Reported events, notices, advertisements and letters. OCR matches need visual checking; place names, vessels and matches to other surnames are excluded from Glasgow surname evidence.
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Reviewed newspaper notices
2 distinct notices from 2 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 2 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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2 distinct notices · 2 retained pages
1775Verified surname passagepost-office listPossible match
James Glasgow
Place not statedBirth unknown
Named in the list of letters remaining at Charlestown’s General Post Office, dated 21 August 1775.
Ezekiel Glasgow
Place not statedBirth unknown
Named in the same list of letters remaining at Charlestown’s General Post Office.
Published 1775-08-25 · The South-Carolina and American General Gazette · p. 1
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What the notice says
James Glasgow and Ezekiel Glasgow appear in the list of letters remaining in Charlestown’s General Post Office, dated 21 August 1775.
Evidence and identity limits
Alphabetical entries printed surname first: Glasgow James, followed by a small 2 marker, and Glasgow Ezekiel. The marker is not read as an age. Letter-list appearance alone proves no kinship, occupation, continuous residence or identity with later James records. Identity review (6 October 2026): James Glasgow and Ezekiel Glasgow in the Charlestown, South Carolina, General Post Office letter list of 21 August 1775. James is possibly the Ayr-born James of Newberry District (Glasgow-804, arrived South Carolina 1769); the Kilwaughter James (Glasgow-1144) is unlikely because his children were still being born in County Antrim to 1775. No WikiTree Ezekiel fits.
[b. 1735-11-11; d. 1788-05-19] · letter addressee, Charlestown SCWhy this candidate?
Glasgow-804 (b. 11 Nov 1735 Ayr; d. 19 May 1788 Newberry SC) has a 1769 South Carolina passenger-list index entry, so he was in the colony in 1775: compatible, no bridge. Glasgow-1144 (b. 1731 Kilwaughter; d. c.1793 Newberry) has children born in County Antrim in 1772, 1773 and 1775 on his own profile, so he was most likely still in Ireland in August 1775 - unlikely (letters can await an expected immigrant, so not excluded). Glasgow-634 was in North Carolina (weak).
Maryland (described as the place the claimant says he belongs to; not asserted as residence)Birth unknown
John M’Connel, about 35, imprisoned as a suspected runaway servant, claimed to belong to William Glascoe in Maryland, about forty miles from Baltimore.
Published 1775-10-25 · Pennsylvania Gazette · p. 1
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What the notice says
A Lancaster Goal notice dated 13 October says John M’Connel, about 35, imprisoned as a suspected runaway servant, claims to belong to William Glascoe in Maryland, about forty miles from Baltimore.
Evidence and identity limits
William is the attributed master, not the jailed man. John Carson belongs to a separate prisoner’s account. No link to the 1760 defendant, a shipmaster, or a family is proved. Identity review (6 October 2026): Lancaster jail notice, October 1775: John M'Connel, a suspected runaway servant, claims to belong to William Glascoe in Maryland, about forty miles from Baltimore. William is an attributed master only; no WikiTree William Glasgow/Glascoe has any Maryland record. No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search for: William Glascoe.
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