Slaves of Solomon Stocksdale, Maryland

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Carroll County, Maryland, United States

This page serves to document and further the research of enslaved individuals held by slave owner Solomon Stocksdale (1804-1856) Note: there is another Solomon Stocksdale in the same area who lived from 1795-1864.

Slaves

• In 1841, he received one slave, Harriet, from his father at his death.

• In his 1854 will, Solomon freed two slaves:

Julia, woman

unnamed child of Julia

• In 1850, there were 2 entries for the 2 Solomon Stocksdales in Carroll County, Maryland. One of them had:

Female 65

Male 47

Female 27

Female 22

Female 4

Male 2

The other record had:

Sources

• "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S1-6K7T?cc=1803986&wc=SNYV-ZN5%3A146536501%2C148831801 : 20 May 2014), Carroll > Wills 1852-1860 vol JB, no 2 > image 296 of 540; Hall of Records, Annapolis.