Slaves of Mary W. Griffith, Maryland

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

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

In Montgomery County Slave Statistics, 1867-1868, Mary W. Griffith lists the following people she formerly enslaved:

• Isaac Campbell, male, age 46
• Fanny Campbell, female, age 17
• Mary Campbell, female, age 12
• James Campbell, male, age 18, "enlisted"
• George Copeland, male, age 27
• Charles Fairfax, male, age 27
• Caroline Jackson, female, age 25
• Frank Jackson, male, age 7
• John Jackson, male, age 4
• Henry Campbell, male, age 10

Names By Whom Former Ownership Proven:

• Mary W. Griffith
• Elijah P. Etchison
• Mareen Duvall

Research Notes

More research and information is needed to positively identify Mary and to discover her LNAB. However, this Familysearch profile is a likely match. Her husband Walter Griffith's date of death is listed as 1864.

Sources

• Montgomery County Slave Statistics, 1867-1868, Volume 812, Page 2, Maryland Archives, available online: <https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000812/html/am812--2.html>