| State | Maryland |
|---|---|
| County (Primary) | Dorchester |
| Other Counties | Kent |
| Family Name | Lacount/Lecompte |
| Family History Notes | Members of the Lacount/ Lecompte family in Maryland and Delaware were 1 i. Thomas1 Lacount, born say 1740. ii. William1 Lecompte, born say 1742, a "Black Man," head of a Transquakin Hundred, Dorchester County household of 3 "Blacks" in 1776 [Carothers, 1776 Census of Maryland, 51]. 1. Thomas1 Lacount, born say 1740, was taxable in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, from 1765 to 1770, in Duck Creek Hundred from 1773 to 1776, in Little Creek from 1781 to 1787, in Duck Creek in 1788, and in 1789 his name was crossed off the Little Creek Hundred list and he was listed as a delinquent [RG 3535, Kent County Levy List, 1743-67, frames 508, 520, 553, 566; 1768-84, frames 10, 26, 66, 180, 220, 258, 270, 503, 542, 570, 583, 620; 1785-97, frame 24, 49, 72, 74, 103, 128, 174]. He died before 12 January 1796 when William Lacount was granted administration on his Duck Creek Hundred estate. Hester Lacount, widow of Thomas Lacount, Senr, returned an inventory valued at 39 pounds [RG 3545, roll 132, frames 311-317]. He may have been the father of i. William2, a "Negro" taxable in Duck Creek Hundred on a horse and 5 hogs in 1797 [RG 3535, Kent County Levy List, 1785-97, frame 490, 575; 1797-8, 358, 406]. ii. John, born say 1765, taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1786 to 1789, a "Negro" taxable in Duck Creek Hundred in 1797 and 1798 [RG 3535, Kent County Levy List, 1785-97, frame 49, 72, 74, 106, 197, 575; 1797-8, frame 358, 406]. iii. Thomas2, born say 1770, a "Negro" taxable in Duck Creek Hundred in 1797 and 1798 [RG 3535, Kent County Levy List, 1785-97, frame 490, 575; 1797-8, 358, 406], married to Letitia Durham on 30 June 1794 when he received her portion of the distribution of the estate of her father John Durham's Little Creek Hundred estate [RG 3545, roll 68, frames 612-23], perhaps the Thomas Lecompte who was head of a Dorchester County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:724]. iv. Elizabeth, head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:8], perhaps the mother of Joseph Lacount, born about 1780 in Delaware, a "Mulatto" head of a Spruce Ward, Philadelphia household with wife Mary in 1850 [family no. 201]. v. James, a "Negro" taxable in Little Creek Hundred in 1798 [RG 3535, Kent County Levy List, 1797-8, frame 333]. |
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