Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #24 from Free Black Families of Colonial Delmarva (abstracted by Paul Heinegg)

State Maryland
County (Primary) Talbot
Other Counties Kent
Family Name Dawson
Family History Notes Members of a Dawson family in Talbot County were i. Tom, head of a Talbot County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:540], perhaps the husband of Patty Dawson, born about 1773 who obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 13 June 1818: a negro woman ... about 45 years of age, 5 feet 2 1/2 Inches high ... born free and raised in the County. ii. Isaac, born about 1780, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 19 July 1806: five feet, one inch high, twenty six years of age, of a yellowish complextion ... raised in Talbot county ... free born [Certificates of Freedom 1807-15, 84, 150]. iii. Stepney, head of a Kent County household of 1 "other free" in 1800 [MD:172].
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