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Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

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Record #1

Name Aaron
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1797
Content –

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Name Aaron
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1797
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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State Maryland
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Record #2

Name Abraham
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1757
Content –

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Name Abraham
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1757
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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State Maryland
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Record #3

Name Adam
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1778
Content –

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Name Adam
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1778
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1801 Inv
Content –
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State Maryland
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Record #4

Name Airey
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1805
Content Daughter of Comfort?

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Name Airey
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1805
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content Daughter of Comfort?
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State Maryland
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Record #5

Name Alexander Cornish
Slaveowner Charles H. Steele
Date of Birth –
Content For enlisting in army.

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Name Alexander Cornish
Slaveowner Charles H. Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted 3/31/1864
Reference Source –
Content For enlisting in army.
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State Maryland
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Record #6

Name Algernon Hennard or Kennard
Slaveowner Mary N Steele
Date of Birth 1801
Content Manumitted By Will of Mary N Steele

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Name Algernon Hennard or Kennard
Slaveowner Mary N Steele
Date of Birth 1801
Manumitted 7/27/1836
Reference Source 1836 Will
Content Manumitted By Will of Mary N Steele
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Record #7

Name Algernon
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to Charles H Steele
Date of Birth –
Content ?I give him a young negro man named Phill (son of Lucy) and another called Algernon and his choic…

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Name Algernon
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to Charles H Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1836 Will
Content ?I give him a young negro man named Phill (son of Lucy) and another called Algernon and his choice of a young negro woman, also Milly, her son James and daughter Henritta all to served him till they are
thirty-five, except Milly who is past her age of being liberated)?
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Record #8

Name Alse
Slaveowner Ann Billings
Date of Birth Bef 1755
Content Inherited by Kitturah Henry, Dau. Of Dorothy

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Name Alse
Slaveowner Ann Billings
Date of Birth Bef 1755
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content Inherited by Kitturah Henry, Dau. Of Dorothy
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Record #9

Name Andrew Wilson
Slaveowner Jacob Wilson
Date of Birth 1808
Content 5-4-3/4? Son of Sylvia Henry

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Name Andrew Wilson
Slaveowner Jacob Wilson
Date of Birth 1808
Manumitted 7/23/1833
Reference Source Check
Content 5-4-3/4? Son of Sylvia Henry
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State Maryland
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Record #10

Name Ann
(dau of Sal)
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1791
Content Ann, age 4, dau. Of Sal. ?to be forever
free?

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Name Ann
(dau of Sal)
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1791
Manumitted 6/4/1798
Reference Source HD 14/124
Content Ann, age 4, dau. Of Sal. ?to be forever
free?
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Record #11

Name Ann
Slaveowner Jacob C. Wilson
Date of Birth –
Content Will 21 Feb 1851. Leaves Ann to son Ambrose Wilson along with others and
Handsell.

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Name Ann
Slaveowner Jacob C. Wilson
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content Will 21 Feb 1851. Leaves Ann to son Ambrose Wilson along with others and
Handsell.
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State Maryland
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Record #12

Name Anna
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1804
Content Age 2

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Name Anna
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1804
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content Age 2
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #13

Name Anna
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1801
Content Age 5

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Name Anna
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1801
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content Age 5
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #14

Name Anne
Slaveowner Mary Steele?
Date of Birth –
Content Letter from Mary Steele Henry from Hambrooks. ?Give my love to Mamma..[Mary Nevett Steele] I hope…

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Name Anne
Slaveowner Mary Steele?
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source Letter 1821
Content Letter from Mary Steele Henry from Hambrooks. ?Give my love to Mamma..[Mary Nevett Steele] I hope they will find Nancy an acquisition as cook, Mr. Henry dined with them a few days since, and said they had an excellent dinner, and the best cooked he ever eat there, he thought, and we dined there together a few days before when I thought we had a
dinner very nicely cooked by Anne, so that
Other Notes Anne appears to be at the Ogle House in Annapolis.
State Maryland
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Record #15

Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content if Nancy does even better, they will be well off in having her.

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Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content if Nancy does even better, they will be well off in having her.
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State Maryland
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Record #16

Name Anne
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1852
Content Valued at $250 at age 9.

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Name Anne
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1852
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1861 Inv
Content Valued at $250 at age 9.
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State Maryland
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Record #17

Name Arnold
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth Abt 1810
Content Runaway Ad in Easton Gazette placed by
James B. Steele

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Name Arnold
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth Abt 1810
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1832
Runaway Ad
Content Runaway Ad in Easton Gazette placed by
James B. Steele
Other Notes We have image of Ad.
State Maryland
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Record #18

Name Arthur
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1843
Content Valued at $500. Hired out to James H. Kelly in 1861 for $48. Hired out Arthur and Caroline to Al…

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Name Arthur
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1843
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1861 Inv
Content Valued at $500. Hired out to James H. Kelly in 1861 for $48. Hired out Arthur and
Caroline to Alfred Mobray in 1861 for $64.
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #19

Name Barbara
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1769
Content –

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Name Barbara
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1769
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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State Maryland
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Record #20

Name Beck
Slaveowner John Rider
Date of Birth Bef 1748
Content Purchased from Thom Nevett

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Name Beck
Slaveowner John Rider
Date of Birth Bef 1748
Manumitted –
Reference Source 14 Old 299
Content Purchased from Thom Nevett
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #21

Name Betty
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1791
Content –

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Name Betty
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1791
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #22

Name Betty
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1798
Content –

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Name Betty
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1798
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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State Maryland
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Record #23

Name Betty Cornish
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to James B. Steele
Date of Birth –
Content Mary had previously given Betty and Jack Cornish to her son James B Steele.

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Name Betty Cornish
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to James B. Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1836 Will
Content Mary had previously given Betty and Jack Cornish to her son James B Steele.
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #24

Name Bill
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1784
Content –

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Name Bill
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1784
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1801 Inv
Content –
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State Maryland
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Record #25

Name Bill
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1763
Content Mentioned in the 1803 Agreement with Levin Simmons as located in the
Indiantown.

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Name Bill
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1763
Manumitted –
Reference Source Overseeer Agreement
Content Mentioned in the 1803 Agreement with Levin Simmons as located in the
Indiantown.
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #26

Name Binah
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1780
Content –

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Name Binah
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1780
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1801 Inv
Content –
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #27

Name Binah
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1804
Content –

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Name Binah
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1804
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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State Maryland
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Record #28

Name ?inah
Slaveowner James Steele`
Date of Birth 1797
Content –

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Name ?inah
Slaveowner James Steele`
Date of Birth 1797
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1801 Inv
Content –
Other Notes –
State Maryland
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Record #29

Name Bob
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to John N Steele
Date of Birth –
Content Gives Titus along with Margaret Rose, Dinah, Dick and Hooper, Bob and Margaret (of Lucy) and most…

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Name Bob
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to John N Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1836 Will
Content Gives Titus along with Margaret Rose, Dinah, Dick and Hooper, Bob and Margaret
(of Lucy) and most earnestly entreat that he should never sell them.
Other Notes –
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Record #30

Name Bridget
Slaveowner John Rider
Date of Birth ?elderly?
Content Rider?s 1740 Inventory

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Name Bridget
Slaveowner John Rider
Date of Birth ?elderly?
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1740 Inv
Content Rider?s 1740 Inventory
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State Maryland
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Record #31

Name Caesar (Seasar)
Slaveowner John Rider James Billings
Date of Birth 1736
Content Rider?s inventory Casesar died about this time. Seasar is at Billings home plantation (60 acre pa…

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Name Caesar (Seasar)
Slaveowner John Rider James Billings
Date of Birth 1736
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1740 Inv
1748 Probate
Content Rider?s inventory
Casesar died about this time. Seasar is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part Weston) in 1748
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Record #32

Name Caesar
Slaveowner Henry Steele, Jr.
Date of Birth –
Content Manu. By owner

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Name Caesar
Slaveowner Henry Steele, Jr.
Date of Birth –
Manumitted 12/8/1795
Reference Source HD 930
Content Manu. By owner
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Record #33

Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content –

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Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content –
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Record #34

Name Caroline
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1844
Content Valued at $350. Hired our to James A. H. Dixon in 1861 for $45. Hired out Arthur and Caroline to…

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Name Caroline
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1844
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1861 Inv
Content Valued at $350. Hired our to James A. H. Dixon in 1861 for $45. Hired out Arthur and Caroline to Alfred Mobray in 1861 for
$64.
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Record #35

Name Cate
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth –
Content is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part Weston) in 1748. Value 2.0.0 (probably
very old)

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Name Cate
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Inv
Content is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part Weston) in 1748. Value 2.0.0 (probably
very old)
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Record #36

Name Cato
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth –
Content Value 45 pounds. Is at plantation where John Granger lives.

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Name Cato
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Inv
Content Value 45 pounds. Is at plantation where John Granger lives.
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Record #37

Name Charles
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1793
Content Could be same as below

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Name Charles
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1793
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content Could be same as below
Other Notes –
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Record #38

Name Charles
Slaveowner Mary Steele
Date of Birth –
Content Manumitted

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Name Charles
Slaveowner Mary Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted 7/15/1844
Reference Source 6 ER 253
Content Manumitted
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Record #39

Name Charles
Slaveowner James B. Steele
Date of Birth 1812
Content Charles escapes with William and James (brother of William). $400 reward.

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Name Charles
Slaveowner James B. Steele
Date of Birth 1812
Manumitted –
Reference Source Runaway Ad 6-20-1836
Content Charles escapes with William and James (brother of William). $400 reward.
Other Notes –
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Record #40

Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content –

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Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content –
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Record #41

Name Charles Littleton
Slaveowner John N Steele
Date of Birth 1822
Content 1854 Estate of John N Steele sells to James
B. Steele (his brother) along with others.

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Name Charles Littleton
Slaveowner John N Steele
Date of Birth 1822
Manumitted –
Reference Source Chattel Rec Vol 805, pg
141
Content 1854 Estate of John N Steele sells to James
B. Steele (his brother) along with others.
Other Notes 1880 Census: Charles Littleton, Ascension, Louisiana, b. 1822 in MD. (parents born in MD).
Charles Littleton58 Eliza Littleton 65
Wife Elizabeth Alexander 12, Granddaughter
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Record #42

Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content –

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Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content –
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Record #43

Name Cherribinn (sp?)
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to Catherine Steele Ray
Date of Birth After 1810 +-
Content ?a negro girl named Cherribinn (name written small), also to choose another girl and boy from my …

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Name Cherribinn (sp?)
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to Catherine Steele Ray
Date of Birth After 1810 +-
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1836 Will
Content ?a negro girl named Cherribinn (name written small), also to choose another girl and boy from my Eastern Shore Servants and all toe served her till thirty-five years of age and then must be free. I also give her Moses to serve her for three years and
then must be free.?
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Record #44

Name Chloe
Slaveowner Steele/Henry?
Date of Birth 1784
Content Mary Steele Henry from Hambrooks refers
to her as ?old Chloe?

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Name Chloe
Slaveowner Steele/Henry?
Date of Birth 1784
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1835 Letter
Content Mary Steele Henry from Hambrooks refers
to her as ?old Chloe?
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Record #45

Name Clara
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1854
Content Valued at $250, age 7.

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Name Clara
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1854
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1861 Inv
Content Valued at $250, age 7.
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Record #46

Name Christian
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1794
Content –

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Name Christian
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1794
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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Record #47

Name Coffey
Slaveowner James Billiings
Date of Birth –
Content is at plantation where John Granger lives.
Value 45 pounds.

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Name Coffey
Slaveowner James Billiings
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Inv
Content is at plantation where John Granger lives.
Value 45 pounds.
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Record #48

Name Comfort
Slaveowner John Rider to James Billings to Ann Billings
Lockerman
Date of Birth Bef 1740
Content Mother of Alse by 1755. Rider sells to Billings for 45 pounds. Comfort is at Billings home planta…

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Name Comfort
Slaveowner John Rider to James Billings to Ann Billings
Lockerman
Date of Birth Bef 1740
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Probate
Content Mother of Alse by 1755. Rider sells to Billings for 45 pounds.
Comfort is at Billings home plantation (60
acre part Weston) in 1748
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Record #49

Name Comfort
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1792
Content Document dated 4/25/1820

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Name Comfort
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1792
Manumitted 2/14/1830
Reference Source 1806 Inv
6 ER 253
Content Document dated 4/25/1820
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Record #50

Name Corella
Slaveowner Ann Billings Lockerman
Date of Birth Very early
Content Corella inherited by Ann Billings Steele? Mother to Peg (born bef 1740)

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Name Corella
Slaveowner Ann Billings Lockerman
Date of Birth Very early
Manumitted –
Reference Source Will June 1755
Content Corella inherited by Ann Billings Steele? Mother to Peg (born bef 1740)
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Record #51

Name Cooper Jim
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1752
Content –

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Name Cooper Jim
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1752
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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Record #52

Name Curreah (Murrear?)
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth Bef 1748
Content is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part
Weston) in 1748. Value 45 pounds.

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Name Curreah (Murrear?)
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth Bef 1748
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Inv
Content is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part
Weston) in 1748. Value 45 pounds.
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Record #53

Name Daniel
Slaveowner Ann Billings
Lockerman
Date of Birth –
Content Child of Dido-devised to niece Jean
Fishwick

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Name Daniel
Slaveowner Ann Billings
Lockerman
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source Will-June
1755
Content Child of Dido-devised to niece Jean
Fishwick
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Record #54

Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content –

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Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content –
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Record #55

Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content –

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Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
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Content –
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Record #56

Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1793
Content Age 8
Age 13
1854 sold to James B. Steele-which Daniel?

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Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1793
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1801 Inv
1806 Inv
1854 Estate
Content Age 8
Age 13
1854 sold to James B. Steele-which Daniel?
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Record #57

Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1794
Content Could be the older Daniel mentioned
below? Duplicate of above?

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Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1794
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content Could be the older Daniel mentioned
below? Duplicate of above?
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Record #58

Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele Mary H Steele to Charles H. Steele
Date of Birth –
Content ?Daniel in place of a man of the same
name that belonged to him (Charles).

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Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele Mary H Steele to Charles H. Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1825 letter
1836 Will
Content ?Daniel in place of a man of the same
name that belonged to him (Charles).
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Record #59

Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1800
Content Age 6

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Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1800
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content Age 6
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Record #60

Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1805
Content Age 1

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Name Daniel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1805
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content Age 1
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Record #61

Name Dashe
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth Bef 1748
Content is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part
Weston) in 1748. 30 pounds.

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Name Dashe
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth Bef 1748
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Inv
Content is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part
Weston) in 1748. 30 pounds.
Other Notes –
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Record #62

Name David
Slaveowner John Shehee
Date of Birth –
Content Treated by Dr. Hodson at the Shehee Residence.

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Name David
Slaveowner John Shehee
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source Hodson Journal
Content Treated by Dr. Hodson at the Shehee Residence.
Other Notes –
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Record #63

Name Davy
(son of Tempy)
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to Henry M Steele
Date of Birth –
Content Nace, son of Sall, left to Henry M Steele along with Minty of Sal (and all her children), Isaac (…

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Name Davy
(son of Tempy)
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to Henry M Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1836 Will
Content Nace, son of Sall, left to Henry M Steele along with Minty of Sal (and all her children), Isaac (of Daniel) and Davy (of
Tempy).
Other Notes –
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Record #64

Name Dennis Scye
Slaveowner James B. Steele
Date of Birth 1795
Content Dennis, Scye, a Free man, purchases freedom for his wife and children- see Sarah Scye. Could Denn…

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Name Dennis Scye
Slaveowner James B. Steele
Date of Birth 1795
Manumitted –
Reference Source Chattel Records 1852-1860
Vol. 776, pg
80
Content Dennis, Scye, a Free man, purchases freedom for his wife and children- see Sarah Scye.
Could Dennis Scye be the son of Dennis, below?
Other Notes 1850 Census
District 1. Dorchester County, MD
Dennis 55
Sarah, 40
Hooper, 11
Milley, 9
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Record #65

Name Dennis
Slaveowner Mary N Steele
Date of Birth 1775
Content Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit: I hereby certify to all whom it doth or may concern that it…

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Name Dennis
Slaveowner Mary N Steele
Date of Birth 1775
Manumitted 12 Nov 1818
Reference Source Anne Arundel County Court Certificates
Content Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit: I hereby certify to all whom it doth or may concern that it hath been proved to my satisfaction that the bearer hereof a
Other Notes Date manumitted: 1818-11-11
Date recorded: 1818-
11-11
Entry: 66
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Record #66

Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content mulatto man named Dennis aged about forty-three years about five feet ten Inches high light compl…

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Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source of Freedom, 1810-1831,
Volume 823,
Page 124
Content mulatto man named Dennis aged about forty-three years about five feet ten Inches high light complexion
a small mole near the left nostril is the Identical person manumitted by Mary Steele by deed dated the Eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen; and that the said man named Dennis was raised in the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Issued the 12th day of November 1818
Other Notes Item: 3
Notes: Witnessed by James Hunter and Jno. N. Steele; immediate.
Dennis is described as mulatto.
Page: 90 Series: C109
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Record #67

Name Dennis Kennard (free by 1862?)
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content In 1862 Dennis Kennard is paid $3 for
digging of grave for deceased James B. Steele.

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Name Dennis Kennard (free by 1862?)
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content In 1862 Dennis Kennard is paid $3 for
digging of grave for deceased James B. Steele.
Other Notes Where?
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Record #68

Name Dick
Dick
Slaveowner James Steele
James Steele
Date of Birth 1758
1762
Content Dick was located in the Indiantown.

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Name Dick
Dick
Slaveowner James Steele
James Steele
Date of Birth 1758
1762
Manumitted –
Reference Source Overseers Agreement and 1806 Inv.
1801 & 1806
Inv
Content Dick was located in the Indiantown.
Other Notes –
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Record #69

Name –
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Date of Birth –
Content –

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Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content –
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Record #70

Name Dick Dick
Slaveowner James Steele Mary N Steele to John N Steele
Date of Birth 1798
Content Gives Titus along with Margaret Rose, Dinah, Dick and Hooper, Bob and Margaret (of Lucy) and most…

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Name Dick Dick
Slaveowner James Steele Mary N Steele to John N Steele
Date of Birth 1798
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
1836 Will
Content Gives Titus along with Margaret Rose, Dinah, Dick and Hooper, Bob and Margaret (of Lucy) and most earnestly entreat that he should never sell them.
Other Notes –
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Record #71

Name Dick
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1796
Content –

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Name Dick
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1796
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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Record #72

Name Dick
Slaveowner John Rider to
Sarah Nevett
Date of Birth Bef 1740
Content –

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Name Dick
Slaveowner John Rider to
Sarah Nevett
Date of Birth Bef 1740
Manumitted –
Reference Source 14 Old 299
1740 Inv
Content –
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Record #73

Name Dido ? old
Dido
Slaveowner James Billings to Ann Billings Steele to James Steele
Date of Birth 1739
Content Mother of Sarah, Daniel Dido is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part Weston) in 1748. Value …

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Name Dido ? old
Dido
Slaveowner James Billings to Ann Billings Steele to James Steele
Date of Birth 1739
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Inv
1806 Inv
Overseer Agreement
Content Mother of Sarah, Daniel
Dido is at Billings home plantation (60 acre part Weston) in 1748. Value 45 Pounds.
Another Dido is at ?plantation where John
Granger lives?. Value 25 pounds.
1804 old Dido is located in the Indiantown.
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Record #74

Name Dido ? young
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1767
Content Located in the Indiantown in 1803 Overseers Agreement.

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Name Dido ? young
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1767
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
1803
Overseers Agreement
Content Located in the Indiantown in 1803 Overseers Agreement.
Other Notes –
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Record #75

Name Dina
Slaveowner Dorothy Rider
Date of Birth Bef 1733
Content –

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Slaveowner Dorothy Rider
Date of Birth Bef 1733
Manumitted –
Reference Source JR
Content –
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Record #76

Name Dinah
Dinah
Slaveowner James Steele
Mary N Steele to John N Steele
Date of Birth Abt 1807?
Content Mentioned in 1817 letter. Check. She is in Annapolis? Mary leaves Dinah, Daughter of Rhoda to s…

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Name Dinah
Dinah
Slaveowner James Steele
Mary N Steele to John N Steele
Date of Birth Abt 1807?
Manumitted –
Reference Source Letters
1836 Will
Content Mentioned in 1817 letter. Check. She is in Annapolis?
Mary leaves Dinah, Daughter of Rhoda to son John N Steele.
Other Notes –
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Record #77

Name Dorcas
Slaveowner ?
Date of Birth –
Content In 1825 Dorcas is at Eldon with James B. Steele and Michal Gale Steele.

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Name Dorcas
Slaveowner ?
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source Letter
Content In 1825 Dorcas is at Eldon with James B. Steele and Michal Gale Steele.
Other Notes –
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Record #78

Name Draper
Slaveowner James billings
Date of Birth A child
Content Value 5.0.0.

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Name Draper
Slaveowner James billings
Date of Birth A child
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Inv
Content Value 5.0.0.
Other Notes –
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Record #79

Name Ekekiel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1780
Content –

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Name Ekekiel
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1780
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1801 Inv
Content –
Other Notes –
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Record #80

Name –
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Date of Birth –
Content –

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Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content –
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Record #81

Name –
Slaveowner –
Date of Birth –
Content –

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Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content –
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Record #82

Name Elisha
Slaveowner James B. Steele to
James Knight of Georgia
Date of Birth 1815
Content Steele sold Elisha, of Dorchester County in 1834 to James Knight in Georgia. ?9/27/1832 Bill of…

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Name Elisha
Slaveowner James B. Steele to
James Knight of Georgia
Date of Birth 1815
Manumitted –
Reference Source McGill Sourcecitatio n: C691
Source Page: 463
Trans Date: 18320927
Content Steele sold Elisha, of Dorchester County in 1834 to James Knight in Georgia. ?9/27/1832 Bill of Sale?James M. Knight of Augusta, Georgia from James B. Steele, for and in consideration of the sum of
$350 do grant bargain and sell my Negro boy names Elisha, aged about 17 years, slave for life, black complexion and perfectly sound. Signed by James B.
Steele, witnessed by John Donovan?.
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Record #83

Name Elizabeth
(mother of 3 children)
Slaveowner John N Steele to James B. Steele
Date of Birth –
Content 1854 Estate of John N Steele sell to James
B. Steele with 3 children.

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Name Elizabeth
(mother of 3 children)
Slaveowner John N Steele to James B. Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source –
Content 1854 Estate of John N Steele sell to James
B. Steele with 3 children.
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Record #84

Name Eliza
Slaveowner James B. Steele
to ??
Date of Birth –
Content Sold 9/28/1832

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Name Eliza
Slaveowner James B. Steele
to ??
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source Manumission
records ??
Content Sold 9/28/1832
Other Notes Recheck this one
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Record #85

Name Eliza
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1832
Content Valued at $350. Hired out with her two children to W. S. Corbin in 1857 for $30. Hired out to H. …

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Name Eliza
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1832
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1861 Inv
Content Valued at $350. Hired out with her two children to W. S. Corbin in 1857 for $30. Hired out to H. Nicholson with one child in
1860 for $29.50. Both hires listed as desperate (uncollectable).
Other Notes –
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Record #86

Name Esther
Slaveowner I. Nevett Steele to Sam Higgins
Date of Birth –
Content 1/2/1848 Steele sells Esther to Sam Higgins, to be freed 2/25/1856

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Name Esther
Slaveowner I. Nevett Steele to Sam Higgins
Date of Birth –
Manumitted 2/25/1856
Reference Source Deed of Sale
Content 1/2/1848 Steele sells Esther to Sam Higgins, to be freed 2/25/1856
Other Notes Bill of Sale del.d to Sam.l Higgins June 11th 1855.
Archives of Maryland, Volume 0776, Page
0138 - Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
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Record #87

Name Garretson
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1795
Content Garretson is listed as ?incumbrance?, with
no value.

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Name Garretson
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1795
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1861 Inv
Content Garretson is listed as ?incumbrance?, with
no value.
Other Notes –
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Record #88

Name George
Slaveowner Jacob C Wilson
Date of Birth –
Content 21 Feb 1851, Jacob C. Wilson to son
Ambrose plus Handsell

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Name George
Slaveowner Jacob C Wilson
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source Will
Content 21 Feb 1851, Jacob C. Wilson to son
Ambrose plus Handsell
Other Notes –
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Record #89

Name Ghanty
Slaveowner John Shehee to
Purnell Brady
Date of Birth 1798
Content 11 Dec 1804 Sells negro girl Ghanty, 6
years of age for $95 .

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Name Ghanty
Slaveowner John Shehee to
Purnell Brady
Date of Birth 1798
Manumitted –
Reference Source HD 21/442
Content 11 Dec 1804 Sells negro girl Ghanty, 6
years of age for $95 .
Other Notes –
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Record #90

Name Hannah
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth –
Content Hannah is at plantation where John Granger lives. Value 40 pounds.

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Name Hannah
Slaveowner James Billings
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1748 Inv
Content Hannah is at plantation where John Granger lives. Value 40 pounds.
Other Notes –
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Record #91

Name Hanna
Slaveowner Jacob C Wilson to
Ambrose Wilson
Date of Birth –
Content 21 Feb 1851, Jacob C. Wilson to son
Ambrose ,plus Handsell

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Name Hanna
Slaveowner Jacob C Wilson to
Ambrose Wilson
Date of Birth –
Manumitted –
Reference Source Will
Content 21 Feb 1851, Jacob C. Wilson to son
Ambrose ,plus Handsell
Other Notes –
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Record #92

Name Hanah
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1785
Content *on loan to B. Bailey

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Name Hanah
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1785
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1801 Inv
Content *on loan to B. Bailey
Other Notes –
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Record #93

Name Hanah
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1791
Content –

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Name Hanah
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1791
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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Record #94

Name Harriet
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1791
Content *on loan to B. Bailey

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Name Harriet
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1791
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1801 Inv
Content *on loan to B. Bailey
Other Notes –
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Record #95

Name Harriet
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1797
Content –

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Name Harriet
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1797
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
Other Notes Same as above?
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Record #96

Name Harriet
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1804
Content –

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Name Harriet
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1804
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
Other Notes –
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Record #97

Name Harriet Cornish
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth –
Content Manumitted

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Name Harriet Cornish
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth –
Manumitted 1/1/1789
Reference Source Dorch. Co Manumission
Records
Content Manumitted
Other Notes Most likely on of the above Harriets
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Record #98

Name Harriet
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1829
Content Valued at $350, Hired to James Frazier in 1846 for $15. Desperate debt.

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Name Harriet
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1829
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1861 Inv
Content Valued at $350, Hired to James Frazier in 1846 for $15. Desperate debt.
Other Notes –
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Record #99

Name Harry
Harry Kennard
Slaveowner James Steele Mary N Steele
Date of Birth 1790
1790-91
Content Freed by Will of Mary N Steele and given
$20.

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Name Harry
Harry Kennard
Slaveowner James Steele Mary N Steele
Date of Birth 1790
1790-91
Manumitted 7/27/1836
Reference Source 1801 Inv
By Will
Content Freed by Will of Mary N Steele and given
$20.
Other Notes John C Henry frees Dennis Kennard and his brother James Kennard at his death 1857. Dennis found in 1860 Census in Cambridge, born 1799 . wife
Cassander 60, son
Walter 2.
James in 1860 Census, b. 1801, wife
Hester, son Richard.
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Record #100

Name Harry
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1796
Content –

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Name Harry
Slaveowner James Steele
Date of Birth 1796
Manumitted –
Reference Source 1806 Inv
Content –
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