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INTRODUCTORY
TO THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER COUNTY |
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PREFACE |
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SOURCES AND
REFERENCES FROM WHICH THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER COUNTY
HAS BEEN COMPILED |
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DIVISION I. -
Introductory to the History of Dorchester County. |
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CHAPTER I.
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- The
CALVERT FAMILY
- The Lords Proprieties
- Motives for Founding a Colony by George Calvert, the First
Lord Baltimore
- His Newfoundland Colony a Failure
- His Efforts in America
- The Loss of His Family at Sea
- The Preparation of the Maryland Charter
- Charter Rights of the Proprietary |
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Preparation for Starting First Colonists
- Leonard Calvert Put in Charge of the Expedition, and Appointed
First Governor
- Departure From England
- Arrival in America
- Found a Beautiful Land, But Faced Many Privations |
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- First
Colonial Assemblies
- Code of Laws
- The Proprietary's Prerogatives
- Separation of the Assembly into Two Legislative Bodies
- Powers of the Council
- First Disturbing Factor, Claiborne of Kent, Richard Ingle, the
Next to Interfere
- His Alliance With Claiborne
- Seizure of St. Mary's
- Flight of Governor Calvert to Virginia
- His Return and Re-Capture of St. Mary's
- Death of Governor Calvert in 1647
- Appointment of William Stone, Governor, etc. |
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Reduction of Chesapeake Bay Colonies to Obedience Under
the "Commonwealth"
- Efforts of Lord Baltimore to Re-establish the Proprietary
Government
- Governor Stone's Military Efforts For the Proprietary
- His Attack on the Puritan Capital, Defeat and Capture
- Cromwell Commissioners in Control Until 1658
- Discouraged by Lord Baltimore's Influence With the Protector,
Surrendered Control in the Province
- Josiah Fendall Appointed Governor
- Usurps Authority and is Dismissed
- Capitals of Maryland. |
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DIVISION II. - Early
History of Dorchester County |
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| CHAPTER I. -
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- Early
Settlements
- Formation Into a County
- Appointment of County Officers by Governor Calvert |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
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References to the Assembly of 1669 and 1671.
- Other County Affairs |
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| CHAPTER III.
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Record of Location of First Court House
- The Building of Court Houses at Cambridge
- No Official Records of Court Proceedings Prior to 1689 Now to be Found
- Assembly Proceedings that Affected Dorchester
- An Act for Keeping Holy the Lord's Day
- Levy for Paying the Public Charge
- List of Militia-Men Sent Against the Nanticoke Indians in 1669, With
Amounts Paid in Tobacco for Services
- Miscellanies |
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- The
Protestant Revollution in 1689
- Country Officials Chosen
- King William's Approval of the Protestant Associators' Revolution
- Continues the Provincial Officers Ad Interim
- Lionel Copley Becomes Governor
- Protestant Church Established by Law
- Death of Copley
- Governor Andros Assumed
Control
- Col. Charles Hutchins, a Member of the Govenror's Council, 1694
- Lieutenant-Governor Nicholson
Installed Governor
- Dorchester Subscribed to the Public School Fund
- Revision of the Protestant Church Law, and Comments on Asembly Delegates
From Dorchester and Other Counties
- Strict Rules Governing the People and Effects |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
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Miscellaneous Extracts From Old Court Records at
Cambridge |
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Towns and Their Descriptions |
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| CHAPTER VI. -
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Location of Towns
- Warehouses
- Ports of Entry
- Tobacco Inspectors
- Appointments |
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| CHAPTER VII.
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CAMBRIDGE
- Descriptive Location
- Commercial Advantages and Facilities
- Origin and Early History
- Social Prominence
- Colonial Buildings
- Old Jail
- Dorchester House |
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| CHAPTER VIII.
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Cambridge Towards the Revollution
- Military Headquarters During the Revolution
- Peaceful Attitude After the war
- Changes Made by Civil War
- Stimulated Enterprise
- Town Development, and Industrial Growth
- Social Orders
- Newspapers
- Churches |
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VIENNA |
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| CHAPTER X. -
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EAST NEW
MARKET (By Miss Pink Jacobs)
- EAST NEW MARKET
- HURLOCK
- AIREYS
- BUCKTOWN
- LINKWOOD |
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WILLIAMSBURG
AND WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT
- WILLIAMSBURG and WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT
- Crotcher's Ferry (Brookview)
- GALESTOWN
- FORK DISTRICT
- The Lees of Virginia on North West Fork River
- Other Families |
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- CHURCH CREEK
- WOOLFORD - MADISON - TAYLOR'S ISLAND - HOOPER'S ISLAND
- LAKES - STRAITS. |
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- CHURCH
HISTORY |
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| CHAPTER XIII.
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- THE
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH - THE CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| CHAPTER XIV.
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THE PATERNAL
BIRTHPLACE OF METHODISM - GERMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO
IRELAND, WHERE THEY ARE CONVERTED TO WESLEYAN METHODISM
- MANY OF THEM CAME TO AMERICA - FIRST METHODIST SOCIETY
ORGANIZED IN NEW YORK - EXTRACTS FROM FREEBORN
GARRETTSON'S JOURNAL. |
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| CHAPTER XV. - |
- GARRETSON'S
JOURNAL CONTINUED - FIRST METHODIST CHURCHES IN THE
COUNTY - REV. FRANCIS ASSURY'S JOURNAL OF TRAVELS IN
DORCHESTER - M. E. CHURCH PROGRESS - BOEHM'S
REMINISCENCES - M. E. CHURCH BRANCHES - BAPTIST CHURCH. |
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| CHAPTER XVI.
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OLD BURYING GROUNDS |
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| CHAPTER XVII.
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ELECTIONS AND
POLITICAL HISTORY
ELECTIONS - VOTING QUALIFICATIONS - METHOD OF VOTING -
ELECTION DISTRICTS - JUDGES OF ELECTION - DIVISION OF
COUNTY INTO HUNDREDS - DIVISION INTO ADDITIONAL
DISTRICTS - POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY. |
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| CHAPTER
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- EXCITEMENT
PRECEDING THE CIVIL CONFLICT - DIVISION OF PUBLIC
SENTIMENT CAUSED BY THE WAR - THE POLITICAL EFFECT
PRODUCED BY "EMANCIPATION" - NEGRO SUFFRAGE INTENSELY
OPPOSED. |
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| CHAPTER XIX.
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- MISCELLANEOUS
HISTORY (COLONIAL)
LOCATION OF PROPRIETARY MANORS - A LAND TRADE AND
REFERENCE TO PETER UNDERWOOD - "JOHN'S POINT,"
WOOLFORD'S HOME - COPY OF PATENT FOR LAND FOR
TRANSPORTING SETTLERS - SOME OLD FERRIES - QUIT-RENTS
AND RENT ROLLS - ACADIAN EXILES FROM NOVA SCOTIA -
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS - CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICTS -
SKETCH OF THE JUDICIARY - MEMBERS OF THE BAR AT
CAMBRIDGE - TAX ON BACHELORS - MARRIAGE REQUIREMENTS -
ROBERT MORRIS; HIS STORE AT CAMBRIDGE; PRICES OF
MERCHANDISE THERE. |
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- DORCHESTER
COUNTY INDIANS - BRANCHES OF THE ALGONQUIN FAMILY -
DRIVEN BY TEIR ENEMIES FROM FORMER HOMES - TOOK REFUGE
ON THE EASTERN SHORE PENINSULA - CHIEF TRIBE, THE
NANTICOKES - PECULIARITIES IN MEMORY OF THEIR DEAD -
INDIAN CHIEF, "BILLY RUMLEY," AND HIS WHITE WIFE -
ENCROACHMENTS BY WHITE SETTLERS - GRANTED RESERVATIONS
BY THE LORD PROPRIETARY - EFFECT OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC UPON
THE INDIANS - OTHER IMPOSITIONS - CONSPIRACY WITH THE
"SIX NATIONS" TO MASSACRE THE WHITE SETTLERS IN 1742 -
THEIR GRADUAL DEPARTURE FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY -
REMNANTS LEFT DISAPPEARED BY INTERMARRIAGE WITH THE
BLACK RACE. |
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| CHAPTER XXI.
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- COLORED RACE
IN DORCHESTER COUNTY.
SLAVERY DAYS - PERIOD OF FREEDOM - PROGRESS - CHURCHES. |
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| CHAPTER XXII.
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- DOMESTIC AND
SOCIAL LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYS. |
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| CHAPTER
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- COUNTY
FOLKLORE AND SUPERSTITIONS |
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| CHAPTER XXIV.
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REVOLUTIONARY
PERIOD, 175-1778
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INTRODUCTION TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- LEADING PATRIOTS
IN DORCHESTER COUNTY
- INTEREST WHICH MARYLAND TOOK IN DEFENCE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE COLONIES
- ORGANIZATION OF
THE MILITIA IN THE COUNTY
- VOLUNTEERS FOR THE
CONTINENTAL ARMY
- FORMATION OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
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DELEGATES FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY TO THE PROVINCIAL
CONVENTIONS. |
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- FLYING CAMP
VOLUNTEERS
- TORIES BELOW HOOPER'S STRAITS IN
COMMUNICATION WITH DUNMORE'S FLEET
- THEIR CAPTURE BY
MAJOR FALLIN'S MILITIA COMPANY
- CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
COUNTY OFFICERS AND THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY
- ANXIETY OF
COUNTY MILITIA WITH NO ARMS FOR DEFENCE
- OTHER
COMPLAINTS OF DISLOYALTY
- DEPREDATIONS BY CAPT. RICHARD
ANDREW AND CITIZENS OF CAROLINE COUNTY, BY SEIZING SALT
- SHOCK OF WAR AFTER THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AND ITS
EFFECTS ON THE MILITIA AND TROOPS
- PRIVATEERS
- LETTERS
OF MARQUE FOR "STURD BEGGAR"
- COERCION OF TORIES IN
SOMERSET AND WORCESTER COUNTIES
- THEIR ARREST AND
IMPRISONMENT IN CAMBRIDGE, IN 1777
- PAY AND UNIFORM OF
CONTINENTAL TROOPS
- TRIALS OF A RECRUITING OFFICER IN
DORCHESTER COUNTY
- MORE MILITIA RECRUITED
- DRAFTS MADE
- COLLECTIONS OF BLANKETS AND CLOTHING FOR THE ARMY IN
THE FIELD
- EXTREME PRIVATIONS IN THE MARYLAND LINE. |
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| CHAPTER XXVI.
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CORRESPONDENCE IN REFERENCE TO BRITISH PRISONERS HELD AT
CAMBRIDGE
- DORCHESTER MILITIA OFFICERS, LOWER AND UPPER
BATTALIONS, AND HALF BATTALION COMMISSIONED
- PRESSING
DEMAND FOR ARMY RECRUITS
- VOLUNTEERS COMMISSIONED
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SUBSTITUTES FURNISHED BY THE WEALTHY
- NEW ENROLLMENT OF
COUNTY MILITIA IN 1780; OFFICERS NAMED
- 1781, LETTER TO
THE GOVERNOR FROM GEN. HENRY HOOPER, EXPLAINING DRAFT,
AND INVASION OF BRITISH BARGES IN THE RIVERS OF
DORCHESTER COUNTY. |
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| CHAPTER
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- CORNWALLIS
ENTERS CHESAPEAKE BAY AND INVADES BOTH SHORES
- GREAT
DEMAND FOR VOLUNTEERS, ARMY SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORTS FOR
WASHINGTON'S AND LAFAYETTE'S SOLDIERS
- BEEF CATTLE
REQUIRED FORM DORCHESTER COUNTY
- APPEAL TO GOVERNOR LEE
FOR ARMS
- GEN. HENRY HOOPER SENDS THE COUNTY'S QUOTA OF
TROOPS TO THE ARMY
- BARGES BUILT FOR DEFENCE AND
PROTECTION OF COMMERCE ON CHESAPEAKE BAY
- MORE TROOPS
REQUIRED AND RECRUITED FOR THE ARMY
- TWO COMPANIES OF
SELECT MILITIA ORGANIZED
- CLOSING YEAR OF THE WAR. |
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- COUNTRY
PRODUCTS AND RESOURCES
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TOBACCO
- STATE OF TRADE
- LUMBER
- SHIPBUILDING
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FARMING
- INCREASED FACILITIES
- MANUFACTURING
- OYSTERING
- FISHING
- TERRAPINS
- WILD FOWLS
- FUR
TRADE. |
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| CHAPTER XXIX.
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- WAR OF 1812 -
1815 |
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| CHAPTER XXX.
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- EDUCATION -
SCHOOLS |
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| CHAPTER XXXI.
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- FEDERAL AND
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY IN CIVIL
WAR, 1861-1865.
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FEDERAL SOLDIERS |
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| CHAPTER
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- DORCHESTER
COUNTY FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW. |
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| CHAPTER
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- HISTORICAL
NOTES |
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DIVISION III.
- FAMILY
HISTORY, GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY |
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| CHAPTER I. - |
- INTRODUCTORY |
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| - The AIREY Family |
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| - WILLIAM C. ANDERSON and his Ancestry |
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| - Col. E. E. BRALY |
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| - The BROOKE Family |
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| - The CARROLLs |
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| - The DENWOOD Family |
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| - The DORSEY Family |
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| - The DRAIN Family |
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| - The ECCLESTON Family |
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| - The ENNALLS Family |
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| - The GOLDSBOROUGH Family |
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| - The HENRY Family |
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| - The HICKS Family |
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| - The HOOPER Family |
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| - The KEENE Family |
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| - The KIRWAN Family |
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| - The LAKE Family |
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| - The LaCOMPTE Family |
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| - The MARINE Family |
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| - The PATTISON Family |
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| - Dr. FRANCIS P. PHELPS, SR. |
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| - The RICHARDSON Family |
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| - Hon JAMES F. SHEPHERD |
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| - RAYMOND STAPLEFORT |
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| - The STEVENS Family |
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| - Hon. JAMES A. STEWART |
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| - Hon. VANS MURRAY |
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| - Col. JAMES WALLACE |
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| - JAMES WALLACE |
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| - The WOOLFORDS and WHITELEY Connections |
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APPENDIX
- COLONIAL PERIOD
- LIST OF DORCHESTER COUNTY OFFICE-HOLDERS FROM 1669 TO
1902
- COMMISSIONERS OR JUSTICES
- THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL OR UPPER HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IN
COLONIAL PERIOD, CHOSEN FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY
- STATE SENATORS
- STATE CONVENTIONS
- LIST OF SHERIFFS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY AS FAR AS KNOWN.
- GOVERNORS OF MARYLAND FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY.
- SECRETARY OF STATE FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY
- COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY
- COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAND OFFICE FORM DORCHESTER
COUNTY
- CLERKS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY COURTS
- COURT JUDGES FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
INCLUDING DORCHESTER COUNTY.
- ASSISTANT COURT OFFICERS IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF
DORCHESTER COUNTY COURT, AT PRESENT.
- STATE'S ATTORNEYS, DORCHESTER COUNTY.
- REGISTERS OF WILLS
- SOME MEMBERS OF THE ORPHANS' COURT OF DORCHESTER
COUNTY.
- PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
- U. S. SENATORS FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY
- U. S. CONGRESSMEN FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY
- POSTOFFICES AND POSTMASTERS IN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN
1902
- ROSTER OF VOLUNTEERS FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY |
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