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William Compton


1662 Sr William Compton At the Court at Whitehall
the 13th of June 1662.
Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1667 Volume 3, Page 459
1667 ? Compton, William, Sr. ndex lists Compton, William, Sr., 459. Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1667 Volume 3, Page 566
1681 Compton, Wm Compton, Wm - 110 Maryland Tax List Nov 1681 Maryland Tax List Nov 1681
         
1718 William Compton 14. Adm.: 1 Jul 1718, Charles Co., Maryland, USA. (8) Edmund Howard decd Account. 82.16.3 Payments to. Thomas Dent, Peter Pellater, Samuel Swan, John Howard, Thomas Coombs, Col. Philip Hoskins, Robert Yates, William Compton, Dr Gustavus Brown, Edward Roberts, James Waters, Mr Delaney for fees against Thomas Bennett, Thomas Osbourne, Tarrance Bryan: Mentions John Cole, Mr Jonathan Ray. Exrs. William Howard, Thomas Howard. Descendants of William Stevens HOWARD Descendants of William Stevens HOWARD
1725 William Compton 168: William Compton decd 30 Mar 1725 - Kenn Adam Weavour, William Compton, nearest of kin Catherine Compton admx. Charles County Maryland Probate Records, Inventories, Book 1717-1735 Inventories, Book 1717-1735
1733
Cumpton Mathew 
Cumpton William
1733 Charles County MD Tax Lis   1733 Charles County MD Tax List
1734 William Compton 429: William Compton decd 11 May 1734 - George Thomas Sr. & George Thomas jr. Kin - Eliz(a) Compton made oath. Charles County Maryland Probate Records, Inventories, Book 1717-1735 Inventories, Book 1717-1735
1758
Compton, Benjamin
Compton, Jno.
Compton, Matthew
Compton, Samuel
Compton, Thos.
Compton, William
Compton, Wm. Clark
Compton, Zach.
INDEX for the "1758 Charles County Tax Lists by District INDEX for the "1758 Charles County Tax Lists by District
 1758  Jan William Compton Wood, Philip - Indebted to Sam Hanson for articles in an account. William Compton was pledge and security for Philip. Source: Charles Co Court Records Book I3 p. 113 Source: Charles Co Court Records Book I3 p. 113
 1758 Will Compton, John Compton  1758 - Wood, Philip paid by Andrew Chunn's estate

This is vol 41 p. 526. Also mentions Just. Burch, Will Compton, Samuel Swann. Benjamin King, John Compton, James Wood. Date = Apr 15, 1758.

Ref: Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, Libers 37-45, 1754-1760, by VL Skinner, Jr. Ref: Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, Libers 37-45, 1754-1760, by VL Skinner, Jr.
         
1774 William Compton   Transcription of "Admiralty Court--Minutes (1754-1775)"

Maryland State Archives
Admiralty Court (Minutes)
1754-1775
(Cover Page)
1776

William Compton

Compton, William S.

Compton, William
Date: 1778   Charles County   Newport East Hundred
Source: X 3, p. 633. MSA S 1419-3-3247

Compton, William S.
Date: 1778   Charles County   William and Mary Lower Hundred
Source: X 3, p. 638. MSA S 1419-3-3248

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MARYLAND INDEXES
(Census, Index)
1776-1778

MSA SSI 1419-3
1776 Wm. Compton DATE OF ENLISTMENT 29 Jan Wm. Compton

Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of

Maryland Troops in the American Revolution

Volume 18, Page 26  
         
1776 Wm. S. Compton ADDITIONAL MEN.
Alexander Weakling, Basill Swann,    Paul Minitree, Wm. S. Compton, James Swann, Jr.,William Layman, Benj. Postin ,St. Larence Posey, Ignatius Martin, Benjamin Cox,  James Cox, Thomas Posey - Last man enrolled July 27th, 1776.
Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution Volume 18, Page 32  
1781 WILLIAM S. COMPTON REEDER, HEZEKIAH, Comsy. Purchases (CH) to COMPTON, WILLIAM S.
Dates: 1781, Jul. 7.
Receipt for wheat.
MSA S 1004-56-10772 MdHR 6636-42-15/32  Location: 1/7/3/51

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MARYLAND STATE PAPERS
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1782-1783

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1784 ? William Compton

Index

Compton, William, 153

Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1784-1789 Volume 71, Page 337
1786 William Compton That at Frederick County March Court 1786 a certain William Compton was presented for selling spiritous Liquors by small Measure and on his submission and Confession Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1784-1789 Volume 71, Page 153
         
         
         
         
1788 Wm. Compton Joseph Selby, Sam'l. Lane�new bond given by Sam'l. Lane & Nath'l. Lane. 31st instant
Wm. Compton, Basil Smith &
Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1789-1793
Volume 72, Page 123
1788 ? Wm. Compton

[p. 201 ] Joseph Selby, Sam'l. Lane�new bond given by Sam'l. Lane & Nath'l. Lane. 31st instant
Wm. Compton, Basil Smith & Jas. Watson ditto by Wm. Compton & Richard Brandt 30th.Sam'l. Higgs, Isaac & Joseph Shamwell ditto by Francis Tolson & Joseph Shamwell 30 Sam'l. Hughes, Wm. Smith, Bait. Philip Coale ditto by Sam'l. Hughes & Wm.

Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1789-1793 Volume 72, Page 123
1789 ? William Compton Compton, William, 123 Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1789-1793
Volume 72, Page 368
1793 William S. Compton CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers) 1793/02/25 1042: William S. Compton. WA. Insolvent estate of  Compton - Boswell, Boden, Salesbury Plains. Accession No: 17,898-1042. MSA S512-1113   1/36/1/ Maryland State Archives
Maryland Indexes
(Chancery Papers, Index)
1793-1794
MSA S 1432
         
1804 William S. Compton II.. BE IT ENACTED, by. the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for... William S. Compton, or a majority of them, to propose a scheme of a lottery for raising a sum of money, not exceeding
four hundred dollars, and sell and dispose of the tickets in said lottery,
Session Laws, 1804
Volume 562, Page 22
1804 William S. Compton rised to draw said lottery; provided, that the said Jacob T. Towson, William McCoy, Thomas Helm, John Hogg, Daniel Weisel and William S, Compton, or such majority Session Laws, 1804
 
Volume 562, Page 23  

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1806 COMPTON, William H. 5 JUL 1806
COMPTON, William H.
HERON, Ann
Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland
         
         
1826 William J. W. Compton 1826
William J. W. Compton
Robert W. Kent
Abner Linthicum
Charles R. Stewart
Archives of Maryland
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 (1790-1974)
         
         
1815 William Compton,

Chloe Compton,

Date: 1815/03/28
1281: William Compton, Chloe Compton, and Charles Hesletine vs. William Potts, Elizabeth Potts, Richard Potts, John L. Potts, Philip T. Potts, Mary Potts, Harriott Potts, George Potts, and Eleanor Potts. SM, WA. Title to Bonds Forrest in SM and Salisbury in WA. Recorded (Chancery Record) 97, p. 456 and 105, p. 690.
Accession No.: 17,898-1281 MSA S512-2-1340 Location: 1/36/1/

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CHANCERY COURT
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1815-1816

MSA SSF 512
1833 William Compton,

Mary Compton

Date: 1833/09/10
11015: John Scott and Eliza Maynasira Scott vs. Henry Greenfield Sothoron Key, Sarah Anna E. Key, Mary Sophia Key, John Key, Richard Smith, Anna Smith, William Compton, Mary Compton Dr. John H. Briscoe, Mary H. Briscoe, ...

State Agency Series Listing at the Maryland State Archives CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers)
1832-1833

MSA SSF 512
1826 William J. W. Compton 1826
William J. W. Compton
Robert W. Kent
Abner Linthicum
Charles R. Stewart
Archives of Maryland
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Archives of Maryland, Historical List
1844 William P. Compton

Barnes Compton

As guardian to his daughter, he was awarded by the Orphan's Court a proportion of the slaves, estimated at $2337 50, and the pecuniary legacy of $3000. Mary C. B,
Barnes;, intermarried with William P. Compton, in the year, 1825, and died in the year 1834, leaving her husband, and an infant son, Barnes Compton, surviving her, of whom the former died in 1837. At his death, ...
Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854 Volume 200, Volume 1, Page 152
1832 William J. W. Compton 1832
Thomas Burgess
William J. W. Compton
Eli Duvall
Henry Ellicott
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