How To Use Maryland Land Records
Deed records provide a valuable resource listing slave manumissions for each county. Information includes slave name, owner name, manumission date, freedom date, age and in some cases family relations. Also… Read More
The tract Buck Forest located south of Emmitsburg was one of several tracts Daniel Dulany owned which consisted of leased lots. The tenant list comes in to play in that… Read More
Hamburg (Foggy Bottom) was laid out by Jacob Funk. Hamburg consisted of 287 lots with the first lots sold in 1771. The information listed concerns the first lot owners of… Read More
Middletown (Frederick County) was laid out in 1767 by Michael Jesserong (Tavern Keeper). The town consisted of 32 lots 66′ x 330′. In 1768 Michael Jesserong sold the lots and… Read More
Maryland Rent Roll Index 1639-1776 is a alphabetical listing of land owners responsible for paying taxes to Lord Baltimore. This list differs from the Debt Book Index in that all… Read More
Frederick Town Hundred covered the town of Frederick. Items listed for taxation include inhabitants, lots, slaves, plate & livestock. Name of inhabitants along with number of lots will be covered… Read More
Unity Hundred lies mainly in present day Frederick County with a small section in Union Bridge and Mt. Airy present day Carroll County. Unity Hundred ran from just west of… Read More
Piney Creek Hundred is located in present day Carroll County. The Hundred ran from east of Taneytown at the Pennsylvania line, south to just north of Uniontown, then northeast to… Read More
Card Index 58 (Maryland Debt Book Index) is a alphabetical listing of persons responsible for paying property taxes to Lord Baltimore prior to the Revolutionary War. The cards also provide… Read More
When working with deeds for Washington D.C., Prince Georges and Montgomery County. You may come across property located in Washington County, D.C.. This means the land was located outside of… Read More