Petition #20979704

• Baltimore County, Maryland. November 1797. - March 1800.
• Court: Oyer and Terminer
• Salutation: To the Worshipfull the Justices of Baltimore County Court of Oyer & Terminer &c

Abstract

Margaret Creek says that she is "the daughter of Rachel who was the daughter of an Indian woman named Moll or Mary," a free woman. Although Margaret "has been entitled to Freedom from her birth," she is "deprived thereof & held as a Slave by William Wilkins of the Town of Baltimore." Margaret asks the court to subpoena Wilkins and to remedy her situation "as may seem right."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: PARs #20979204, #20980003, #20980305; Transcript of Court Record, November 1797--March 1800; Clerk's Certification, 29 October 1800
• Pages of related documents: 6

4 people are documented within petition 20979704

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 5
• Microfilm: M 11014

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Native Americans