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Year:
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1790
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Meanwhile:
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March
1, 1790 - Congress passes A Census Act. The first census, finished on Aug. 1,
indicates a total population of nearly 4 million persons in the U.S. and
western territories.
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Year:
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1790 Talbot Co.
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George Higgins, Jr.
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Source:
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Talbot Co 1790 Land Records
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Year:
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1790 Dorchester Co.
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Henry Higgins
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8 Feb 1790. Henry Higgins of Dorchester Co. to Mary Thompson
of same county, sale of personal property. Wit: Dan Sulivane. Liber/Folio 2
HD/501
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Source:
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Abstracts from the Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland
Vol I 1782-1790, James A. McAllister, Jr.
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Year:
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1790 Talbot Co.
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James Higgins, Jr.
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13 Apr 1790. Indenture between William Mullikin of Talbot Co.,
planter, and James Higgins, of same county, carpenter. Consideration of
£7.15.0 conveys lot of ground in Talbot (near Easton) distinguished as No. 99, containing
⅔ of ½ acre. Wit: H.
Sherwood of Huntington, James Thomas.
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1790 Liber/Folio 24/59
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Year:
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1790 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins, Jr.
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10 Oct 1789/16 Feb 1790. Indenture between Thomas Gordon of
Talbot County, gent. and Joannah his wife, and John Higgins, Jr.
–consideration of £59.10.0 current money – convey [to John Higgins, Jr.]
Hobson’s Choice in Talbot County, between White Phillips and The Enlargement
beginning at stone boundary lately fixed according to deposition of Henry
West of Dorchester
County – containing 12
acres, also part of Hobson’s Choice between White Phillips and Little Bristol
containing 22 acres. Wit: James Thomas
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Land
Records Vol 24, 1790-1792, Irma Harper . Liber/Folio 24/10
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Year:
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1790 Dorchester Co.
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Sarah WILLIAMS Higgins
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10 Mar 1778-7 Apr 1790. Deposition of Sarah Higgins, aged
about 40; mentions her father Hugh Williams about 25 years ago, and a
boundary between Mr. White and the Indians which had been shown to her father
by Abram Bishop.
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Source:
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Liber/Folio 2 HD 604. Abstracts from the Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland
Vol I 1782-1790, James A. McAllister, Jr.
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Year:
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1790/92 Talbot Co.
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Richard Higgins
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To Richard Higgins from Macgill
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Source:
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Talbot Co 1790-92 Land Records JG2:656
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Year:
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1791
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Meanwhile:
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The American Bill of Rights is
ratified, much to the consternation of both its supporters and its
detractors. Although a Bill of Rights was immensely popular with most
Americans, the idea had become a political pawn used by those who wanted to
see the newly proposed Constitution revised to limit federal authority to tax
and control trade. Knowing they did not have much chance to block the
Constitution’s adoption by the states based on their platform of "less
government", they instead called the Constitution inadequate because of
its lack of protection for citizen's rights. In the end, many states voted
for adopting the Constitution but with a recommendation that a Bill of Rights
be added.
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Year:
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1791 Talbot Co.
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James Higgins
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13 Mar 1791/22 Mar 1791. Manumission: I, James Higgins of Talbot County, do think it wrong and
oppressive to hold negroes in abject slavery... set free boy named Thomas
being eighteen years old to be free and at liberty. Wit: Peter Webb, Robert
Moore
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Land
Records Vol 24, 1790-1792, Irma Harper
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Year:
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1791 Dorchester Co.
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Henry Higgins
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Oct 1791. Henry Higgins fined for assaulting Thomas Joshua, an
Indian.
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Source:
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The Dorchester
County Criminal Court
Docket 1791-1805 Vol I, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1791 Talbot Co.
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William Higgins
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Died by 22 Nov 1791. Administrator: Jonathon Ozment
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Source:
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Maryland
Newspapers 1791-1795
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Year:
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1792
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Meanwhile:
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Kentucky becomes the 15th
State. Prior to becoming a state, Kentucky
was part of Virginia.
The great distance between Kentucky and the
eastern seaboard and continuing fears of attacks by Native Americans
encouraged Kentuckians to feel that Virginia
was not sufficiently attentive to the needs of the West. In the end, slavery
proved to be the most deeply divisive issue. Slavery was legal in Kentucky so long as it remained governed by the laws of
Virginia,
but anti-slavery activists like Presbyterian clergyman David Rice argued that
it should not be retained in a new state. Pressing just as adamantly for
maintaining slavery were powerful figures such as George Nicholas and John
Breckinridge. The forces of slavery won the constitutional contest, with
results that would leave Kentucky
divided.
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Year:
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1792 Talbot Co.
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Solomon Higgins
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20 Mar 1792. Bill of Sale from James King of Talbot County to James Wilson, of Danl of
same county, slaves Isaac and Rose, age 16, for £100. Wit: James
Bullin, Solomon Higgins
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Land
Records Vol 24, 1790-1792, Irma Harper
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Year:
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1793
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Meanwhile:
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Eli
Whitney invents the cotton gin, a machine for quickly separating the seeds
from newly picked cotton. The productivity of the machine stimulated
industrial cotton production and increased reliance on slave labor to grow
cotton in the South.
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Over
4,000 people die in Philadelphia
from an epidemic of Yellow fever.
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Year:
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1793 Dorchester Co.
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Henry Higgins
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Mar 1793. Henry Higgins fined for selling “cyder” to William
Bennett
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Source:
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The Dorchester
County Criminal Court
Docket 1791-1805 Vol I, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1793 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins, Mary Higgins
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20 Apr 1793/10 Jun 1793. Land Transfer from “John Higgins of Talbot County [to] Walter Pritchard of same
county... Consideration of £50 Current money of maryland.. all that piece or parcel of
land, Situate in Talbot County ...supposed to be part of a Tract of land Called
Boram Range, or of a Tract Called Hobson's Choice...[adjoining the
tracts]...White Philips..[and] Little Brister..[along]...road leading to
Chancellor's Point...Containing seventeen acres and Three Quarters of an
acre. Wit: Peter Webb, John Stevens. Mary Higgins examined privately and gave
consent."
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Source:
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Talbot 1793 Land Records 25/184
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Clues/Cross
Reference
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21 Nov 1795. John Higgins, Junr. of Talbot County
to Walter Pritchard of same county... consideration £30.10.0... part of Dickinsons Lott... to
line of Frankford and St. Michaels... containing 2 acres and 70½ sq. perches.
Wit: Peter Webb, Tristram Bowdle. Mary Higgins appeared and acknowledged the
deed.
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Source: Talbot 1799 Land Records WLB A26 Deed
482
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Year:
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1793 Talbot Co.
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__ Higson
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Messrs Dennis and Higson, merchants, Cratchers Ferry, letters
remaining in Easton Post Office
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Source:
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“Maryland Herald and Eastern Shore
Intelligencer”, 15 Nov 1793. Maryland
Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts Vol. 1:
1790-1805, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright
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Year:
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1794
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Meanwhile:
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Russia establishes its
first North American colony on Kodiak Island.
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The
Whiskey Rebellion breaks out in western Pennsylvania when angry farmers oppose a
government tax on liquor.
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Year:
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1794 Talbot Co.
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Daniel Higgins
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3 Dec 1794. James Wilson bound to Daniel Higgins, farmer,
until 3 Jun 1809, when he will be 21. Trustees of the Poor: Samuel
Chamberlaine, Henry Nichols, Henry Banning. Wit: James Nabb, Henry Delehay
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Source:
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Bound To Serve: The Indentured Children of Talbot County, Maryland
1794 - 1920, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1794 Talbot Co.
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William Higgins
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30 Apr 1794. Joshua Clark gave deposition for Land Commission
in regard to lands Broad Lane,
Highfields, Beaver Neck, and Kellum alias Hilton. “Clark...
sayeth six or seven years ago heard William Higgins, dec’d, say the fence was
to be removed by consent of Robert Sherwood and John Burgess.”
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29 Mar 1794. Robert Sherwood gave deposition “the division
land he now showeth was informed by William Higgins and Peter Parrott”
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Source:
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Land Records of Talbot
County, Maryland
1798-1802, Irma S. Harper
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Year:
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1795 Dorchester Co.
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Francis Higgins
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Married Temperence Hughes 30 May 1795
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Source:
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Maryland
Marriages 1777-1800, Robert Barnes
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Bible
Records of Francis Higgins and Temperence Hughes
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Year:
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1795 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins
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10 Feb 1795. Solomon Jones of Talbot
County to John Higgins of Talbot County for £80, negro slave Jeeves
(James?). Wit: William Dawson
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1795 Liber/Folio 26/228
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Year:
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1795 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins, Jr
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10 Jan 1795. Purchased from Henry Martin Sr.... consideration
£275... "all that lot of land called Dickinsons’ Lot, also all that
parcel called Lotts’ Addition and all that parcel of land known by the name
of Boram’s Range all situate in Talbot County afsd. on the north side of Choptank River, and on the east side of Bullenbrooke
branch, containing by estimation four hundred and thirty four acres".
Wit: Tristram Bowdle, James Nabb
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1795 Liber/Folio 26/354
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Clues/Cross
Reference
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Mortgage paid off 6 Jun 1795. John Higgins, Jr. to Henry Martin,
Sr.... consideration £575... “conveys Dickinsons
Lot situate on eastern side of Bullen
Brooke Creek
called Beaver Dam Branch laid out for William Dickinson in 1688 and also part
of Dickinsons Lot Addition”. Wit: Tristm. Bowdle, James Nabb.
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Source: Talbot
Co., MD Land Records,14 Jan 1812, Liber JL:35, p.62
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Talbot
1795 Liber W.S.B. p. 354-355. Land Records of Talbot County, Maryland
1794-1798, Irma S. Harper
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Year:
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1795 Talbot Co.
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Thomas Higgins
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Witnessed will of William Stevens 29 Nov 1794, along with
Benjamin Kemp
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Source:
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Talbot
County, Maryland
Wills Libers JP #5 1795 - 1801, Leslie and Neil Keddie
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Year:
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1795 Prince George's Co.
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William Higgins
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Married __Hodges, dau of Joseph Ramsey Hodges 1795
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Source:
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Maryland
Marriages 1777-1800, Robert Barnes
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Year:
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1796
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Meanwhile:
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Tennessee
admitted as the 16th state.
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England conquers Ceylon from
the Dutch.
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Year:
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1796 Cecil Co.
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David Higgins
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Married Rachel Wallace License: 22 Dec 1796
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Source:
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Year:
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1796 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins, Jr.
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15 Oct 1796. “I, John Higgins, Junr. of Talbot Co do hereby
declare free manumit and enfranchise negroes Lucy to be free 1 Jan 1802 and
Thomas to be free on 1 Jan 1820.” Wit: Peter Webb, Wm. Bowers
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Source:
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Land Records of Talbot
County, Maryland
1798-1802, Irma S. Harper
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Year:
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1796 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins, Jr.
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6 June 1796. Aaron Frampton (son of Mary) born 2 Feb 1778,
with consent of his mother bound to Levin Stevens, carpenter, for 3 years 5
months. Wit: John Higgins, Jr, James Newman, John Brown
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Source:
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Bound To Serve: The Indentured Children of Talbot County, Maryland
1794 - 1920, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1797
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Meanwhile:
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John Adams
elected U.S.
president. The Maryland
representatives to the Electoral College had voted: for John Adams, 7; for Thomas Jefferson,
4; for Thomas
Pinckney, 4; for Aaron
Burr, 3; for John Handy, 2.
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John
Chapman, known as "Johnny Appleseed," begins planting apple seeds
along the Ohio Valley.
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