| State | Maryland |
|---|---|
| County (Primary) | Talbot |
| Other Counties | Kent, Somerset |
| Family Name | Wallace |
| Family History Notes | Members of the Wallace family of Maryland and Delaware were i. Richard, head of a Talbot County household of 4 "other free" and a slave in 1790 and head of a Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:103]. ii. Prince, head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" and a slave in 1800 [MD:168]. iii. Roger, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Delaware household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:121]. iv. Isaac, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [DE:129] and 5 in 1810 [DE:50]. v. Briscoe, head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:156]. vi. Rachel, born about 1785, obtained a certificate of freedom in Anne Arundel County on 12 April 1813: dark complexion, about twenty eight years of age ... free born [Certificates of Freedom 1810-31, 33]. vii. Robert, born about 1790, obtained a certificate of freedom in Somerset County on 21 June 1825: born free in Somerset County ... black Complexion ... thirty five years of age [Certificates of Freedom 1821-32, 50]. |
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