Individual Details

Col. Edmund Heard

(4 Mar 1798 - 5 Apr 1860)

Notes for COLONEL EDMUND HEARD, JR.: 1820, 3rd Dist.: 1M 16-26 (Edmund ) ; 1F over 45; 3 slaves. Fresco. 1840, 3rd Dist.: 1M -5 (Romanus); 1M 5 - 10 (Ignatius); 1M 10-15 (Francis); 1M 40-50 (Edmund); 1F 5-10 (Martha) ; 1 F 10-15 (Harriett); 1F 40-50 (Teresa Heard). 1850, 3rd Dist., f arm er, $5,000 in real estate. D&B, SMC (Cryer), who says he died of he ar t disease. Burials, SMC (Tice); b. 3/4/1798. Marriage Licenses of W a shington, D.C., 1811-1830. Father's will. Mother's will. Will of Un c le, Ignatius Heard in 1800. Fresco. He inherited 200 ac. from his mo t her. He inherited "Well Found and Addition" and 8 ac. of "Wheatley's C o ntent" from his father. He inherited "Well Found" from his Uncle, Ign a tius Heard. With wife, deed to Zachariah Spalding for "Plowden's Resu r vey", 196 3/4 ac., 3/3/1818 (Chr. of SM). Will of uncle, Peter Mills i n 1 823. 4/1809: Winifred Heard appointed guardian to Edmund Heard, orp ha n of Edmund Heard (Orphan Ct. Rec., Fenwick). 8/19/1809: Edmund Hear d , orphan of Edmund Heard. Guardian: not named. Assessors: John G. Ford a n d Clement McWilliams. Mentions property devised to him by his uncle, I g natius Heard and property left him by his father. Annual Valuations an d A ssessments by Kirk Ranzetta. 3/1823: Edmund Heard, Exec. of Winifre d H eard (Orphan Ct. Rec., Fenwick). 3/1825: Edmund J. Heard, Exec. of P e ter Mills (Orphan Ct. Rec., Fenwick). 3/22/1825: Orphan's Ct. of SMC. L e tters test. on the personal estate of Peter Mills, dec'd. Edmund H e ard, Exec. (National Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts, 1824-1826). 4 / 15/1833: $100 reward for runaway negro man who left the subscriber's f a rm, nr. Chaptico on 4/7, 1833. Lewis Carter, about 32. He has been con n ected with a free black woman, Cecelia Butler. Edward J. Heard. (Natio n al Intelligencer Newspapers Abstracts, 1832-1833). 1839: Catherine Gr e enwell receipt to Edmund Heard, Adm. with annexed will of Catherine Gr e enwell, dec'd..$368.25 my share. Trustees of St. John's church $15 bei n g ½ share of legacy left willed by Catherine Greenwell. (SMC Receipts) .

Events

Birth4 Mar 1798St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
Birth4 Mar 1798St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
Will9 Nov 1822St. Mary's Co., MD
Marriage10 Oct 1826Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States - Teresa Dant
Residence1850District 3, St Mary's, Maryland
Death5 Apr 1860St. Mary's, Maryland
Alt nameEdmond Heard
BurialHollywood, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA

Families

SpouseTeresa Dant (1793 - 1856)
ChildFrancis E. Heard (1829 - 1860)
ChildHarriet E. Heard (1831 - )
ChildIgnatius Heard (1832 - )
ChildMartha W Patty Heard (1835 - 1868)
ChildRomanus Heard (1837 - )
FatherEdmund Heard (1755 - 1799)
MotherWinifred Mills (1757 - 1823)
SiblingMary Treacy Heard (1773 - 1819)
SiblingAnna Mary Polly( Greenwell) Heard (1790 - 1817)
SiblingElizabeth (Greenwell) Heard (1795 - 1850)
SiblingElizabeth Heard (1799 - 1827)
SiblingAnna Mary Trecy "Polly" Heard (1799 - 1813)

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