In Scharf’s History of Western Maryland is a section on Mathias Bartgis (German American Printer). Bartgis is credited with printing numerous newspaper, government and legal documents. Scharf’s book stated “He… Read More
Henry Trout (Frederick County Maryland)
Henry Trout (1718-1746/47) obtains in 1746/47 from Daniel Dulany 171 acres part of Taskers Chance which became known as Trout Pond. Before the deed was made Henry Trout dies in… Read More
Leonard Reddick Sr. (Frederick County)
Leonard Reddick Sr. property is located 1.5 miles north of Libertytown Maryland off of Green Valley Road and south of Copper Mine Road. The first property obtained was from Francis… Read More
Military Lot Maps (Western Maryland)
Military Lot Maps for Western Maryland is located on the Western Maryland’s Historical Library (WHLIBR) site. The site also provides a listing of officers and soldiers lots were assigned to.… Read More
Carrollsburgh (Frederick Co. MD. & Adams Co. PA.)
Carrollsburgh tract (5000 acres) located in northern Frederick County MD. and southern Adams County PA. was patented to Charles, Mary and Elinor Carroll in 1735. The land was left to… Read More
Ulrick Messler Farm (Frederick/Carroll County)
Ulrick Messler (1716-1802) land near Union Bridge has its beginnings in 1754 when Ulrick Messler obtained a deed for the tract Locust Thickett (50 acres) from William Farquhar. Thru the… Read More
Thomas Harris Farm (Carroll/Frederick County)
In completing this file questions became apparent with the Thomas Harris properties. The tract Harris’s Delight was patented to Thomas Harris in 1746 and the tract Boxes Search was patented… Read More
Maryland Patent Owner Index 1634-1985
Maryland Patent Owner Index 1634-1985 which is also known as Index 54 is a alphabetical listing of patent owners for the state. The index covers both patented and unpatented tracts.… Read More
Somerset County Maryland Tax Lists 1729-1759
Somerset County Tax List 1729-1759 is located on the Maryland State Archives website. The first link is a introduction to Somerset County Tax Lists by J. Elliott Russo, Ph.D. which… Read More
Maryland 18th Century Tax List (1721-1771)
Maryland 18th Century Tax List (1721-1771) is located on the Maryland Genealogical Society website. Records were transcribed from Secretary In Maryland (Tax List) 1721-1771 SM186 at the Maryland State Archives.… Read More