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Year:
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1850
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Meanwhile:
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Millard
Fillmore becomes president upon the death of Zachary Taylor.
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Year:
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1850 Queen Anne's Co.
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Eliphalet R. Higgins, Sarah Ann Higgins
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18th June 1850, this indenture made this fourteenth day of
June 1850 between Thomas Downing and Mary Downing his wife, Eliphalet R.
Higgins and Sarah Ann Higgins his wife formerly Sarah Ann Stinson, and
Margaret Stinson all of QA Co. and state of Maryland of the one part and John
E. Price of the co. and state afsd. Of the other part, in consideration of
the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars current money by the said John E.
Price, have sold a part of a tract of land in Queen Anns
County embraced within
the following metes and bounds. (Signed) Thomas Downing, Mary R. Downing, Eliphe. R. Higgins, Sarah A. Higgins,
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Source:
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Queen Anne's 1850 Grantor
Land Records JT #6 356
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Year:
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1850 Talbot Co.
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Elizabeth Ann Higgins
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Baptized 23 Aug 1850 as an infant in St. Michaels by Rev. John
T. Hazzard
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Source:
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The
Register of Baptisms of Talbot Circuit, Easton District, Philadelphia
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1842 - 1874 and Sardis Methodist
Episcopal Church St. Michael's, Maryland 1875 - 1890,
Compiled by Helen E. Seymour
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Year:
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1850 Queen Anne's Co.
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Mary E. Higgins
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Married Philemon Pratt, license 26 Feb 1850. Min: Sumption
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Source:
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Queen Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858,
Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark
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Year:
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1850 Queen Anne's Co.
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Sarah A. Higgins
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Married James M. Ellors, license 7
May 1850. Min: Sumption
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Source:
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Queen Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858,
Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark
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Year:
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1851 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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Married Isabella Walter 28 Jan 1851
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Source:
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USGenweb
Archives Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland,
contributed by Barbara & Steve Woolston
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Year:
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1851 Talbot Co.
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Josiah Higgins, Rebecca L. BERRIDGE Higgins
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1 Oct 1851. Josiah Higgins and Rebecca L. Higgins his wife and
Hugh M. Berridge and Eliza Ann Berridge his wife in consideration of $25,
convey unto Samuel T. Kemp a house and lot in the village of Trappe, being
the same property mentioned in the will of Mary Berridge deceased: Item 2nd I give and bequeath also to my son
Hugh M. Berridge my house and lot of land in the village of Trappe... on the
condition nevertheless that the said Hugh M. Berridge shall pay unto my
daughter Rebecca Louisa Higgins all the rents or profits arising therefrom annually, and in case of the death of said Rebecca
L. Berridge it shall be the property of her child Mary Catherine Antoinette
Higgins, her [only child]"
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1851 Liber/Folio 64/68
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Year:
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1852 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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14 Jun 1852/23 May 1854. James Higgins surety for estate of
William J. Storr
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Source:
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Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1853
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Meanwhile:
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Franklin Pierce
elected U.S.
president. Maryland
representatives to the Electoral College voted: Franklin Pierce,8.
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Beginning
of Crimean War. Turkey declares war on Russia, and is later joined by England and France.
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Over
7,800
people in New Orleans die from an epidemic of Yellow Fever.
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Year:
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1853 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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6 Jun 1853/21Jul 1853. James Higgins, surety for estate of Greenbury R. Covey
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Source:
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Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Liber THH-1 Folio 32. "Dorchester County
Genealogical Society", Vol. 7-2-11
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Year:
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1853 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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6 Jun 1853/25 Sep 1853. James Higgins surety for estate of
William Colleson
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Source:
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Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1853 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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10 Oct 1853/4 Jul 1859. James Higgins surety for estate of Robert
Griffith
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Source:
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Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1854
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Meanwhile:
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After
bitter debate, Congress approves the Kansas-Nebraska Act,
which repeals the Missouri
Compromise of 1820 by allowing these two territories to choose between
slavery and free soil. Armed clashes begin in Kansas between pro- and anti-slavery
forces.
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Treaty
with Japan
negotiated by Commodore Matthew Perry
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Year:
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1854 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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23 Jan 1854/16 Jul 1856. James Higgins surety for estate of Shadrack Smith
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Source:
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Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1854 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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2 Feb 1854/21 May 1855. James Higgins surety for estate of
Henry Norman
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Source:
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Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1854 Talbot Co.
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Robt. T.
Higgins, Hester H. Higgins, Charles Henry Higgins
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"Died at St. Michael's
17th Feb, Charles Henry, son of Robt. T. And Hester
H. Higgins, 6 yrs 4 mo 17 days old."
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Source:
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"Easton Gazette 18 Mar
1854", Upper Shore Genealogical Society - - "Chesapeake Cousins"
- Vol 6-2-13
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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The
HIGGINS/GIBMEYER Home Page
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Year:
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1854 Queen Anne's Co.
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William M. Higgins, Ellen Rebecca Higgins, John Charles Higgins,
Martha Maria Higgins, John Higgins, Dorcas Higgins
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William M. Higgins (also listed as William A. Higgins)- appointed as guardian of Ellen Rebecca Higgins, John
Charles Higgins, and Martha Maria Higgins. All are children of John Higgins
of Q.A., dec'd, and Dorcas Higgins (who signed over guardianship 4 Jun 1853).
$200 bond posted by William M. Higgins, William H. Warren, and Thomas J.
Warren. Wit: Thomas Ashcom, Jr.
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Source:
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Queen
Anne's County Maryland Guardianship Index 1779-1888, Cathy Downes
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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Dorcas Stevens married John Higgins in 1831
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Year:
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1855 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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"Died at residence of his uncle, James Higgins, esq., of Transquakin Mills. Saturday 25 Oct 1855
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Source:
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Cambridge Maryland
Chronicles 1830 - 1855
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Year:
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1855 Queen Anne's Co.
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Matilda Higgins
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Married Benjamin Hart, license 8 Mar 1855. Min: Crane
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Source:
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Queen Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858,
Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark
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Year:
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1855 Talbot Co.
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Robert Higgins
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2 May 1855. John S. and Charlotte Blades to Robert Higgins...
transfer lot on Chestnut St.,
St. Michael's... $75.
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records. Liber/Folio 66/302
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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10 Jul 1873. Daniel J and Henrietta G. Higgins, George W. and
Elizabeth Hause to Eleanora
Blades... sale of lot on Chestnut
St., St. Michaels originally purchased in 1855
from John S. and Charlotte Blades (Liber/Folio 66/302)... $350
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Source: Talbot County
Land Records.
Liber/Folio 79/231
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6 Jun 1876. Robert F. Higgins to Eleanora
Blades... sale of lot on west side of Chestnut St., St. Michaels originally
purchased from John S. and Charlotte A. Blades in 1855 (Liber/Folio
66/302)... $116.66 and 2/3 cents.
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Source: Talbot County
Land Records.
Liber/Folio 82/408
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Year:
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1855 Talbot Co.
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William M. Higgins, Ann Higgins
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8 Jan 1855/17 Jan 1855. "Charles W. M. McDaniel and
Dorcas McDaniel of Talbot County to William M. Higgins of Queen Anne’s
County... in consideration of the sum of $3500 current money by the said
William M. Higgins... convey... land called "Buckenham",
"Nobles Chance" and "Kelden"
situate and lying in Talbot County on the north side of the Main or County
Road leading from Easton to Centreville and which was devised to the said
Charles W. M. McDaniel by his Father, James M. McDaniel by his last Will and
Testament... containing the quantity of two hundred and sixty four acres of
land more or less"
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records. Liber/Folio 66/123
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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27 Mar 1858/4 May 1858. "William Higgins and Ann Higgins,
his wife of Queen Anne’s County... in consideration of the sum of five
thousand dollars... grant unto John W. Catrup of Talbot County... land
called "Buckenham", "Nobles
Chance" and "Kelding" situate and
lying in Talbot County on the north side of the main road leading from Easton
to Centreville... containing the quantity of two hundred and sixty four acres
of land more or less"
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Source: Talbot County
Land Records.
Liber/Folio 68/110
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Year:
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1856 Dorchester Co.
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Frank Higgins
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Member of committee of arrangement appointed for American party
of Cambridge
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Source:
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"American Eagle" 23 Jul 1856. Newspaper Abstracts
from the American Eagle & Cambridge
Chronicle 1846-1857, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1856 Talbot Co.
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James Higgins, Eliza Higgins
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3 Jan 1856. James Higgins, Trustee for Eliza Higgins his wife,
of Baltimore City... in consideration of the sum of
$3000... assigns the mortgage [owed by Alward M. White and Marion Caroline White his wife for
the tract "Manngo"] to Henry H.
Goldsborough, Mordecai M. Dawson, and John Goldsborough. [deed includes
history of previous owners of tract]
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Record 1856 Liber/Folio 67/7
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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8 Jul 1850. Alward M. White and
Marion Caroline White his wife agree to mortgage the tract "Manngo" for $3000 with .
James Higgins, Trustee for Eliza Higgins his wife, of Anne Arundel
County.
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Source: Talbot County
Land Record 1850
Liber/Folio 62/433
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Year:
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1856 Talbot Co.
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Josiah Higgins
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Real Estate Valuations of the Orphans Court: Appraiser, along with
Charles R. Mullikan, of the estate of the orphan children of Andrew Sullivan
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Source:
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Odds and Ends: Records of Talbot, Caroline, and Queen Anne's
Counties of Maryland,
Cynthia V. Schmidt
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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Josiah Higgins was a Justice of the Peace during this time
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Year:
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1856 Dorchester Co.
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Samuel Higgins
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14 Apr 1856/27 Jun 1859. Samuel Higgins surety for estate of
Slater D. Twilley
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Source:
|
Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1857
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|
Meanwhile:
|
In
the Dred
Scott case, the Supreme Court declared no slave or descendant of a slave
could be a U.S. citizen,
or ever had been a U.S.
citizen. The Supreme Court also ruled that Congress could not stop slavery in
the newly emerging territories and declared the Missouri Compromise of 1820
(prohibiting slavery above 36th parallel) to be unconstitutional.
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|
James Buchanan
elected president. Maryland
representatives to the Electoral College voted: Millard Fillmore, 8.
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Year:
|
1857 Dorchester Co.
|
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|
James Higgins
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Commissioner’s sale of "North Yarmouth", land of Slater D. Twilly,
dec'd. James Higgins and others
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Source:
|
"Cambridge
Chronicle" 25 Feb 1857. Newspaper Abstracts from the American Eagle
& Cambridge
Chronicle 1846-1857, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1857 Dorchester Co.
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