Planter, Israel, c. 1775-
Israel was born as an enslaved person in a Teackle household, and was manumitted in 1801. That same year, he married Sarah Long, and they lived in Somerset County at a property abutting Teackle Mansion. In the 1820 U.S. census, their household consisted of 7 free people of color. Research continues for this person.
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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, April 27, 1807]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, in which she speaks of missing him. She says that their enslaved man, Israel is attending to all his wishes. She mentions that the sacrament was administered at church by Mr. Wilmer, and she asks for a delivery of cranberries, molasses, green sweetmeats, preserved ginger and lemons.
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, January 31, 1807]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle from her father-in-laws house, Kegotank. She speaks about one of their enslaved people, Martha, a washerwoman, delivering a stillbirth baby. She brings up his recent contract to provide lumber for the building of the new U.S. Navy Yard. Their brother-in-law Charles Nicoll Bancker invited the John Teackle family to Baltimore as a change of scenery after the death of one of the Teackle sons, Henry. She asks if he has news about meeting the new British Ambassador and his wife, Anthony and Elizabeth Merry.
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, July 16, 1811]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle. She writes about their finances and visiting some acquaintances, including Major Carroll and Mrs. Jackson. She also talks about etiquette and the novel "Belisarius" by Jean-François Marmontel.