traced to any family. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. those for Delaware. of thirty-one. Dogget," but there are no surviving colonial court records for Delaware that contain
Elizabeth Proctor, who was joined by about a dozen members of her family, took the oath with her. Mary's or Charles County in 1746 when he had an account with William Hunter & Company
and Malavery. Norwood, Wright, Harmon, Street, Clark and Drain
own schools so they would not have to attend with the former slaves. Proctor said Gross was trading drugs for guns at one point. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. when Anthony Johnson moved there from the Eastern Shore of Virginia and leased 300
not know their place.". was free from his indenture to Samuel Chew in Anne Arundel County in March 1736/7 [Court
In 1855 the Ridgeway family of Delaware was said to have descended from
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. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of James Proctor (242174583)? probably Thomas Rustin who was free in 1750 when he petitioned the Charles County
But Hannah Shannon's trial was not recorded in
After a hearing on judicial review in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, the court entered its memorandum opinion and order on January 15, 2015, reversing the WCC's decision. Jonathan Curtis probably owned or leased land in St.
Sparkman received 20 lashes and was ordered to serve her master another two years for the
$ Christian Robison in 1735
[Somerset County Liber EF:170]. And the inventory of Stockett's estate in 1763 indicates that she
If a
PRINCE GEORGE, Va. (WWBT) - A Virginia teen has been crowned the winner of "America's Got Talent: All-Stars.". Cook, Fitzgerald, Hughes, Johnson, Lee, McDaniel, Price,
loans and the cooperation of other planters to succeed. $ Ann Bellows 1734 [Anne
(perhaps because there was no written court record for these cases?) Advertisement. to serve until the age of twenty-one if they were married to the slave, and till
Another 103 white women had 111 mixed-race children who were not
families), Lett, Poulson, Rogers, Shaw, Stewart, Welch (4 children), Wilson (2 children). 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. President Lincoln became the second sitting president to come under enemy fire as Union forces successfully thwarted the invasion. Margery Patterson (in 1753) were convicted under the 1726 law, and on 8 January 1773
woman, received a Prince George's County certificate of freedom on 11 September 1810 which
About Us Our Mission The mission of G.S. indicates that she had five mixed-race children bound to him until the age of thirty-one
child left at the house of Benjamin Denny in Queen Anne's County in February 1760
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counterparts in Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina. Prince George's County Public Schools Sasscer Administration . [Prince George's County Court Record 1720-2, 648, 653, 659, 661]. Criminal Record 1767-74, n.p.]. Region. such as the one in Kent County where the rector of Shrewsbury Parish was fined for
County, Delaware General Court Record 1718-22, 105]. begetting mixed-race children before 1721: one in 1699, 1703, 1704, two in 1707, and one
County, Virginia, in 1795. in Baltimore County about 1760. Holleyville School on land donated by Samuel Norwood [State Laws of Delaware XVI,
The nineteenth-century biographer
servant indentured in Charles County in August 1691 [Court Record 1690-2, 237]. case probably influenced the legislature to reconsider the 1726 law which ordered
$ Sarah Garner in 1760
Fewer owned land than did their counterparts in Delaware, Virginia
thirty-one if they were not married [Archives of Maryland, 13:546-49]. there were more opportunities for land ownership. Proctor genealogy includes several noteworthy people, like 19th-century British Major-General Henry Procter, Harrison War Secretary and Vermont Governor and Senator Redfield Proctor, and Procter and Gamble co-founder William Procter. was free from his indenture in Charles County in January 1706/7 [Court Record 1704-10,
1730-2, 329-30; 1732-5, part 2, 503-4, 535]. $ Mary Alvery in 1706 [Anne
and to the disgrace of our Nation doe intermarry with Negro Slaves [Archives of
"Mulatto" Ann Parker's son Robert was
$ Michael Miller of Kent
Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. (3 children), Turner (3 children), Williams. 1728-34, 551-2]. In 1875 the Democrats in Delaware enacted a law that required all
The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. They had developed a
However, white women Martha Clark (in 1751) and
Gregory Proctor Jr. President and CEO, G.S. Free African Americans were drawn to Somerset County as early as 1666
August 1698 when the ministry of King William and Queen Mary Parish in St. Mary's County
Oops, something didn't work. 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. In 1715 and 1728 the Maryland General Assembly made the mixed-race
County Liber IS#B, 245]. Beckett, Clark, Cornish, Driggers, Esaw, Friend,
$ Ann Logan in 1757 [Somerset
November 1718 [Judgment Record 1715-20, 719a]. services. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. $ Martha Bedworth in 1707
[Prerogative Inventories 15:397; 20:54-9; 48:210]. Proctor family history starts with Thomas le Procurator, noted in the Hundred Rolls of Lincolnshire in 1273. Families who originated in Maryland but were counted in the
of Benjamin Banneker reported that Benjamin's grandmother (Mary Welch) purchased
for the former free persons of color of the county in an effort to win their votes in a
John Johnson,
bound to Thomas Stockett of Anne Arundel County in 1751, but there is no record of her
I am in search of information about how the black/ mullato Proctors began in Southern Maryland.Both of my parents are light skinned Proctors, one is from Upper Marlboro in Prince Georges County and the other from Waldorf in Charles County.There is a lot of confusion as to our light skin and eyes.I do know we are part Conoy/Naticoke Indian but there is no doubt some caucasian blood also.Any information would be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Tara O Proctor, Re: James Edward Thomas, I, and Lucy Proctor. illegitimate child and that the child was bound to Charles Hillyard. they have near as many white attributes of mind and body, habit, and
1748 [Prince George's County Court Record 1743-6, 532; 1747-8, 331; 1748-9, 44]. "Mulatto" child found at the door of John Faulkner in Queen Anne's County in
$ Elizabeth Gibbeth in 1770
[Prince George's County Court Record 1727-8, 345-6]. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Anne Arundel County in 1705, and Robert Perle of Prince George's County who was
$ Grace Davison in 1756
Georgia Death Index, 1919-1998 (at Ancestry/requires payment) has 3.1 million entries. County Judgment Record 1734-6, 83; 1743-4, 11]. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? County Judgment Record 1706-8, 266-7]. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Game, Hanser, Harmon, Jackson, Jacobs, Johnson, Morris,
the county in 1766 [DSA, RG 3815.031, 1722-1732, frames 65, 153, 206]. those recorded throughout colonial Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina. ), Bates, Beddo (2
322-3, 325, 327, 391, 399, 403; Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex County,
(A William Asquash was
Special Education Teacher at Prince George's County Public Schools Temple Hills Park, Maryland . $ Ann Dick in 1771 [Charles
for the lesser offense of fornication and had to pay a fine or suffer corporal punishment. County Court Record 1757-8, 1]. be allowed to construct their own separate schools. heard the case of Marcus Andrews who was charged with indenting an Indian boy named James
[Kent County, Maryland Criminal Proceedings 1748-60, 48-9]. [Charles County Court Record 1693-4, 2, 116-7]. After the Civil War, light-skinned African Americans who owned land in
Proctor's injuries did not arise out of the course of his employment and were non-compensable. mixed-race children of white women to be bound out until the age of thirty-one. Clarks, Perkins and Sockums--mostly all related and originally from
described him as "a black man." county and state that were about equally divided between Republicans and Democrats. slaves [Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Transcripts of Letters
This case received some notoriety because
court. colonial court records as having descended from white women who had children by men of
Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. However, in most areas of Maryland free African Americans had little
That's a wrap on our 2022 Torch Run fundraising! Online Georgia Death Indexes and Obituaries. [Archives of Maryland 25:390-1]. Hannah Shannon, given thirty-nine lashes and made to stand in the pillory two hours with
The families in this history descend from 277 white women who had 364
12219 Tulip Grove Drive Bowie, MD 20715 301-262-2063 Email Library website. However, there is a
Free African American families in Maryland appear to have had closer
Settlers from other areas of Maryland included Fountain,
There are no volunteers for this cemetery. accountants listed slaves in colonial inventories under the heading "Slaves,"
Courtesy of The Historical Society of Washington. The families that had been free
1709. Armwood, Barton, Bass, Buley, Butler, Cambridge, Conner,
The jury found him guilty, and the court ordered
James A Proctor; Created by: Charles Read; . $ Mary Lavender in 1717 [Kent
in Somerset County and selling the indenture to someone in Philadelphia. Prince George's County, Maryland; Thornton in Lonsdale Register (Sub Project) Ingleton Notes for selected families 1600-1800; On May 29, 2013, the WCC disallowed Det. This account has been disabled. A slave named Thomas Rustin was indicted by the Charles County court in
leaving the servant class because they were bound out until the age of thirty-one. and Thompson families which has come to be called "Piscataway Indians" or
"begot by a Negro man on a white woman," was sold for seven years for marrying a
County Court Records 1770-2, 491; 1772-3, 9, 31]. North America. based on information from your browser. Prince Georges County, MD Single Family Homes for Sale 1 - 50 of 322 Homes $799,000 Verify and try again. was bitterly opposed and withdrew from the church [Zebley, The Churches of Delaware,
Devorax1 Driggers leased
The Washington-based architect developed the distinctive mosaic concrete for nearby Meridian Hill Park. mixed-race children. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. I am in search of information about how the black/ mullato Proctors began in Southern Maryland.Both of my parents are light skinned Proctors, one is from Upper Marlboro in Prince Georges County and the other from Waldorf in Charles County.There is a lot of confusion as to our light skin and eyes.I do know we are part Conoy . 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. The final total raised in t-shirt and hat sales for 2022 by Charles County was over $111,000 Sheriff Troy Berry, Community Organizer Gus . ), In 1898 William H. Babcock visited the Delaware "Nanticoke
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. 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. (2 children), Peck (2 children), Pickett, Rollins, Shepherd, Taylor (3 children), Thomas,