History of Dorchester County, Maryland

“As history is but the record of past events, dependent on some primary cause, so we find the origin of Dorchester County and its early development to be what the founders and early settlers of Maryland made it. Therefore, to show the relation of the county to the province, under the influence of its makers, and to invite a deeper interest in our ancestors of colonial times, a brief sketch is here first given of the Calvert family, the Lord Proprietaries of Maryland, the charter privileges granted Lord Baltimore by the King of England, the rules and laws from time to time proclaimed by the Proprietaries, Governors and Council, either with or without approval of the Assemblies, and other events that shaped the course and progress of the colony that led to the formation of Dorchester County.”

The first division of the book, Introductory to the History of Dorchester County, is followed by Early History of Dorchester County, Towns and Their Descriptions, Church History, Old Burying Grounds, Elections and Political History, Miscellaneous History, Indian History, Colored Race in Dorchester County, Domestic and Social Life in Colonial Days, County Folklore and Superstitions, Revolutionary Period, County Products and Resources, War of 1812-15, Education–Schools, Historical Notes, and Family History (Genealogy and Biography). A wealth of vintage photographs; an appendix (Numerous Civil Lists of County, State and National Officials of Dorchester County and List of Federal Soldiers from the County in the Civil War of 1861-65); and an index to full names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.

Elias Jones

(1902), 2024, 5.5" x 8.5", paper, 534 pp.

ISBN: 9780788448270

101-J4827