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From
the Records of Internments
at St. John's Catholic Church, Clinton
**The following
is a list of African-Americans who lived at or descendend from
men and women of Poplar Hill on His Lordship's Kindness.There
are far more entries in the record books, but for the purposes
of this web site, the following names were selected for posting.
The original records are held at St. John's Catholic Church
in Clinton, Prince George's County, Maryland. The date reflects
the recorded date of death and burial, name, age, and cause
of death as recorded, when listed.
1892 - January
23-25
Henry Brown, Surratts, age 60 years
Paralysis
1895, December
11-13
Andrew Jackson, Surratts, age 45 years
Consumption
1897
Daniel Shorter, Surratts, age 69 years
Died of old age
1897
Mary Brown, Surratts, age 72
Died - congestion of lungs
1903, April
19-22
John Brown, age 90
Died of Pneumonia
1905, March
5-9
Isaac Brown, Clinton, 49 years
Died of Bright's Disease
1905, November
4-7
Henrietta Brown, Poplar Hill, about 80 years
Died of paralysis
1908, March
21-23
Henrietta Holiday, Clinton, age 84 years
Died of old age
1915, September
7
William Brown, Clinton, age 67
Died of Paralysis
1923, Nov.
6-9
Patsy Brown, age 92 years
Died of old age
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References
to slave infirmities listed on Robert
Darnall Sewall's 1853 inventory included only three
notations on the mental or physical health of the men and women
who labored on the plantation owned by Sewall.
On
the property managed by William Brinham, a "negro boy"
named John Francis was recorded as being blind. No monetary
value was noted by his name, nor was his age listed.
A
negro man, Nace, was described as old and "deranged."
Neither monetary value nor age was listed by his name.
On
the property managed by Mr. Jenkins, a woman named Beck was
listed as having "consumption."
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