Sydney Howard Gay’s "Record of Fugitives"

Fugitive Slaves > E - H > Griffin, James

   
   
   
slave name: Griffin, James [Thomas Brown]
owner name: Fitch [Hitch], Joshua
occupation: farmer
state: Maryland
town: Howard Township
county: Baltimore County
census: 1860 65, farmer, alone, 20,000 real, 10,000 pers, 7 slaves
place sent: Syracuse, N.Y.
comments: age 22 worked for Fitch's brother in Baltimore; wife and two of his five children sold 2 yrs ago, left 2 sons in Baltimore

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