How To Use Maryland Land Records
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 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 (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
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 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 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) 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
Frederick Town (Frederick County Maryland) Original Lot Owners 1748-1783. Records were obtained from Frederick & Prince Georges County Maryland Deed Books. Format of the records is by lot number and… Read More
New Connaught Manor [Susquehanna Manor] Cecil County Maryland was patented to George Talbot in 1660 (Patent Book SDA-230) for 32000 acres. The plat listed contains the names of 1782 tenants… Read More
The first step in obtaining land was to obtain a warrant. Person applied for a certain number of acres from the Crown or the State which was then presented to… Read More