Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

John Wesley Bordley (b. ? - d. 1833)
MSA SC 5496-051247
Property Owner near Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

CHANCERY COURT, (Chancery Papers). Robert Emory vs. Deborah Bordley and John W. Bordley, June 30, 1837, Queen Anne's County, Case No. 7669. Mortgage foreclosure on Hilsdon Enlarged [MSA S512-10-7672].

CHANCERY COURT, (Chancery Papers). Lewis E. Baum, et al, vs. Joshua Clark, Isaac Lansdale Boyd, et al. 1851, Queen Anne's County, Case No. 6143. Estate of William T. Boyd - Bennetts Regulation. [MSA S512-7- 6225].

James Wood Poplar Grove Collection, MSA SC 5807-13-0268. Petition against stricter manumission laws.

Queen Anne's County Circuit Court, Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, (Certificates, Patented, QA), [MSA S1204]. Corsica Farm, William Ringgold, 1176 1/8 Acres.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1805-1807, Liber STW 8, Folio 160 [MSA CE 143-26]. John W. Bordley to Phill, Moses, and Charles, April 6, 1806. Manumission.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1811-1813, Liber JB 1, Folio 445 [MSA CE 143-29]. John W. Bordley and Deborah Bordley to Arthur Holt, November 23, 1812. Release.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1811-1813, Liber JB 1, Folio 545 [MSA CE 143-29]. John W. Bordley to Simon, Hannah, and John, February 9, 1813. Manumission.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1811-1813, Liber JB 1, Folio 507, [MSA CE 143-29]. John Eagle to John Wesley Bordley, December 28, 1812.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1818-1822, Liber TM 2, Folio 174, [MSA CE 143-32]. Turbutt Harris and Henrietta Maria Harris to John W. Bordley, January 7, 1820. Bill of Sale.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1822-1825, Liber TM 3, Folio 404 [MSA CE 143-33]. John W. Bordley to Sid, Mary Eliza, Nance, and Simon, December 29, 1824. Manumission

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1822-1825, Liber TM 3, Folio 416 [MSA CE 143-33]. John W. Bordley to Noah, January 25, 1825. Manumission.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1831-1833, Liber TM 6, Folio 382 [MSA CE 143-36]. John W. Bordley to Philemon Blake Hopper, January 11, 1833. Deed.

Queen Anne's County District 3, J. G. Stong's Map of Queen Anne's County, 1866, MSA SC 5080-1, Courtesy of the Queen Anne's County Historical Society.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Accounts of Sale), 1833-1837, Liber TCE 3, Folios 271-276, 302-303, and 363-369 [MSA C1333-3]. John W. Bordley.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Wills, Original), 1789-1849 [MSA C1496-22]. John W. Bordley, April 10, 1833.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD) for John W. Bordley, 1820, Queen Anne's County, Page 176, 6th line from bottom [M 2067-1, MSA SM61-75].

Books -

Day, George E. A Practical Treatise on the Domestic Management and Most Important Diseases of Advanced Life. Philadelphia, PA: Lea and Blanchard, 1849.

Drinkhouse, Edward J. History of Methodist Reform: Synoptical of General Methodism, 1703 to 1898. Vol. 2. Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1899.

Earle, Isaac Newton. History and Genealogy of the Earles of Secaucus: With an Account of other English and American Branches. Marquette, MI: Guelff Printing Company, 1925.

Emory, Frederic. Queen Anne's County, Maryland: Its Early History and Development. Baltimore, MD: The Maryland Historical Society, 1950. Originally published in the Centreville Observer 1886-1887.

Emory, Mary Bourke. Colonial Families and Their Descendants. Baltimore, MD: Press of the Sun Printing Office, 1900.

Newspapers and Journals -

"$100 Reward." Centreville Times 21 June 1828: 4.

"Deaths." Centreville Times 5 May 1833: 3.

The Centreville Record, 1874 - c. 1933. The Maryland State Archives' Special Collections, [MSA SC 3462, OCLC 18737717].

Internet Sources -

"Bordley Mansion." Queenstown, Queen Anne's County, QA-14. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

"Corsica (Bennett's Regulation)." Centreville, Queen Anne's County, QA-108. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

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