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Lieutenant Joseph Warfield-Elizabeth Dorsey, sister of Nicholas Worthington Dorsey. Both families lived upon the Seneca, in Montgomery. Issue, Nicholas Dorsey Warfield, Eliza Offutt, Juliet Davis and Caroline, second wife of Major Richard Lawrence. Nicholas Dorsey Warfield and Mary, his wife, left Edwin Warfield, Mary Eliza Warfield and Elizabeth Ann Hawkins.
A grandson of Edwin Warfield is Professor Lodge.
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CORNELIUS HOWARD (OF JOSEPH AND MARGERY).
Cornelius Howard (of Joseph and Margery) located upon "First Discovery " and "Howard's Passage." He married Rachel Ridgely Worthington, who inherited 369 acres of "Worthington Range," at Clarksville. The heirs of Cornelius and Rachel Howard were Thomas Cornelius, Brice, Joseph, Elizabeth, widow of Ephraim Davis and wife of William Gaither; Sarah Ducker and Rachel Hood. The three sons of Cornelius Howard were merchants with head- quarters at Simpsonville.
Thomas Cornelius held the homestead just opposite the Catholic Church at Clarksville. It later became the home of Mr. Denton Miller, whose tombstone may there be seen. Joseph Howard held " Howard's Resolution" and "Poole's Desire;" Captain Brice Howard held the homestead near Simpsonville.
The will of Mrs. Rachel Howard, in 1801, named her "grand- children, Thomas Worthington, Charles, Henry, Brice, Polly, Rachel Duval, Elizabeth Rowan, Rebekah Young and Anna Howard, child- ren of her son, Thomas Cornelius Howard; her daughter Sarah Ducker; her granddaughters, Henrietta Poole, Martha Ann and Elizabeth Gaither, daughters of her daughter Elizabeth; grandson, Brice Howard; granddaughter, Ann Howard, of my late son, Brice Howard." Rachel Howard (of Cornelius and Rachel) became the wife of John Hood, Jr., of "Bowling Green."
Her inheritance adjoined "Folly Quarter;" a part was bought by Charles Carroll Mac Tavish. Their daughter, Elizabeth Hood, married Nicholas Meriweather (of Reuben) and inherited. the remainder, adjoining " Brown's Chance and Dorsey's Friendship." It was sold at public sale to John Hood, Jr., who resold it to John O'Donnell. It was again bought by Nicholas Worthington (of John) and by him deeded to John R. Clarke, who exchanged it with his father for lands at Columbia. The inheritance thus handed down to Rachel Howard is now known as "Hayland," the late homestead of William Clarke and the present attractive farm of Governor Edwin Warfield.
Joseph Howard (of Cornelius and Rachel) married Rachel Ridgely, of "White Wine and Claret," one of the eleven daughters of William and Elizabeth (Duval) Ridgely. Their son Joseph, Jr., married Mary, daughter of Thomas Cornelius Howard; Elinor Howard, their daughter, became Mrs. Azel Waters, and had issue, Mary Ann, Joseph Howard, Washington, Rachel Howard and Isabella Waters.
Captain Brice Howard commanded a company of militia in 1776, with Joseph Burgess, First Lieutenant; John Norwood, Second Lieutenant; Thos. Cornelius Howard, Ensign. He married Ann Ridgely, of "White Wine and Claret;" her will of 1801 named, "My daughter, Anne Howard, and son, Brice Howard," to whom she left money for their education. (The former married Caleb Dorsey, of Columbia, the latter became a lawyer in Cumberland.) "All the residue of the estate to be divided amongst all my children, viz., Willliam Cornelius (named for both ancestors), Harriet, Margaret,
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George, Thomas Worthington, Jeremiah Brice Howard and my two younger children, Anne and Brice Howard. George Howard, executor, sold a portion of Captain Brice Howard's estate, near Glenelg, to Samuel Owings.
Jeremiah Brice Howard held the estate of Colonel John Hammond Riggs at Brookeville, married Mrs. Harriet Watkins (nee Burgess) and left Brice Worthington Howard (who holds the enlarged and valuable estate) and Mrs. Harriet Mathews, of Glenwood. Brice Worthington Howard married Kate Orendorf; their sons are Brice Worthington, Jr., William Howard, of the south, Artemas, Thomas and Robert; their daughters are Miss Evie, Mrs. Kate Henderson and Miss Nannie Howard.
EPHRAIM HOWARD, OF JOSEPH AND MARGERY.
Ephraim Howard (of Joseph and Margery) deeded his inherit- ance of 500 acres of "Discovery" to his brother Henry, held "How- ard's Passage" and part of "Athol." "Howard's Passage" is just west of "Oakland Manor." In his will of 1770 he granted to his son Joseph lands on the west side of the Patuxent; to Ephraim, "my land in Frederick County called 'Lakeland;' to Henry, my lands in Anne Arundel on the south side of the Patuxent; to daughter Sarah and daughter Martha, personal property; to Margaret Mackelfresh, if she lays no claim to her father's interest, an amount of money.
"Son Joseph executor; wife Martha Howard, the homestead during life. Witnesses, Thomas Dorsey, of Henry, Edward Gaither, Jr., and Wm. Selman."
Mrs. Martha Howard, his widow, in 1792, referred to her son, John Mackelfresh, son Joseph Howard, Ephraim, Henry, grand- daughter Martha Mackelfresh, daughter Martha Howard, daughter Sarah Riggs; son Joseph, executor. Witnesses, Vachel Worthington and Samuel Brown
Joseph Howard, son of the above testators, in 1792, gave to brother Henry and Ephraim £5 each; to Henry all my lands on the northwest side of the main road leading from the bridge near where my mother, Mrs. Martha Howard, lives, formerly called Ephraim Howard's bridge, to the mill commonly called Dr. Joshua Warfield's mill, at Simpsonville.
"I give to my three sisters, Margaret Mackelfresh, Sarah Riggs and Martha Howard, during single lives, my dwelling and all lands adjoining on the southeast or lower side of the aforesaid road leading from the aforesaid bridge to the aforesaid mill, and at the expiration of their single life or natural life, then to my brother, Henry Howard. My sisters are to have all negroes, houses, cattle, stock, furniture, plate, money in hand, bonds, notes and books.
"My brother Henry and sister Martha, executors. Mr. Pue, Charles A. Warfield and Brice Howard, witnesses.
Henry Howard (of Ephraim) left his home place to his wife, Mary, during life. It adjoined Samuel Brown, near a branch of the Patuxent, near Richard Owings mill. "I give to George Howard (of
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Brice) all my lands on which Patrick Donnahoo lives, near Thomas Cross, on the contemplated new pike. I give to Richard Owings, Sr., all the rest of my estate for a debt due him and make him my executor. John Garrett, Samuel Owings (of Richard) and Nicholas Watkins, Jr., witnesses."
Ephraim Howard, Jr., removed to Frederick County near Lib- erty. He married Elizabeth Dorsey, daughter of Basil and Sarah (Worthington) Dorsey, of "Troy Hill." Her silver key-holder, with name inscribed, is still in possession of Mr. Albert Jones, formerly of Mount Airy. She inherited "lands bought of John (of Gideon) How- ard," just east of Liberty, Frederick County. Her sisters, Elinor Sheridine and Achsah Sollers, had their portions adjoining.
Ephraim and Elizabeth Howard had issue-Dennis Howard, who held the homestead and a large estate.
The will of Mrs. Sarah Riggs named her nephew, Dennis Howard (of brother Ephraim). She was the widow of James Riggs (of John and Mary Davis).
OWINGS.
Richard Owings, brother of Samuel Owings, of Owings Mill, Baltimore County, sons of Richard and Rachel Owings, of Baltimore County, married Ruth Warfield, daughter of Dr. Joshua and Rachel (Howard) Warfield, and settled as a merchant at Simpsonville. The foundation of his old store may still be seen there. Their sons were Samuel, James, Thomas, Joshua, Basil and Major Henry Owings. Samuel Owings married Sarah Ann Hatherly; he and his brother James were executors of their father's estate. James bought " Win- copin Neck" at Guilford; Thomas Owings-Ann Maria, daughter of Lancelot and Mary Warfield of "Brandy" and had issue, the late Richard Owings, of Friendship, Anne Arundel County, and Mrs. Eastwood, whose descendants are in Missouri. Joshua Owings removed to Missouri; Basil Owings was a merchant at Lisbon, married Eleanor Griffith; issue, Edwin U., Basil, Albin, Ulysses, Mrs. Laura Jessup, James. Amelia-Henry Owings and William W. Owings. James-Ann M. Carr; Basil-Mattie Massey; Ulysses G. Owings- F. Norris, and is a merchant of West River; Albin Owings-M. Plummer and resides at Woodbine as general agent of B. & O. R. R. Edwin U. Owings-Achsah Bradford and had William T. Owings, of Baltimore; Edwin U .- Miss Hall; Florence-Samuel Waters and resides at Parkton; Clarence, merchant of Lisbon,-Miss Henderson; Mary E. Owings, of Lisbon, now Mrs. Bradford.
Major Henry Owings, successor to his father, built his commo- dious home upon the southern hill of Simpsonville and still further increased his father's large estate; he was one of the first com- missioners of Howard. His first wife was Miss Gist, whose son was Dr. James Owings, of Parkersburg, West Virginia; their daughters are Mrs. Alverda Dorsey (whose only son is Upton Dorsey, of U. S. Army), the late Mrs. Myerly, who lived at the homestead, and Mrs. Sally Pennypacker, of West Virginia.
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Major Owings married, second, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sally (Hammond) Dorsey; their sons are John H. Owings, Samuel Owings, Richard Owings; their daughters were Rebecca, wife of George Gambrill, and Susan, wife of Hon. John Ridgely Clark, for- mer State's attorney for Howard. His estate at Columbia, and the Worthington property, near Simpsonville, are now well managed by his daughters.
John Hammond Owings, long clerk of Howard County Court, was his own successor for three terms. The Democratic party was defeated in 1895, and A. C. Rhodes, was elected to the office of clerk. Upon his sudden death, soon after, Judge Jones reappointed Mr. Owings, who held the office afterward by election. He was assisted by his son. Both were ready always to explain intelligently and courteously the workings of the office, which, in system and execution, is a model worthy of record.
Mr. Owings took his wife from the same Dorsey house out of which came his mother. She was Sally, daughter of Hammond and Lucretia (Brown) Dorsey. His son married a daughter of Colonel Thomas Hunt, of Ellicott City and resides there.
Mr. John H. Owings' estate is "Hazelwood," east of "Oakland Manor." Samuel Owings, his brother, lives near him. He married Miss Sallie Wethered, of Howard.
Richard Owings resides near Simpsonville; he married Caroline daughter of Hon. John Watkins. These brothers are model farmers.
SETTLERS NEAR THE BRICK CHURCH.
The neighborhood of this church was and is another Dorsey range. The church stands upon "New Years' Gift," a tract granted to Edward Dorsey and to Charles Carroll, of Annapolis, by their friend, the Proprietary, as a New Years' gift. The whole tract was bought by Caleb Dorsey, of "Hockley," who transferred it to his son John. It embraced a large and very rich body of land in one of the best agricultural sections of the county to-day.
One of the descendants of this family was William Dorsey, an attorney of Annapolis, whom Governor Sharpe honored by a con- sultation; another was Colonel Richard Dorsey, whose troop of horse was with General Washington in the North.
"John Dorsey, son of Caleb," located on "New Years' Gift." He held the land upon which Christ Church stands. He was a member of its vestry and signed, "John Dorsey, son of Caleb." He bought lands in Frederick County (now Montgomery), at Triadelphia; he also held property in Frederick City. He married his cousin, Eliza- beth, daughter of Joshua and Ann (Ridgely) Dorsey; issue, Caleb, John, Richard, Elinor, wife of Richard Stringer, Elizabeth Burgess and Achsah, wife of Dr. Ephraim Howard (of Henry). His will was dated 1765; Caleb was made executor and inherited the homestead and lands in Frederick County. All of the remaining estate was left to John and Richard, who removed to their inheritance upon the Westminster road. Caleb, at the time of his will, held lands near
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Shafersville. He married, first, Sophia Dorsey, of " Patuxent John;" issue, Elizabeth Dorsey; second, Rebecca Hammond; issue, George, John, Richard, William, Larkin, Caleb, Mrs. Sarah Lawrence, wife of Captain Levin, Mrs. Nicholas Owings, Mrs. Achsah Gwinn and Rebecca Dorsey. His will of 1790 appointed "his brothers, John, Richard and William Hammond, trustees" to divide his estate. To Caleb, Jr., he left the homestead upon "Israel's Creek." His grandson, Caleb Gwinn, was remembered.
Caleb Dorsey, Jr., granted his inheritance in Frederick County to his brothers, Larkin and Richard Dorsey, and the rest of his estate to Achsah, Caleb, Rebecca, Edward and Ann Gwinn, children of Edward and Achsah Gwinn. "To sister Achsah, all my negroes; to brothers John and William, my horses; to sister Rebecca, my silver plate."
George Dorsey removed to West Virginia. A recent Parkers- burg paper thus refers to him: "Mrs. Ann M. Dorsey, aged eighty- seven, is one of the six "Star members" of the Daughters of the Revolution;" her father, Mr. Mathiah, having been a soldier in the Revolution; her second husband was George W. Dorsey, who was a large landowner and slaveholder on the Kingwood Pike, near Mor- gantown. The Dorsey home was noted for its hospitality, especially to Methodist ministers. The aged lady hopes to spend her days with her son, J. W. Dorsey, of this city. Two of her sons reside here, one in Morgantown and one in Dayton, Ohio."
Larkin Dorsey (of Caleb) built "Waveland," the late home of Mrs. Reuben M. Dorsey; he married Miss McCurdy.
In his will of 1837 he named his wife Jane, and appointed her, with James McHenry Boyd, his executors. He set his negroes free; they numbered twenty-two. His farm was to be sold and proceeds divided among Larkin Lawrence, Hammond Dorsey, William Baker Dorsey, Larkin Dorsey, Richard Dorsey and niece Caroline Owings, each to receive $1,000. All of the remainder of his estate, including that in Pennsylvania, to go to his wife, Jane Dorsey.
William Dorsey, his brother, was an attorney-at-law in Annapo- lis during the French-Indian war. He was consulted by Governor Horatio Sharpe concerning the right of the province to draft slaves for the war. Mr. Dorsey replied that "no such power existed without the permission of the owners." He was a bachelor. His will of 1802 devised the homestead left him by his father to brother Richard, but if brother John desires it, he gave his permission for an exchange. "All my law books to my nephew, Caleb Lawrence; my Illinois lands to Captain Levin Lawrence; my land obtained from Robert Dorsey, adjoining Price's place and Benjamin Dorsey's, I grant to my three brothers. My brother Richard executor, and, with John and Larkin, inheritor of my personal estate.
"Peregrine Warfield, Elisha Brown and John Hammond, witnesses."
Richard Dorsey (of Caleb) inherited the property immediately at the old brick church but resided in Baltimore; he married Mrs.
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Sherlock, daughter of Robert Gilmor. His will named his wife, Anne, and children, Caleb, Richard, Anne, Edward and Mary. "To my brother, William Watson, my saddle horse; to my mother, Mary Watson, all my interest in the estate where she lives."
John Dorsey (of Caleb) exchanged with his brother Richard and held the homestead, through the permission of William, the attorney. He married Sally Hammond, the daughter of Colonel Charles Ham- mond, a neighbor. The will of Mrs. Sarah (Hammond) Dorsey named her son Hammond, William Baker, Mary Bailey, Rebecca, Richard (died on the Eastern Shore) and Elizabeth-Major Henry Owings. William Baker Dorsey, executor. He came into possession of his uncle Richard's farm; he was one of the early commis- sioners of Howard County; his wife was Miss Wood. He left no heirs and willed his estate to his nephew, Larkin Dorsey.
Hammond Dorsey inherited the homestead adjoining, married Lucretia Brown, daughter of Elisha of "Brown's Purchase," near, Guilford. Their heirs were Hammond, Larkin, Richard and Sallie, wife of John Hammond Owings.
Hammond Dorsey inherited the homestead and married a daughter of Captain Pendleton, of "Walnut Hill." They have a son, Hammond, and a daughter, who, with her mother, resides at the homestead.
The estate of Larkin Dorsey, immediately at the Old Brick Church, has become the property of Mr. Seiling.
The Old Brick Church stands upon the site of the first church of Queen Caroline Parish, organized in 1728. It was an offshoot of St. Ann's. Before it could be established it was necessary to secure the consent of the entire parishioners then living upon that immense territory. Benjamin Gaither undertook this work. Mount- ing his horse, he rode from Annapolis to Clarksville, over the entire area between the two rivers, and succeeded in this object. The first church stood until 1806, when it was replaced by the present build- ing, now nearly a century old. Two of its latest building committee were Dr. Lloyd T. Hammond and Samuel Brown, Jr., long Register of Wills at Annapolis.
The following deed upon record at Annapolis, covers the ground upon which the church stands. It was made in 1738, and reads: "To all Persons to whom these presents shall come greeting-know ye that we, Caleb Dorsey and John Dorsey, gentlemen, as well for and in consideration of the great love and affection we do bear to the Protestant religion, give and grant to Rev. James Macgill, Rector of Queen Caroline Parish; Richard Davis, Abel Brown, John Dorsey, Richard Shipley, Adam Barnes and Peter Barnes, present vestrymen, and to their successors, for the use of said Parish all those two acres called, 'New Year's Gift' on which the church now stands, as surveyed by Mr. Henry Ridgely, late surveyor of Anne Arundel, signed and sealed by Caleb Dorsey in the presence of Henry Ridgely, Edward Gaither and Richard Dorsey, and by John Dorsey in the presence of Henry Ridgely, Alexander Warfield (of John)."
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The above granters were Caleb Dorsey, of "Hockley," surveyor of the tract and father of John Dorsey, who then held it, but could not give a deed without his father's signature. "Queen Caroline church has a handsome communion service dating from 1748, and a Bible presented by Commissary Henderson, who was sent to report on the church." (Old Brick Churches.)
The church has been recently painted and a memorial window has been added. The graves of Rev. Marbury Ogle and his wife, late of the church, are chief among the few buried in the old church- yard. This parish extended back ten miles or more west of the Land- ing at the Relay. Its territory was divided into Hundreds-each of which had its Captain, to look after the tobacco tax upon which the church was supported.
Some of its pew-holders in 1736, under Rev. James Macgill, were: Pew No. 1, Captain Henry Ridgely and Joshua Dorsey; No. 2, Basil Dorsey and three brothers, Henry Dorsey, and John Warfield; No. 3, John Dorsey, son of Edward; No. 4, Captain Nath Hammond, Benjamin Warfield and Alexander Warfield; No. 5, Edward Dorsey and William Ridgely; No. 8, Orlando Griffith, Captain John Howard and Nicholas Dorsey; No. 12, Nicholas Gassa- way and Henry Howard; No. 17, Captain John Dorsey; No. 19, Alexander Warfield (of Richard); No. 20, Benjamin Lawrence, Lancelot Todd and his brother, John Todd; No. 23, Edward White, Joseph White, Edward, Philip and Alexander Warfield, Jr .; No. 24, Edward Dorsey, Jr., Reynolds Mackubin and Neal Clark; No. 25, John Elder, Sr., and John Elder, Jr .; No. 26, Joseph Hall and John Riggs; No. 29, Michael Dorsey.
West of the church looms up "Athol," the English castle of Rev. James Macgill, its rector. It was built in 1746, by English workmen transported by him. Its commanding site overlooks the old church in which he spent his life. He handed down from its threshold many fair daughters to be the comforters and helpmates to his parishioners. "Athol's" gray stone walls, high and massive chimneys and pitched roof are still well preserved, and though it has passed from the family, the old church has been remembered by a daughter of its rector. A part of the " Athol" estate is still held by descendants who have built upon it recently. Mr. and Mrs. Geaslin hold the old homestead.
OAKLAND MANOR.
North of " Athol," upon the Ellicott City and Laurel highway, was one of Hon. John Dorsey's surveys-" Dorsey's Adventure." It was willed by him to his grandson, Edward Dorsey, son of his " deceased son, Edward Dorsey." Around it, later, arose "Oak- land Manor" and Oakland Mills. There lived Luther Martin, Attor- ney-General of Maryland, when he broke to pieces John Randolph's charges against Judge Samuel Chase, another landholder in Howard. Following him came Robert Oliver, the English hunter, to build his English stables for his hunters, upon his own forest range of 2300
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acres. From here, still later, Colonel Charles Sterrett Ridgely com- manded his troopers as the bodyguard of General Lafayette, in 1825. Here was born Lieutenant Randolph Ridgely, a hero of the Mexican War.
From here George R. Gaither drove his four iron-grays to St. John's Church each Sunday. From here Colonel George R. Gaither organized his Howard Dragoons, successors to Colonel Charles Carroll's Dragoons, of earlier days. Colonel Carroll's reviews of Gaither's Troopers ended in a royal treat of Southdown mutton and its attendants. All this was after Howard had risen to the dignity of her county rights and before war had come to check her proud career.
The sixty young men of Gaither's Troopers, all relations and friends, with a future that seemed bright, soon were ordered to take up arms in defence of the State. They obeyed; with their Captain they crossed over the river, some to return not, some to go elsewhere, but few to remain. The Captain himself has passed on before.
The officers of Colonel Gaither's Troopers upon organization were:
Captain, George R. Gaither, of Oakland; First Lieutenant, Dr. Milton W. Warfield, of Lisbon; Second Lieutenant, John R. Clark, of Columbia; Orderly Sergeant, Benjamin D. Cooke, of the Brick Church neighborhood. The latter later took up the work of Dr. Warfield and was the drill-master for a long time.
The recent death of Dr. Warfield, of Lisbon, leaves Benjamin D. Cooke, of Colonial Beach, Virginia, the only surviving officer of that historic organization.
The author, as a high private of "Gaither's Troopers," here places a wreath of immortelles over the graves of his departed comrades.
"DORSEY'S ADVENTURE," HOME OF CAPTAIN EDWARD DORSEY.
This grandson of Hon. John Dorsey inherited two tracts, "Dorsey's Adventure" at Oakland and "Whitaker's Purchase," now the Stockett place. He was a witness to his brother's will, in 1761. He was not a surveyor and made no increase in his estate. His wife was Sarah Todd, daughter of Lancelot and Elizabeth Rock- hold, descendant of James Todd, of the original site of Baltimore. Their son, Edward Dorsey, Jr., removed to the neighborhood of Hood's Mill and will there be recorded. Colonel John Dorsey held the homestead and became the Baltimore merchant; Lancelot Dorsey, Ely, Charles and Major Richard, of the Baltimore Artillery Company of the Revolution, were other sons. Their daughters were Elizabeth, first wife of Hon. Henry Griffith; Ruth, wife of Vachel Dorsey, near Hoods Mill; Sarah Gist, wife of Thomas Gassaway.
Captain Edward Dorsey, by exchange with his son Edward, of Hoods Mill, got possession of several adjoining tracts "Ely's Lot"
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and "Dorsey's Thickett," which he left to his sons, Charles, Ely, Lancelot and Richard, none of whom settled upon them. These were held by their brothers, Colonel John and Edward and their brother-in-law, Vachel Dorsey
Colonel John Dorsey and his brother Ely were the executors of their father's estate. They sold a portion of "Dorsey's Adven- ture" to Benjamin Howard, in 1768. Colonel John held a portion of "Dorsey's Adventure." He mortgaged it to James Russel, of London. In 1785 he sold it to Luther Martin, Attorney-General of Maryland.
As "Luther Martin's Elk Ridge farm" it embraced "Dorsey's Adventure," "Dorsey's Inheritance," "Good for Little," "Chew's Vineyard" and "Adam the First," covering 1100 acres.
In 1827, through a case in Chancery, in which Luther Martin and the Bank of Baltimore were defendants, it was sold by Judge Nicholas Brewer to Robert Oliver, an Englishman, who built Oak- land Mills, (now a wreck by fire.) He increased the estate to 2300 acres and later sold it to Colonel Charles Sterrett Ridgely. It descended through Mrs. Elizabeth (Hollingsworth) Ridgely, to her son, John Sterrett Ridgely.
In 1838, Thomas Oliver, heir of Robert, who still held a claim, sold it to George R. Gaither. It then embraced "Dorsey's Search," " Dorsey's Search Resurveyed," "Felicity," "Talbott's Resolution Manor" and Oakland Mill, adjoining "Howard's Passage" and "Joseph's Gift." It bordered upon lands conveyed by Judge Richard Ridgely to James Sterrett, running to lands conveyed by Eleanor Dall to Robert Oliver, in 1825; adjoined lands conveyed by Nicholas Worthington (of John) to Charles Sterrett Ridgely, Richard Gittings and others and by them conveyed to Robert Oliver.
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