Slaves of Adam Bell, Maryland

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Montgomery, Maryland, United States
Surnames/tags: black_heritage slavery Bell

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Adam Bell, and attempt to connect them to their families.

Documentation

In 1867, expecting compensation, Adam Bell listed the following people he had formerly enslaved: ^[1]

• Henry Spriggs, male, age 39
• Zachariah Lee, male, age 19, "left with the military"
• Harriet Spriggs, female, age 26
• Molly Spriggs, female, age 9
• Julianne Spriggs, female, age 7
• Louisa Spriggs, female, age 3
• Jerry Spriggs, male, age 10 months
• Sally Conrad, female, age 22
• Harry Conrad, female, age 3

Names by whom ownership proven:

• Adam Bell
• John A. Sellman
• John Allnutt

Research Notes

Needs profiles created.

Adam Bell is also listed as a slaveholder on the 1850 and 1860 census schedules for Montgomery county Md:

• 1850 census^[2]
• 1860 census^[3]

These documents need analysis and integration into this page.

Sources

1. ↑ Montgomery County Slave Statistics, 1867-1868, Volume 812, Page 11, Maryland Archives, available online:<https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000812/html/am812--6.html>
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR7T-G8ZM : 15 March 2022), Adam Bell in entry for MM9.1.1/MVDH-NVF:, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKLL-Z92M : 16 October 2019), Adam Bell, 1860.