Yes, Anne Arundel DRURY., Am at work, so no access to gen notes but will try to get additional info for you. Kathleen On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:00 PM, donald drury <ddrury5840@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Hi All, > > I found the following reference to a Matilda Drury on the web. Can anyone > connect her to anyone? I suspect she may be connected to the Ann Arundle > Drurys rather than the St. Mary's crowd but stand ready to be corrected. > > If anyone wants the complete three page report that gives additional > details about how the tobacco was destroyed and the action that took place > there I can send it as a PDF attachment. This part gives the pertinent > genealogical details. > > Thanks in advance to everyone, > > Don Drury > > ********************************************* > February 9, 1843 > > The Committe of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Matilda > Drury, report: > > That the petitioner represents herself as the widow of Samuel Drury, > and the only surviving child of Major Thomas Tillard and the sister of > Captain William Smallwood Tillard both of whom are now dead; and, as the > legal representative of the latter, she claims compensation for a quantity > of tobacco which belonged to said Captain W.S.Tillard, and was destroyed by > the British at Tracy's Landing, in the state of Maryland, in the latter part > of October 1814. > *************************************************** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia IMAGE - a No. VA Christian church whose mission is simple: Worship. Community. Service. www.thisisimage.com (click on the Audio icon to hear Pastor Chris' messages!) Listen to a beautiful song, "Feel the Ocean Calling," by Roderick C. Simons: http://www.myspace.com/roderickcsimons