Located in deed records are Depositions & Commissions. Both can provide ages of ancestors, boundary lines, land transfer and a record if local history about a person or event is… Read More
Depositions & Commissions
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1793 Frederick County Tax Assessment
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1793 Frederick County Maryland Tax Assessment Unity & Burnt House Woods Hundreds (Land Owners). The assessment covers present day east central Frederick County & Southwestern Carroll County. The area ranges… Read More
Frederick County Maryland Colonial Structures
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Frederick County Maryland Colonial Structures covers a period from 1729-1854. The information was obtained from Certificates of Survey located at Plats.net on the Maryland State Archives website. The intent is… Read More
Hancocks Town or Williams Town (Washington County)
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What was the original name for Hancock Maryland? Hancocks Town or Williams Town? It appears to be both. The information begins with the tract Callidonia 1765 (Fr Co. Patent# 733… Read More
Estate Record Land Division
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When working with wills be sure to cross check with deed records. Excellent family history and land transfers may be located which could provide a breakthrough in your research. Estate… Read More
Dalecarlia (Washington County)
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Dalecarlia (Fr Co. Patented Survey# 1045-6985 Acres) was surveyed for John Ridout on 19 July 1775 and patented 4 September 1775. This land was a resurvey of the tract Chatham… Read More
Fort Tonoloway Land Owners (Washington County)
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How did the fort come to be? Where is the fort located? Who were the people living in the area of the fort during the French & Indian War? Fort… Read More
Abraham Lynn Farm (Carroll County)
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Located adjacent to Middleburg in Carroll County Maryland. Abraham Lynn obtained the farm (226 acres) from his father Henry and wife Jacobberry Lynn in 1811 (Fr Co. Deed WR 40-538).… Read More
Port Deposit Plat (Cecil County)
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Plat of Port Deposit made in the year 1828. Located at the Maryland State Archives in Land Commission Records JS 2-313 in the year 1828. Port Deposit Plat 1828 (Cecil… Read More
Charlestown Plat (Cecil County)
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Plat of Charlestown made by John Janney in 1836. Plat states “True courses taken in March 1742”.