Following are several messages from Charleen who has asked me to send these to you 1] On 11/21/10Sunday 7:29 PM, Mitzidell@aol.com wrote: > > How the area in Washington County, MD where the Evans family lived > had many different county names. > > *Prince Georges County/Frederick County/ Washington County:* > > ****************************************************************************************************************************** > > In 1748, Frederick County was created from parts of Prince George's > County > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland> and > Baltimore County > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_County,_Maryland>. > > In 1776, Frederick County was divided into three parts. > > The westernmost portion became Washington County > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County,_Maryland>, named > after George Washington <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington>, > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2] What nice documentation for any female of the Richard Evans line. As there is written proof that he served as Burgess, all the ladies of his line are eligible to belong to the *Daughters of the American Colonies. * ** Serving in such an office counts as a point of eligibility! If anyone so eligible is interested in joining, let me know. Charleen Evans-Thomas, Descendant of the Drummer Boy, Edward Evans and Past Regent of major Simon Willard Chapter of the Daughters of the American In a message dated 10/5/2010 2:54:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, listadministratorevans@earthlink.net writes: ------------------ From http://aomol.net/000001/000002/html/am2--8.html Archives of Maryland Online Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, April 1666-June 1676 Volume 2, Page 8 Charles Brooke Sherriff of Calvert County returnes his writt directed to him dated the 28th of Octobr 1665. Endorsed thus ?Mr Richard Preston Major Thomas Brooke Mr Richard? Smith & *Mr Richd Hall were Elected for Burges of Calvert ?County the Twelfth day of December 1665* ?Charles Brooke Sherriff ---------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. http://www.familytreetracer.com/NSDACMembership.htm I am so pleased that this infomration is given at the web site for the chapeter on the Youghiogheny and Monongalia COunty area......my old stomping ground! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And Charleen's answer when I asked if I could share with list Yes, please do send it out to all. I want the information shared, for belonging to this lovely group of local ladies has been such a rewarding part of my retirement life. The genealogy work they do and the national library work is fabulous. I donated a copy of my book on the descendants of the drummer boy to the national library. Charleen > . >