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The Reverend's Roots: Rev. Charles Albert Tindley

By Cheyenne Flint • May 25, 2023
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  • From 1860 U.S. Census Free Blacks
    Record #14242
    County
    Worcester
    First Name
    Charles
    Surname
    Tindley
    Age
    4
    Sex
    M
    Occupation
    –
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester
    District
    Berlin
    Page Number
    62
    Line Number
    35
    Dwelling Number
    1224
    Family Number
    1219
    First Name
    Charles
    Surname
    Tindley
    Age
    4
    Sex
    M
    Color
    B
    Occupation
    –
    Value of person's real estate
    –
    Value of person's personal estate
    –
    Place of Birth
    MD
    Was the person was married within the last year?
    –
    Did the person attend school within the last year?
    –
    If the person was over 20 years of age, could he not read or write?
    –
    Was the person deaf and dumb, blind, idiotic, pauper, or convict?
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    Transcriber Notes
    Incorrectly transcribed as Findley
    State
    Maryland
    Year
    1860
    Alt. Terms
    —
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  • From Manumissions in Somerset and Worcester County Land Records, 1825-1866
    Record #384
    Name (Slaveowner)
    Miller, Arnold
    Name (Enslaved person)
    _ Julia _Comfort …
    Document Date
    1858 Feb 15
    County
    Worcester
    Name (Slaveowner)
    Miller, Arnold
    Name (Enslaved person)
    _ Julia _Comfort _Riley _Hester _ Arnold _Albert _Susan _Caroline
    Additional Information
    Julia 37 yo on 9 May 1858; Comfort 35 yo on 7 Nov 1858, Riley 32 yo on 20 Sep 1858, Hester 30 yo on 7 Nov 1858, Arnold 27 yo on 11 Sep 1858, Albert 24 yo on 2 Apr 1858, Susan 21 yo on 28 Feb 1858, Caroline 19 on 26 Sep 1858. To be free 1 Jan 1859. [See additional entry for WET1 103]
    Document Date
    1858 Feb 15
    County
    Worcester
    Liber
    WET 1
    Folio
    103
    State
    Maryland
    Alt. Terms
    —
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  • Record #385
    Name (Slaveowner)
    Miller, Arnold
    Name (Enslaved person)
    _Joseph _Charlotte Ann …
    Document Date
    1858 Feb 15
    County
    Worcester
    Name (Slaveowner)
    Miller, Arnold
    Name (Enslaved person)
    _Joseph _Charlotte Ann _Caroline _Arnold _Charles, _George _Rachael
    Additional Information
    Joseph 12 yo & son of Julia, Charlotte Ann 8 yo, Caroline 6 yo, Arnold 3 yo, Charles 1 yo- these 4 being children of Hester. George 6 yo, Rachael 3 yo - these 2 children of Comfort. Joseph & Charlotte Ann free 1 Jan 1867. Caroline free 1 Jan 1869. Arnold free1 Jan 1876. Charles 1 Jan 1879. George 1 Jan 1873. Rachael free 1 Jan 1871.
    Document Date
    1858 Feb 15
    County
    Worcester
    Liber
    WET 1
    Folio
    103
    State
    Maryland
    Alt. Terms
    —
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  • From Slave Sales in Somerset and Worcester County land records, 1825-1864
    Record #1725
    County
    Worcester
    Seller
    Tindley, Isaac
    Buyer
    Taylor, Henry
    Slave
    Charles
    Year
    1835
    County
    Worcester
    Liber
    JCH 2
    Folio
    210
    Seller
    Tindley, Isaac
    Buyer
    Taylor, Henry
    Slave
    Charles
    Additional Information (price, other items)
    $55; Tindley is free coloured man & Charles is his 11 yo freeborn son whom he sells until Charles reaches 21 yo
    Year
    1835
    Date
    22 Aug 1835
    Sold out of state or to possible slave dealer
    No
    State
    Maryland
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  • From 1830 U.S. Census Free Black Heads of Household
    Record #1528
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester
    District
    Distrct 3
    First Name (Head of Household)
    Arnold
    Surname
    Miller
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester
    District
    Distrct 3
    First Name (Head of Household)
    Arnold
    Surname
    Miller
    Gender
    m
    Age
    24-36
    Number of People in Household
    6
    State
    Maryland
    Year
    1830
    Alt. Terms
    —
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  • From Maryland Colonization Society Manumission Book, 1832-1860
    Record #449
    County
    Worcester
    Name
    Charles
    Date
    9 Jan 1859
    County
    Worcester
    Name
    Charles
    Age
    1
    Date
    9 Jan 1859
    Notes
    To be free 8 Jan 1859. Deed of Manumission executed by Arnold Miller. Deed of Manumission executed by Arnold Miller. (Transcription error - MD Colonization book by Jerry M Hynson recorded this record as Talbot county, but it was in fact Worcester County)
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  • From 1850 U.S. Census Free Blacks
    Record #5143
    District
    3rd Election District
    County
    Worcester
    First Name
    Arnold
    Surname
    Miller
    Age
    57
    Occupation
    boatsman
    District
    3rd Election District
    County
    Worcester
    Line Number
    4
    Dwelling Number
    599
    Family Number
    599
    First Name
    Arnold
    Surname
    Miller
    Age
    57
    Sex
    M
    Color
    B
    Occupation
    boatsman
    Value of Real Estate
    250
    Place of Birth
    Maryland
    Was the person married within the last year?
    –
    Was the person at school within the last year?
    –
    If this person was over 20 years of age, could they not read and write?
    –
    Is the person deaf-mute, blind, insane, or idiotic?
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    Transcriber Notes
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • From 1810 U.S Census Free Black Heads of Household
    Record #644
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester
    Name
    Tindley, David
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester
    Name
    Tindley, David
    Number in Household
    5
    Page in Original Document
    607
    Transcriber Note
    –
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  • From Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919
    Record #179
    County
    Worcester
    Probate Date
    5 Feb 1813
    Name of Deceased
    Joseph Miller
    Heirs
    Nancy Miller - wife
    Black Individuals Mentioned in Will
    Negro girl Leah, boy Arnold
    County
    Worcester
    Folio Number
    MH4:356
    Probate Date
    5 Feb 1813
    Name of Deceased
    Joseph Miller
    Heirs
    Nancy Miller - wife
    Black Individuals Mentioned in Will
    Negro girl Leah, boy Arnold
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  • From Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883
    Record #969
    Date (Probate)
    1/12/1807
    Deceased
    Sarah Tingley
    Heirs
    Negroes
    Abstract
    In the Name of God Amen I Sarah Tingley of Sussex County in the State of Delaware being of sound …
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex
    Liber: Folio
    F6:265
    Date (Signed)
    11/16/1802
    Date (Probate)
    1/12/1807
    Deceased
    Sarah Tingley
    Heirs
    Negroes
    Abstract
    In the Name of God Amen I Sarah Tingley of Sussex County in the State of Delaware being of sound disposing mind & memory & calling to mind the uncertainty of this life, do ordain this writing to be my last Will and Testament in manner of form following to wit, ------------------- Imprimis. I do forever emancipate & set free from me & my Heirs all my Negroes of every description & all their future increase ------ Item. I give to Comfort Cooper wife of Isaac Cooper the Picture of the right Reverend Father in God Lord Bishop of London------------------ Item. I give and bequeath all my Estate of every kind & all my wearing apparell to be equally divided between my Negroes, David, Silvia, Henny & Phillip and Negro Jane, now belonging to Jonathan Hudson in [Maswadox?] in Worcester County so as each to have one Equal Fifth part to them and their Heirs forever, In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and Seal affixed this Sixteenth day of November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and two, delivering this only to be my last Will & Testament and hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made. Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared in the presence of us } Sarah Tingley (seal) Isaac Cooper, Comfort Cooper, Wm. B. Cooper ---- Mrs. Tindleys last Request, Imprimis I Give to Mrs. Hall a Silver Milk pot Six Tea Spoons & tongs, one table Cloth two silk and one Chinty Gounds [Gown], one plad Morning Dito, one pair of Stockings, two pair of Silk Gloves, a warming pan one [Merzails?] Cote ------ Item, to Joseph Hall my Watch, patty Hall a flower pot to Mrs. Cooper six table spoons & ladle new bonnet & lace shade, Elizabeth Brown N. Wst F. best Black silk gound [gown] & Short Sattin Cloan, Rebecca Brown my muff and tippet one Sattin Cloke two pair of Stockings a Gaus shall my locket of sett of Chania to her Daughter to Mary Brown N. Wst F two laced borded Caps, to Elisabeth Brown George In one Striped Sattin Cote, one lite Chinty gound [gown], two pair thread Stockings, to Margaret Rose my Morocco Shoes and a [morben?] hankirk, to my Sister Poke black woman my long Cloke ------ Witness present John White, James Wittbank / Sally Tingley (x her mark) Sussex County Memorandum Jan.y 12th 1807. Before me Phillips Hollock Register appointed for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration for the County afs. Appeared Isaac Cooper and William B. Cooper two of the Subscribing Witnesses to the within Will who being duly sworn on the holy Evengels of Almighty God did I ___ dispose and say that in their sight presence and __ the Testatrix Sarah Tingley did sign seal publish pronounce declare the same to be her last Will and Testament and ___ doing __ she sworned to be of a sound disposing___
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  • From Roll of Deceased Ministerial Members of the Delaware Conference, 1867-1965
    Record #174
    Name
    Charles A. Tindley
    Received in Conference
    1885
    Died
    1933
    Residence at Death
    Philadelphia, Pa.
    Name
    Charles A. Tindley
    Received in Conference
    1885
    Died
    1933
    Residence at Death
    Philadelphia, Pa.
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  • From Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950
    Record #336
    Deceased Person
    Charles Albert Tindley
    Birth
    7/7/1856 in Berlin, Md.
    Death
    7/26/1933 at Frederick Memorial Hospital
    Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information
    "Bereft of his mother at a tender age & bound out into virtual slavery he was denied both the ten…
    Family and Other Information
    Parents: Charles & Esther Tindley Spouse: Daisy Henry of Berlin Md. (deceased in 1924) -6 …
    Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary
    April 4-8, 1934
    Deceased Person
    Charles Albert Tindley
    Birth
    7/7/1856 in Berlin, Md.
    Death
    7/26/1933 at Frederick Memorial Hospital
    Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information
    "Bereft of his mother at a tender age & bound out into virtual slavery he was denied both the tenderness of a mother and comforts of even a crude home life, spending his early years in such abject want that, in his own words, he often vied with the dogs for the crumbs that fell from the table of his master." Learned to read through bits of paper he found & a friend who assisted him. Took correspondence courses in Greek at Boston School of Theology earning degree of Doctor of Divinity by Bennet College & Doctor of Philosophy by Brandywine School. Joined Delaware Annual Conference in 1885 at John Wesley Church, Salisbury, Md. Charges: South Wilmington, Del; Cape May, N. J.; Odessa, Del; Pocomoke Circuit, Md; Fairmount, Md; Ezion, Wilmington, Del.; Presiding Elder of Wilmington District. In 1902 was appointed to pastorate of Church on Bainbridge Street that bears his name.
    Family and Other Information
    Parents: Charles & Esther Tindley Spouse: Daisy Henry of Berlin Md. (deceased in 1924) -6 children: Frederick, Charles & Albert Tindley, Jr, Mrs. Emeline Horner, Mrs. Mary E. Turner & Mrs. Maggie Williams. 2nd spouse: Mrs. Jennie Cotton, widow of W. F. Cotton of the Delaware Conference. She survives him.
    Online PDF Page Number (if available)
    pdf pg 130
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    Yes
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