William R. Dorsey (abt. 1831)

Born about 1831 in Maryland, United States

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Biography

In the 1868 Frederick County Slave Statistics, a list of slaves held in Frederick County as of 1 November 1864, William is listed as having held the following slaves.^[1]

• George, 25, male
• John, 22, male
• Milton, 19, male
• Thomas, 29, male
• Alexander, 15, male
• Charles, 12, male
• Joseph, 3, male
• Loyd, 7, male
• Lydia (?), 65, female
• Susan, 21, female
• Sophia, 18, female
• Jane, 14, female
• Sarah, 20, female
• Mary, 23, female
• Mary, 10, female
• Ellen, 6, female

The witnesses to the statement were Ruth Henry & Thomas R. Johnson.

Sources

1. ↑ Maryland State Archives: Frederick County, Commissioner of Slave Statistics, Slave Statistics, 1868, CE14. http://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/series.aspx?ID=ce14. Direct link to page.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M698-PPZ : 18 March 2020), Wm R Dorsey, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN3X-7WG : 19 March 2020), William R Dorsey, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQG-4YX : 8 September 2017), William R Dorsey, Woodville, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district ED 91, sheet 521D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,510.