African Americans

ARNOLD, Joseph (28 Nov 1837; 12 Feb 1838)

bro/ Samuel ARNOLD's children
..........Hester FLICKINGER
..........Joseph ARNOLD

Slaves - SAMUEL & w/ CASS ANNA & their children, 
     POLLY,  LYDIA,  REBECCA,  ZACHARIAS,  WILLIAM & CASS ANNA

LAND - adjoins that of David LEISTER and George CROWL

Exec/ Joshua SMITH Jr
Witnesses/ David LEISTER, George CROWL, John BAUMGARTNER
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 39-41] 
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BENNETT, Belinda of Baltimore County  (16 Apr 1833; 1 Jun 1840)

sis/ Nancy HEWIT
sis/ Sarah BENNETT
bro/ Benjamin BENNETT
bro/ Robert BENNETT, dec'd
..........Sarah BENNETT
bro/ Larkin BENNETT's children

- Orphan poor children of neighbourhood

SLAVE - Negro woman FANNY

Exec/ cousin Rezin BENNETT
Witnesses/ Elijah ROBOSSON, Uriel PHILLIP, William EWING
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 134-135] 
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BENNETT, Ely  (3 Mar 1840; 27 Mar 1840)

w/ Rachel

bro/ Elisha BENNET
bro/ Benjamin BENNETT, dec'd
bro/ Thomas BENNETT
bro/ Samuel BENNETT, dec'd
. . . .Samuel BENNETT (excepted as he has already rec'd a share)
sis/ Mrs. Margaret BROWN

niece/ Miss Margaret MERCER

After the death of his wife, to his nieces and nephews with exception 
noted as above.

SLAVES - negro man BENN (to ge free 1 Sep 1840)
- ALICE,  MIJAH,  ANN,  CHARLES,  GEORGE,  EMMA (to wife Rachel)
- negro boy WESLEY (to  niece Margaret MERCER)

LAND - "Batchelor's Refuge", 300 acre plantation
- "Pollys Habitation" where Jonathan PICKETT lives (to sister Margaret BROWN)

Exec/ wife
Witnesses/ Nathan BROWNE, Samuel LINDSAY, Samuel GORE
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 132-133] 
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BIGGS, Frederick  (17 Mar 1840; 30 Mar 1840)

s/ William BIGGS
s/ Joseph M. BIGGS
d/ Catharine BIGGS
d/ Amy BIGGS
d/ Mary Ann BIGGS
d/ Susan BIGGS
s/ Frederick BIGGS
d/ Julian BIGGS

SLAVE - Negro PRISS

Execs/ son William BIGGS and son-in-law Solomon KRISE
Witnesses/ Joseph TROXELL, John SHEALEY, Benjamin BIGGS, Isaac DERN
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 133-134] 
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BROWN, Ann of Baltimore County (4 Aug 1836; 12 Aug 1837)

s/ Elias BROWN
d/ Susannah E. BROWN
s/ William BROWN and his daughters

SLAVES - Negroes - NAT, DICK, POLL, DANIEL, ABRAHAM, 
     CATHERINE, CASSANDRA, PETER

Apprentice - Henry CARTER

Exec/ son Elias BROWN
Witnesses/ Nicholas DORSEY, George W. WARFIELD, Abel SCRIVENOR
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 22-23]
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BUCKINGHAM, Obadiah (18 Feb 1839; 22 Apr 1839)

wife and children mentioned but not named

grandsons
- Lovelace M. GORSUCH
- Nathan J. GORSUCH

SLAVE - negro woman, PAT

LAND - Land and fulling mill near Wildcat Neck and Pheasant Neck.

Execs/ sons Nicholas BUCKINGHAM and Obadiah BUCKINGHAM 
and son-in-law Freeborn GARDNER (renounced)
Witnesses/ L. GARDNER, Thomas MILLER, Edward JORDAN
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 88-90] 
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BYERS, John A.

Adm/ Elen BYERS

Inventory - Multiple household items and 

Slaves 
- negro woman Mary ELDER - to free 9 Aug 1847 (value $100)
   Bought from William COOPER on 3 Feb 1834 [FC Land JS-45, 132].

- negro boy David ROBERTSON, age 2 on 2 April 1842 
   Slave for Life (value $50)

- negro boy Samuel GIBSON, born 12 July 1842 
   Slave for Life (value $30)

- negro girl Lindy HUNT, age 15 on 1 April 1842 
   Slave for Life (value $325)

- negro man DICK - to free 1 March 1845 (value $125)
   Per Will of Henry BROWN [FC Will HS-3, 548]

[Carroll Co, MD - Inventory Book JB-2, 104 - 22 Aug 1842] 
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CODD, John  (20 Feb 1841 by x; 5 Apr 1841)

John CODD

- negro man Allen COLLINS' children

LAND - adjoining lands of John PATTERSON

Exec/ none
Witnesses/ Nicholas DORSEY, John FRIZELL, Thomas PICKEN
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 163]
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FANNING, William  (7 Mar 1840; 25 Jan 1841)

sis/ Nancy COOK's daughter,
..........Susan Ann COOK

SLAVE - negro man James GREEN

Exec/ sister Nancy COOK
Witnesses/ Amon RICHARDS, Owen F. BUCKINGHAM, Benjamin WILLIAMS
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 152-153]
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GIST, Joshua  (21 Nov 1837; 21 Nov 1839)

d/ Harriet GIST
d/ Federal Ann Bonaparte GIST
s/ Joshua C. GIST  (residue of MD real estate)
s/ George W. GIST
s/ Thomas GIST & wife

grandchildren:
- Henry Clay GIST
- Mary S. GIST (to live with his daughter Harriet)
- Sarah H. OWINGS
- States GIST
- Aubrey G. JONES
- Harvey JONES
- Edwin JONES
- George W. GIST
- Richard GIST
- Mordecai GIST (s/o daughter Rachel GIST)

SLAVE 
- negro man RICHARD (to serve daughter Harriet for 3 years 
  after deceedent's death, then to be free)

LAND - "Long Farm", the home plantation 
   (parts to daughters Harriet & Federal); 
    1/2 acre was reserved for burying ground.
   (SE part was sold to William WINCHESTER).
- "Neighbours Friendship", "Fellsdale" (to daughter Federal);
    from Basil Dorsey STEPHENSON.
- KY land. 2,000 acres (to sons, Joshua C. George W. and Thomas 
    and grandchildren, Henry Clay GIST, Mary S. GIST and Sarah 
    H. OWINGS); adjoined land of John BATES.
- KY land, 2,000 acres (to grandchildren, States GIST, Aubrey 
  G. JONES, Harvey JONES, Edwin JONES, Mordecai GIST, George 
  W. GIST and Richard GIST; lies on bank of Lick Creek.

Execs/ son Joshua, Samuel D. LECOMPTE, James RAYMOND
Witnesses/ John COCKEY, Robert LYON, Henry H. MONTELL
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 122-123] 
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GOSNELL, William  (30 Oct 1838; 5 Aug 1839)

w/ Matilda GOSNELL

s/ William S. GOSNELL
s/ Charles A. GOSNELL
d/ Harriet GOSNELL
d/ Eurith GOSNELL

SLAVES / coloured - Not to be sold out of state
- woman MARIAH, to be free 2 years after his death and to be sold 
   with her d/ HANNAH  b/ 25 Jan 1837 (to be free at age 21)
- boy LEWIS  b/ 11 Mar 1823 (to be free at age 25)
- girl LYDIA  b/ 25 Dec 1824 (to be free at age 21) - (to wife)
- boy JOHN  b/ 5 Oct 1830 (to be free at age 25)
- boy ENOCH (to be sold for balance of time to serve and then freed)

Exec/ John WEAVER
Witnesses/ John LANTZ, Joseph WEAVER, Samuel WEAVER
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 96-98] 
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MANRO, Catherine (22 Apr 1837; 26 Feb 1838)

(husband was deceased)

d/ Hellena HARDEN (family bible)
s/ Squire MANRO
s/ Nathan MANRO
s/ David MANRO
s/ Thomas MANRO
s/ John MANRO, dec'd
 
grdau/ Catherine HARDEN

SLAVE - CHARLES (to be freed)

Exec/ son Nathan MANRO
Witnesses/ Joshua C. GIST, Joseph HARDEN and Jacob HILTABRIDLE
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 42-43] 
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OGG, Sarah of Baltimore County (Jan 1833; 12 Aug 1839)

d/ Rachel WILLIAMS
d/ Hellen CONAWAY

grson/ James O. HEADINGTON
bro/ William BEASMAN
father/ Joseph BEASMAN, dec'd

SLAVES - black boy ISAAC, black woman and children

LAND - "Beasman's Discovery"

Exec/ grandson James O. HEADINGTON
witnesses/ Moses BARNES, Jesse PATTERSON (since dec'd)
     and A. Garretson BARNES
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 98-100] 
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REID, Margaret of Frederick County (6 Aug 1824; 8 Oct 1838)

d/ Margaret REID
d/ Elizabeth  McILHENNY
d/ Catharine DARBY
d/ Thomason HENDERSON
s/ Francis REID
d/ Mary REID

grandchildren:
- Margaret HENDERSON
- Catharine HENDERSON
- Alexander Hamilton REID
- James REID
- Elizabeth Ross McILHENNY
- Upton DARBY

- negro woman, ESTHER

Exec/ son-in-law, John DARBY (renounced, but recommended Philip HANN)
Witnesses/ Abraham LIND, Samuel NAILL, James MALONEY
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 61-63] 
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ROBOSSON, Elijah  (19 Nov 1840; 3 Mar 1841)

w/ Ann

s/ Benjamin ROBOSSON (already rec'd share & joined secret assoc)
s/ John ROBOSSON
s/ Francis ROBOSSON
d/ Martha CAR and her children
d/ Mary Ann H. w/o Joshua H. SHIPLEY 

s/ Oneal ROBOSSON, dec'd
.....wid/ Hamutel WEIR & their children
..........Elijah ROBOSSON
..........Lemuel ROBOSSON
..........Benjamin ROBOSSON
..........Rachel ROBOSSON

s/ Elijah ROBOSSON (insane, to be cared for by his mother, 
    brothers and sisters during his life)

grson/ Thomas P. ROBOSSON
grdau/ Mary Ann ROBOSSON

SLAVES
- negro woman ANN & her children, POLLY, ADALINE & GEORGE 
  (to daughter-in-law Hamutel, if she remains without her present 
    husband)
- negro girl JOSEPHINE (to granddaughter Mary Ann ROBOSSON)
- Margaret TEVIS (to remain at decedent's residence during her 
   life and to continue to have all the privileges she formerly 
   had as one of the family.) 

- rest of negroes 
          in Carroll, Baltimore, Anne Arundel & Allegany Counties:
- coloured man HARRY (aka MILLER); 
- coloured woman HEMMY & her d/ REBECCA
- negro woman DEBORAH
- James TRIMBLE
- negro boy LOY
(These six and their increase to son John & grandson Thomas P.)

- negro man DENNIS (to daughter Mary Ann SHIPLEY)
- negro woman SALL (to daughter Mary Ann SHIPLEY)
- negro boy DAVID (to daughter Martha CAR)
- negro man GEORGE (to son Oneal's children)

- old negroes - SARAH,  JAMES,  PARRISH,  REBECCA,  FLORA
   (to stay on home place or they may choose to go with any of 
    decendent's other children or grandchildren)

LAND - tracts in Allegany County:  
- "Content", "Collins Farm", "Polished Mountain"; contract with 
    John ROBERTS for conveyance of water of Flintstone Creek 
    for use of the mill works.  (to son John where he then lived);
- "Flintstone", "Resurvey on Flintstone" on Flintstone Creek and 
    on Old Cumberland Road. (to grandson Thomas P. ROBOSSON);
- "Flintstone", "Resurvey on Flintstone",all remaining part and 
     included a tavern. (to son Francis)

- "Rapho" in Baltimore County (to the children of daughter Martha 
    CAR and daughter-in-law Hamutal WEIR, if she continues to live 
    without her current husband)

- Home place plantation (to daughter Mary Ann H. SHIPLEY and 
   limestone quarrying and burning; shared with daughter Martha CAR.)

- Lot on NW corner of Bond & Allisanard Sts, Fell's Point, Baltimore 
   (to daughter Martha).

- Lot on Thames St (formerly George St) in Fell's Point, Baltimore;
   Leased to William JONES.

All legacies upon the death of decedent's wife.

Exec/ son John ROBOSSON and son-in-law Joshua H. SHIPLEY
(if latter declines, may replace him with son Francis ROBOSSON)
Witnesses/ John B. DEVRIES, Nicholas DORSEY, Joshua KERBY
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 157-161]
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SHOEMAKER, Peter of Frederick County (15 Mar 1836; 31 Dec 1838)

grdau/ Barbara MARTIN
d/ Susanna RINEHART's children
d/ Mary MARTIN's children
d/ Sarah BARNHART
d/ Elizabeth SPRINKLE

Negroes - John SATER and w/ ANNA;  SARAH,  SAMUEL,  ELIZABETH, 
     JACOB,  MARIAH,  JOHN

LAND - "Lookabout" and "Father's Advice" from George STARY in 1825

Execs/ Jacob MATHIAS, Joshua SMITH Jr
Witnesses/ John NUSBAUM, Abraham HESSON, Jacob SELL, Peter DEHOF
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 79-81] 
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SHRINER, Peter  (22 Jan 1838; 4 Sep 1838)

s/ Abraham SHRINER
s/ Jacob SHRINER
d/ Mary PERRY
d/ Margaret DUDDERER

Mulatto girl, MATILDA

LAND - plantations:  "Resurvey on Susan's Fancy"; and 
"Resurvey on Small Beginning" in Frederick County

Exec/ William DUDDERER
Witnesses/ Evan McKINSTRY, David ENGLER, John P. SHRINER
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 59-60] 
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STEELE, James  (5 Mar 1838; 2 Apr 1838)

mother - Mary DENNING

bro/ Joseph STEELE and his sons,
..........John Thomas STEELE 
..........James Henry STEELE 
..........William Robert STEELE 
..........Joseph Wesley STEELE 

bro/ Robert STEELE

bro/ Thomas STEELE

SLAVES - Negroes - BECK and her son HIRAM

LAND - Lots #2 & 3 of "Resurvey on Father's Gift" and "Hawkins 
   Fancy" and "Lawrence's Industry"; adjoining those of Nelly 
   DEMMET and Abner BAILE, on Old Liberty Road; 
- "Legh Castle", adjoins tracts of Stephen GORSUCH and Lloyd 
   BENNETT, on Sam'e Creek
- two tracts in Springfield Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA

Exec/ brother Joseph STEELE
Witnesses/ Nathan BROWNE, Beale BUCKINGHAM, Vachel BUCKINGHAM
[Carroll Co, MD Will Book JB-1, 45-46] 
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