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The Reverend's Roots: Rev. Charles Albert Tindley

By Cheyenne Flint May 25, 2023
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Record #14242

County Worcester
First Name Charles
Surname Tindley
Age 4
Sex M
Occupation
State Maryland

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County Worcester
District Berlin
Page Number 62
Line Number 35
Dwelling Number 1224
Family Number 1219
First Name Charles
Surname Tindley
Age 4
Sex M
Color B
Occupation
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Value of person's personal estate
Place of Birth MD
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Transcriber Notes Incorrectly transcribed as Findley
State Maryland
Year 1860
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Record #384

Name (Slaveowner) Miller, Arnold
Name (Enslaved person) _ Julia _Comfort …
Document Date 1858 Feb 15
County Worcester

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Name (Slaveowner) Miller, Arnold
Name (Enslaved person) _ Julia _Comfort _Riley _Hester _ Arnold _Albert _Susan _Caroline
Additional Information Julia 37 yo on 9 May 1858; Comfort 35 yo on 7 Nov 1858, Riley 32 yo on 20 Sep 1858, Hester 30 yo on 7 Nov 1858, Arnold 27 yo on 11 Sep 1858, Albert 24 yo on 2 Apr 1858, Susan 21 yo on 28 Feb 1858, Caroline 19 on 26 Sep 1858. To be free 1 Jan 1859. [See additional entry for WET1 103]
Document Date 1858 Feb 15
County Worcester
Liber WET 1
Folio 103
State Maryland
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Record #385

Name (Slaveowner) Miller, Arnold
Name (Enslaved person) _Joseph _Charlotte Ann …
Document Date 1858 Feb 15
County Worcester

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Name (Slaveowner) Miller, Arnold
Name (Enslaved person) _Joseph _Charlotte Ann _Caroline _Arnold _Charles, _George _Rachael
Additional Information Joseph 12 yo & son of Julia, Charlotte Ann 8 yo, Caroline 6 yo, Arnold 3 yo, Charles 1 yo- these 4 being children of Hester. George 6 yo, Rachael 3 yo - these 2 children of Comfort. Joseph & Charlotte Ann free 1 Jan 1867. Caroline free 1 Jan 1869. Arnold free1 Jan 1876. Charles 1 Jan 1879. George 1 Jan 1873. Rachael free 1 Jan 1871.
Document Date 1858 Feb 15
County Worcester
Liber WET 1
Folio 103
State Maryland
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Record #1725

County Worcester
Seller Tindley, Isaac
Buyer Taylor, Henry
Slave Charles
Year 1835

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County Worcester
Liber JCH 2
Folio 210
Seller Tindley, Isaac
Buyer Taylor, Henry
Slave Charles
Additional Information (price, other items) $55; Tindley is free coloured man & Charles is his 11 yo freeborn son whom he sells until Charles reaches 21 yo
Year 1835
Date 22 Aug 1835
Sold out of state or to possible slave dealer No
State Maryland

Record #1528

State Maryland
County Worcester
District Distrct 3
First Name (Head of Household) Arnold
Surname Miller

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State Maryland
County Worcester
District Distrct 3
First Name (Head of Household) Arnold
Surname Miller
Gender m
Age 24-36
Number of People in Household 6
State Maryland
Year 1830
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Record #449

County Worcester
Name Charles
Date 9 Jan 1859

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County Worcester
Name Charles
Age 1
Date 9 Jan 1859
Notes To be free 8 Jan 1859. Deed of Manumission executed by Arnold Miller. Deed of Manumission executed by Arnold Miller. (Transcription error - MD Colonization book by Jerry M Hynson recorded this record as Talbot county, but it was in fact Worcester County)

Record #5143

District 3rd Election District
County Worcester
First Name Arnold
Surname Miller
Age 57
Occupation boatsman

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District 3rd Election District
County Worcester
Line Number 4
Dwelling Number 599
Family Number 599
First Name Arnold
Surname Miller
Age 57
Sex M
Color B
Occupation boatsman
Value of Real Estate 250
Place of Birth Maryland
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State Maryland

Record #644

State Maryland
County Worcester
Name Tindley, David

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State Maryland
County Worcester
Name Tindley, David
Number in Household 5
Page in Original Document 607
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Record #179

County Worcester
Probate Date 5 Feb 1813
Name of Deceased Joseph Miller
Heirs Nancy Miller - wife
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will Negro girl Leah, boy Arnold

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County Worcester
Folio Number MH4:356
Probate Date 5 Feb 1813
Name of Deceased Joseph Miller
Heirs Nancy Miller - wife
Black Individuals Mentioned in Will Negro girl Leah, boy Arnold

Record #969

Date (Probate) 1/12/1807
Deceased Sarah Tingley
Heirs Negroes
Abstract In the Name of God Amen I Sarah Tingley of Sussex County in the State of Delaware being of sound …

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State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio F6:265
Date (Signed) 11/16/1802
Date (Probate) 1/12/1807
Deceased Sarah Tingley
Heirs Negroes
Abstract In the Name of God Amen I Sarah Tingley of Sussex County in the State of Delaware being of sound disposing mind & memory & calling to mind the uncertainty of this life, do ordain this writing to be my last Will and Testament in manner of form following to wit, ------------------- Imprimis. I do forever emancipate & set free from me & my Heirs all my Negroes of every description & all their future increase ------ Item. I give to Comfort Cooper wife of Isaac Cooper the Picture of the right Reverend Father in God Lord Bishop of London------------------ Item. I give and bequeath all my Estate of every kind & all my wearing apparell to be equally divided between my Negroes, David, Silvia, Henny & Phillip and Negro Jane, now belonging to Jonathan Hudson in [Maswadox?] in Worcester County so as each to have one Equal Fifth part to them and their Heirs forever, In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and Seal affixed this Sixteenth day of November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and two, delivering this only to be my last Will & Testament and hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made. Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared in the presence of us } Sarah Tingley (seal) Isaac Cooper, Comfort Cooper, Wm. B. Cooper ---- Mrs. Tindleys last Request, Imprimis I Give to Mrs. Hall a Silver Milk pot Six Tea Spoons & tongs, one table Cloth two silk and one Chinty Gounds [Gown], one plad Morning Dito, one pair of Stockings, two pair of Silk Gloves, a warming pan one [Merzails?] Cote ------ Item, to Joseph Hall my Watch, patty Hall a flower pot to Mrs. Cooper six table spoons & ladle new bonnet & lace shade, Elizabeth Brown N. Wst F. best Black silk gound [gown] & Short Sattin Cloan, Rebecca Brown my muff and tippet one Sattin Cloke two pair of Stockings a Gaus shall my locket of sett of Chania to her Daughter to Mary Brown N. Wst F two laced borded Caps, to Elisabeth Brown George In one Striped Sattin Cote, one lite Chinty gound [gown], two pair thread Stockings, to Margaret Rose my Morocco Shoes and a [morben?] hankirk, to my Sister Poke black woman my long Cloke ------ Witness present John White, James Wittbank / Sally Tingley (x her mark) Sussex County Memorandum Jan.y 12th 1807. Before me Phillips Hollock Register appointed for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration for the County afs. Appeared Isaac Cooper and William B. Cooper two of the Subscribing Witnesses to the within Will who being duly sworn on the holy Evengels of Almighty God did I ___ dispose and say that in their sight presence and __ the Testatrix Sarah Tingley did sign seal publish pronounce declare the same to be her last Will and Testament and ___ doing __ she sworned to be of a sound disposing___

Record #174

Name Charles A. Tindley
Received in Conference 1885
Died 1933
Residence at Death Philadelphia, Pa.

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Name Charles A. Tindley
Received in Conference 1885
Died 1933
Residence at Death Philadelphia, Pa.

Record #336

Deceased Person Charles Albert Tindley
Birth 7/7/1856 in Berlin, Md.
Death 7/26/1933 at Frederick Memorial Hospital
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information "Bereft of his mother at a tender age & bound out into virtual slavery he was denied both the ten…
Family and Other Information Parents: Charles & Esther Tindley Spouse: Daisy Henry of Berlin Md. (deceased in 1924) -6 …

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Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary April 4-8, 1934
Deceased Person Charles Albert Tindley
Birth 7/7/1856 in Berlin, Md.
Death 7/26/1933 at Frederick Memorial Hospital
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information "Bereft of his mother at a tender age & bound out into virtual slavery he was denied both the tenderness of a mother and comforts of even a crude home life, spending his early years in such abject want that, in his own words, he often vied with the dogs for the crumbs that fell from the table of his master." Learned to read through bits of paper he found & a friend who assisted him. Took correspondence courses in Greek at Boston School of Theology earning degree of Doctor of Divinity by Bennet College & Doctor of Philosophy by Brandywine School. Joined Delaware Annual Conference in 1885 at John Wesley Church, Salisbury, Md. Charges: South Wilmington, Del; Cape May, N. J.; Odessa, Del; Pocomoke Circuit, Md; Fairmount, Md; Ezion, Wilmington, Del.; Presiding Elder of Wilmington District. In 1902 was appointed to pastorate of Church on Bainbridge Street that bears his name.
Family and Other Information Parents: Charles & Esther Tindley Spouse: Daisy Henry of Berlin Md. (deceased in 1924) -6 children: Frederick, Charles & Albert Tindley, Jr, Mrs. Emeline Horner, Mrs. Mary E. Turner & Mrs. Maggie Williams. 2nd spouse: Mrs. Jennie Cotton, widow of W. F. Cotton of the Delaware Conference. She survives him.
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