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Ministers of the Bethlehem Church Congregation and allied chapels, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1820-19001787 — Taylor’s Island meeting House or Chapel “nominate supply the vacancys afsd and Cap…. and Vernon Creighton being nominated, who accepting the appointment …..1801 — Bethlehem Chapel Taylor’s Island…..1820 — Bathlehem Chapel in Dorchester County Taylors Island…..in …
The following are transcripts from obituaries that have been submitted to a variety of online genealogy websites. They range in dates and names, but all are specific to Washington County Maryland.ABB, William Augustus; 1953
ALVEY, Judge Richard Henry; 1906
BIAYS, Harry; 1884
BURKHART, Elizabeth
BURKHART, Luther F
CLEVER, Rev. …
Recently scanned and made available as pdf images through the Guide to Government Records section of the Archives web site is Washington County Circuit Court (Coroners Inquests), 1853-1939, in series CE396.Prior to the establishment of the centralized state Department of Postmortem Examiners in 1939, locally appointed coroners, who were actually …
The Maryland Historical Magazine has been continuously published by the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, MD on a quarterly basis since 1906. The magazine strives to bring together the “professional” and the “popular” to engage a broad audience while publishing serious research on Maryland and the region. The earlier editions …
Washington County began keeping probate records from the time it was created in 1777, through the Orphans’ Court. Like much of the legal structure in Maryland, the Orphans’ Court’s existence had its origins in England. The Orphans’ Court owes its name, confusing to the 21st century mind, to the fact that …
In 1805 the General Assembly passed a law to identify free African Americans and to control the availability of freedom papers. As the lawmakers explained: “great mischiefs have arisen from slaves coming into possession of certificates of free Negroes, by running away and passing as free under the faith of …