As a follow-up to my earlier post , here are some common surnames from the book "Slavery, Slaveholding, and the Free Black Population of Antebellum Baltimore". These are records of applications of certificates of freedom for former slaves from 1840-1864.

I have previously transcribed the BAKER entries.

Surname, forename, age of ex-slave, manumitter's name, date of manumission

BROWN, Charles Hale, 22, John Ridgely, 8/1846
BROWN, George W., 24, J. V. Waters, 8/1857
BROWN, Isaac, 30, Francis J. Dallam, 2/1843
BROWN, James, 31, James Howard, 4/1842
BROWN, Leah, 43, W. H. Allen, 3/1858
BROWN, Richard, 32, Thomas ?, 3/1840
BROWN, Sara A., 2/1857
BROWN, Simon, 36, James L. Donaldson, 3/1852
BROWN, Susan, 24, 6/1857
BROWN, William, 24, Dr. Amos Corbin, 3/1855

PARKER, Mary, 27, Henry Leef, 1/1841
PARKER, Susan, 44, Benjamin F. Voss, 10/1852
PARKER, Susannah, 21, Nicholas Parker, 11/1853