Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Patty Cannon (b. circa ? - d. 1829)
MSA SC 5496-051231
Enslaved Kidnapper, Caroline County, Maryland

Sources:


Archival Sources -

CAROLINE COUNTY LEVY COURT (Assessors Field Book) 1841, Isaac & Jesse Cannon (Reference to the Office), pg. 67 ]MSA C472-1]

DORCHESTER COUNT COURT (Land Records) Martha Cannon from Joseph Johnson and Ebenezer Johnson, 1826, Volume ER 10 Page 205 [MSA CE46-60]

Newspapers and Journals -

“A. Hill Smith”, in The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 24 May, 1967, p.A13.

"Cannon House Auction Stalled By Bidding Lack”, The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Md), September 18, 1967 p.A9

The Delaware Register, or, Farmers’, Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Advocate (Wilmington, Delaware), May 16, 1829, p.7

“J. Alexis Shriver Urges Women’s Clubs to Consider Locations Worthy of Such Recognition” in The Baltimore Sun, (Baltimore, Maryland), 12 November, 1938, p.10.

“James Matthew Smith”, in The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 28 December, 1907. p.5

Miller, M. Sammy. "Legend of a Kidnapper." The Crisis vol. 82, no. 4 (April 1975):118-120.

Niles, Hezekiah and William Ogden Niles. "A Horrible Development." Niles Weekly Register. 25 April 1829, 144.

“Sale of Maryland Home Recalls Murder Legend”, in The New York Times (New York, New York), 17 September, 1967, p.43.

The Torchlight and Public Advertiser (Hagerstown, Maryland), Thursday April 30, 1829 p.2

 The United States Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Friday May 22, 1829, p.4

"The Murders in Sussex." The Republican Compiler [Gettysburg]. 29 April 1829, pg. 2.



Books -

Noble, Edward M. The History of Caroline County. Federalsburg, MD: The J.W. Stowell Printing Co., 1920.


Internet Sources -
 

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