Melotha Freeland (Trail) Munson (1829 - 1891)

Born 18 Jan 1829 in Prince George Parish, Montgomery, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Ann (Sanders) Munson — married 29 Apr 1852 in Loudoun, Virginia, United States

Husband of Eliza E (Newton) Munson — married 21 Oct 1867 in Loudoun, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1891 at age 62 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States

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Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Record ID Number: MH:IF791

Date: 18 JAN 1829

Place: Montgomery, Maryland, USA

Death

Death:

Record ID Number: MH:IF792

UPD

UPD 29 MAY 2014 10:49:45 GMT-6

Christening

Christening:

Record ID Number: MH:IF793

Date: 10 MAY 1829

Place: Prince Georges Parish, Montgomery, Maryland

Malotha Trail = Barrett Freeland Munson

• He was married twice the first wife being Martha Ann Saunders of Loudoun County, Virginia and they married there in 1852. They had 2 daughters Mary and Harriet who were born while they lived in Sandy Springs, Maryland. His second wife was Eliza E. Newton whom he also married in Loudoun County, Virginia in 1867. In the 1870 census of Loudoun Co., Virginia it shows Mary and Harriet living with their Aunt Mary Saunders Williams and Malotha (Barrett) and Eliza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with their oldest child Harry. We believe Malotha took the name Munson as his alias because Lafayette Baker used the alias Samuel Munson while spying for the North during the war.

Barrett F. Munson Death • Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961 Name Barrett F. Munson Sex Male Age 58 Death Date 26 Sep 1891 Death Place Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States Occupation Blacksmith Race White Age 58 years Birth Year (Estimated) 1833 Birthplace Maryland

"Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FNP1-2XQ : 2 March 2021), Barrett F. Munson, 26 Sep 1891; citing Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, Hall of Records, Dover; FamilySearch digital folder 004252471.

Research Notes

Taken from the familysearch.org profile https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MQ6J-HVR

• His Christening record including names of parents shows his first name as MALOTHA. His name is misspelled on the 1860 census of Maryland and his wife's name is Martha Ann Saunders and they had 2 girls (Mary and Harriet), both born in Montgomery County, Maryland. ^[2]

• Malotha Trail was born 18 January, 1829 in Prince George Parish Montgomery County, Maryland to Edward Northcraft and Harriet Fish Trail. He was raised there and in 1850 was an Apprentice Blacksmith in Loudoun County, Virginia (See Census).

• On 29 April. 1852 he married Martha Ann Saunders in Loudoun County, Virginia .On 18 August,1859 daughter Mary Washington Trail was born in Sandy Springs Montgomery County, Maryland. In 1860 Harriet Emma Trail was born in Sandy Springs, Maryland. In 1863 Malotha is listed in Civil War Draft Registration-living in District of Columbia Montgomery County, Maryland listed as a Detective and lists Capt. Baker in the remarks section. From June/July 1863 Malotha is a member of Bakers Rangers (See Lafayette Baker) during the Civil War. He was a Spy for the North during the war .

• The name he used as his Alias during his spying trips to the South was Barrett Freeland Munson. After the war he was again Malotha Trail and Married Eliza E. Newton on 21 October 1867 in Loudoun County, Virginia and until June 1868 when he again changed his name to Barrett Freeland Munson until he died 26 September, 1891 in Wilmington New Castle, Delaware. Census records show that he went back to being a Blacksmith after June 1868.

• Please note that Mary and Harriet were born with surname Trail but the children he had with Eliza were all born with surname Munson .

Name: Barrett Freeland Munson^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Name: Barret^[8]

Name: /Barret/^[9]

Name: Barret /Munson/^[10]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1834

Place: Maryland^[11][12][13]

Birth:

Date: 1830

Place: Maryland^[14]

Birth:

Date: 1834

Place: Maryland^[15]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1834

Birth:

Alt Date: 1843 ^[16]

Death

Death:

Date: 26 SEP 1891

Place: Wilmington, New Castle Delaware, USA^[17][18]

Residence

Residence:

Place: Delaware, United States^[19]

Residence:

Date: 1880

Place: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware^[20]

Residence:

Date: 1870

Place: Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania^[21]

Burial

Place: Riverview Cemetery^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Trail-195 was created by Dick Fish through the import of Fish Family Tree_book_EN.ged on Jun 27, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Malotha Trail https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MQ6J-HVR
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1870 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Federal Population Census. M593, 1,761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania, post office Phoenixville, roll 1324, page 631, image 578.
4. ↑ Marriage Cert. for daughter Mary and John Walmsley.
5. ↑ Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls. Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, ED 20, roll T9_119, page 100.2000, image 0533.
6. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=delawaredeaths&h=115314&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1833 Birth place: Death date: 26 Sep 1891 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Delaware, United States
7. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=websearch-3895&h=73954&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1843 Birth place: Death date: 26 Sep 1891 Death place:
8. ↑ : 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, ED 20, roll T9_119, page 100.2000, image 0533.
9. ↑ Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls. Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, ED 20, roll T9_119, page 100.2000, image 0533.
10. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, ED 20, roll T9_119, page 100.2000, image 0533.
11. ↑ Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls. Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, ED 20, roll T9_119, page 100.2000, image 0533.
12. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=delawaredeaths&h=115314&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1833 Birth place: Death date: 26 Sep 1891 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Delaware, United States APID: 1,1674::115314
13. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=websearch-3895&h=73954&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1843 Birth place: Death date: 26 Sep 1891 Death place: APID: 1,70503::73954
14. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1870 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Federal Population Census. M593, 1,761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania, post office Phoenixville, roll 1324, page 631, image 578.
15. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, ED 20, roll T9_119, page 100.2000, image 0533.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 November 2019), memorial page for Barrett Freeland Munson (1843–26 Sep 1891), Find A Grave: Memorial #15047267, citing Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA ; Maintained by Chrissie εїз (contributor 46835558) .
17. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=delawaredeaths&h=115314&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1833 Birth place: Death date: 26 Sep 1891 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Delaware, United States APID: 1,1674::115314
18. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=websearch-3895&h=73954&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1843 Birth place: Death date: 26 Sep 1891 Death place:
19. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=delawaredeaths&h=115314&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1833 Birth place: Death date: 26 Sep 1891 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Delaware, United States APID: 1,1674::115314
20. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, ED 20, roll T9_119, page 100.2000, image 0533.
21. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1870 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Federal Population Census. M593, 1,761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania, post office Phoenixville, roll 1324, page 631, image 578.

• Delaware, Find A Grave Index, 1710-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave -
• Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.Original data: Delaware. Delaware Vital Records. Microfilm. Delaware Public Archives, Dove Note: APID: 1,1674::0
• Delaware Public Archives
• Wilmington Daily Republician Sept 28 1891
• 1870 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003 Note: 1870 CONT www.ancestry.com
• 1880 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005 Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880 CONT www.ancestry.com
• Inquest into death (free clipping) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21907271/barrett-f-munson-coroner-jury-renders/

Acknowledgements

• This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Munson-2346 was created by Christina Braddock through the import of Roots of my history.ged on Jan 6, 2014.