Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-2 694-713 - GETTIER, CAMPBELL, KERRIGAN, McBRIDE, GAMBLE, GELSON, BAUGHER, - May 1853 David GAMBLE and Richard GELSON vs Elizabeth GETTIER & Others David GAMBLE (w/ Margaret) and Richard GELSON (w/ Margaret) held a mortgage from Daniel G. GETTIER who previously lived in Emmitsburg. James W. BAUGHER held a second mortgage (which included personal property) from Daniel G. GETTIER which he transferred to Gamble and Gelson. In 1850, Channcey BROOKS and Henry W. HISER, trading as Brooks and Heiser, obtained a judgment against Daniel G. GETTIER. Daniel G. GETTIER d/ c1853 intestate in Baltimore city widow - Elizabeth - Baltimore city s/ Joseph A. GETTIER - Baltimore city s/ John GETTIER, a minor - Baltimore city d/ Mary GETTIER, a minor - Baltimore city s/ William GETTIER, a minor - Baltimore city d/ Rose GETTIER, a minor - Baltimore city s/ Edward GETTIER, a minor - Baltimore city s/ Peter GETTIER, a minor - Baltimore city s/ George GETTIER, a minor - Baltimore city Land - Lots #6 & 7 in Emmitsburg, on the north side of Main St, then known as the Emmitsburg Hotel Guardian was Abner CAMPBELL; testimony was heard from James KERRIGAN Jr. Sale was held on 5 Nov 1853 at the house of Daniel WILS in Emmitsburg; high bidder was Anthony McBRIDE for the lot and tavern stand at $1,800. Distribution of $1,800; court costs $179.70 - David GAMBLE and Richard GELSON, in part of their claim, $1,620.30 Closed 13 Feb 1854. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

What was the Maryland Council for Safety, referred to in your 8-29-12 History Moment? My ancestor was paid by them for several things but I do not know what they were.

Does anyone know if Nola M. Karr is still alive and what her e mail address is ? She was the author of the Muirheid/Moorehead book about the families living in Maryland and Pennsylvania in the above mentioned border counties ? I have an inquiry from Northern Ireland regarding the families. Gordon Crooks

On August 30, 1911, Clarence C. Carty, founder of the furniture store which bore his name at 48 East Patrick Street in Frederick, died. He was born January 8, 1847. The store closed in 1979 and the property is now home to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. On August 30, 1950, an F-84 fighter jet crashed into a field three miles east of Emmitsburg killing 2nd Lt. Michael E. Alkire, 22, of Washington, D.C. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On August 29, 1739, the 600 acres on which Libertytown was laid out by John Young in 1782, was surveyed and called Duke's Wood. On August 25, 1745, John Johnson, son of Thomas and Dorcas Sedgewick Johnson, and brother of Maryland's first governor (Thomas Johnson) was born. He served as a surgeon in the Maryland militia during the Revolutionary War, and practiced in Frederick on West Patrick Street thereafter. He died April 18, 1811. On August 29, 1775, the Maryland Council of Safety met for the first time, with Thomas Johnson of Frederick as one of its members. On August 29, 1866, Folger McKinsey, The Bentztown Bard and co-author of History of Frederick County with Thomas J. C. Williams, was born at Elkton. He died July 22, 1950, at his home on the Magothy River in Anne Arundel County. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On August 28, 1774, Elizabeth Ann Bayley (Seton), America's first native-born saint of the Roman Catholic Church, was born in New York City. She is buried in Emmitsburg. On August 28, 1898, Charles Miller, son of Martin Miller of Middletown, stabbed Roy Brown, an 18-year-old colored youth, in the neck with a pocket knife, severing his jugular vein. The two men quarreled over Miller's bragging about how fast he rode his bicycle from Baltimore to a religious camp meeting near Braddock Heights. On August 28, 1902, the Presbyterian Church in Emmitsburg was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. It was rebuilt in 1904. On August 28, 1976, the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was dedicated in Emmitsburg. On August 28, 2007, St. John's Lutheran Church in Creagerstown was formally listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The listing includes the 1834 building, a 1908 building, the church's cemetery, the Parish House, and the 1880 Creagerstown School No. 32. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

For those of you having a little trouble finding the list, On the MidMdRoots website shown below, Click on County Rec button on the left, Then You will see the marriage licenses at the top right side, There is a Grooms index and Brides index and there is also a "New" logo. Clicking on the link marked Grooms' Index or Brides' Index will bring up the list which is an htm file. If this doesn't work, please let me know. - Dorinda =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On August 27, 1732, William Elder received a patent for land in Frederick County. Mount Saint Mary's College was founded on this land in 1808. (The original patent is in the Archives of Mount Saint. Mary's College.) On August 27, 1776, at the Battle of Long Island, Maryland soldiers - many from Frederick County - distinguished themselves in gallantry and fortitude though vastly outnumbered. On August 27, 1783, orders were issued that Revolutionary War prisoners of war held at the Hessian Barracks in Frederick would be granted freedom to remain in America upon the payments of $80 in Spanish gold. On August 27, 1926, the Barbara Fritchie Association purchased the Keefer Brothers property at 156 West Patrick Street in Frederick. The buildings were later torn down and a replica Fritchie home built on the site. On August 27, 1971, a huge fire destroyed Hiltner's Furniture and Appliance Store in the 900 block of East Street in Frederick. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

I'm delighted at long last to announce that I've finished transcribing the Frederick Co, MD Marriages for 1865-1886. They are now complete and I'd like to thank Kitty Crowley and Jane Thursby for sharing their copies which helped greatly in the task. I have also proofed it to try and insure accuracy, but transcribed it as it was written. I hope there is something in there to help you. - Dorinda Davis Shepley =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On August 26, 1795, Father James Framback, rector of the Roman Catholic Church in Frederick during The Revolutionary War, died at St. Inigoes, MD. On August 26, 1839, members of The Juniors Fire Company tested a new engine by throwing water over the steeple of The Evangelical Reformed Church, now Trinity Chapel, on West Church Street in Frederick. On August 26, 1854, the cornerstone was laid for the present Evangelical Lutheran Church in the first block of East Church Street in Frederick. On August 26, 1942, Harry F. Shipley, a prominent Frederick businessman, died at age 67. On August 26, 2002, the Monocacy Valley Montessori School, the first charter school in Maryland, opened for its first day of classes in the former Frederick Trading facility on Monocacy Boulevard at MD Rt. 26 in Frederick. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On August 25, 1814, Captain John Brengle recruited a full company of men to fight the British at the Battle of North Point in Baltimore. This was done, reportedly, in less than four hours. On August 25, 1892, Enoch Louis Lowe, former governor of Maryland, who died August 23 in New York City, was buried in St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Frederick following services at St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church. On August 25, 1933, a nor'easter raged in Frederick, dumping five inches of rain and causing another flood of The Carroll Creek through downtown. On August 25, 1975, Dr. Martha Church was installed as the first woman president of Hood College. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On August 24, 1764, Father John Dubois, who founded Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, was born in Paris. He died in New York, where he was a bishop, on December 20, 1842. On August 24, 1839, the Junior Fire Company tested a new engine which threw a stream of water high above Trinity Chapel on West Church Street, the usual target for testing fire engines in those days. On August 24, 1889, a dispute over a beehive in a tree led to the shooting death of John W. Hooper, youngest son of ex-County Commissioner Charles Hooper, at the hands of Thomas F. Show, at Highlands, west of Middletown. Show was later found not guilty of wrongdoing by a jury in Frederick. On August 24, 1964, ground was broken for the regional office of State Farm Insurance on Oak Street in Frederick. The original building was 80,000 square feet, but it grew to more than 200,000 square feet before a far more elaborate building was constructed starting in 1993 near Worman's Mill off Monocacy Boulevard (Trading Lane at the time) between U. S. 15 and MD 26. This second facility opened October 21, 1996. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On August 23, 1823, Dr. Charles J. Baer, who saved the severely wounded future President of The United States Rutherford B. Hayes after the Battle of South Mountain while practicing in Middletown, was born in Frederick. He died April 30, 1888, in Roanoke County, VA. On August 23, 1835, Point of Rocks was laid out by H. G. O'Neal for Charles Johnson. It was previously located about a mile away and was called "Trummelstown." That community was destroyed by a fire and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad decided to move to the town's present location. On August 23, 1836, Bentz Street, then known as Mill Alley, was paved with stone. On August 23, 1838, Dr. Francis Brown Sappington, of Libertytown, died. He was one of the founders of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland in 1799. On August 23, 1865, a big picnic was held at Howard's Woods near Prospect Hall to celebrate The Emancipation Proclamation. On August 23, 1892, Enoch Louis Lowe, former Maryland governor, died at St. Mary's Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He was buried in Frederick after services at St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church. On August 23, 1896, an accident on the Frederick and Middletown Railway at Mercer's Curve on the east side of Braddock Mountain injured numerous Frederick citizens. On August 23, 2005, Oliver John Cejka, Jr., was sworn in as a Maryland District Court judge. He was appointed by Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., and was assigned to serve in both Washington and Frederick counties. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On August 22, 1737, Frederick Unsult, who was born August 6, 1737, became the first person baptized at the old Monocacy Church, the predecessor of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick. On August 22, 1857, the cornerstone was laid for the Georgetown Chapel of the United Brethren in Christ Church in Walkersville. On August 22, 1888, a man named Dalton and a woman pulled a confidence game in Frederick. On August 22, 1978, word leaked out that the Odd Fellows Home on North Market Street Extended would be ending its nursing care services and would operate as a retirement home in the future. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-2 683-694 - DEVILBISS, DEBOW, RINEHART - Aug 1854 Adam DEVILBISS and John DEBOW vs Adam W. DEVILBISS, adm/of G. W. DEVILBISS & Others George W. DEVILBISS d/ 27 Jun 1854 intestate widow - Maranda O. s/ Rufus W. DEVILBISS, a minor s/ Henry C. DEVILBISS, a minor d/ Ann M. DEVILBISS, a minor s/ George A. DEVILBISS, a minor Land - Mill and 16 acres, known as Ijams Ville Merchant and Saw Mills with two pairs of French Burrs and one pair of Country stones and necessary machinery for cleaning of wheat and manufacturing flour, propelled by two overshots; situated on Bush Creek and on Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road, 56 miles from Baltimore where produce can be loaded free of charge. There is also a log dwelling hours with kitchen attached, smoke house, variety of fruit trees and has a bed of slate; mortgage was to John DEBOW with surety as Paul P. DEVILBISs. Frederick Co, MD Deed dated 26 Apr 1853 from James IJAMS of Berkeley Co, Virginia and Richard IJAMS, as trustees, to John DEBOW of Baltimore city for parts of tracts, "Devulls Forrest" and "Mays Fall" (next to lands of Plummer IJAMS), 16 acres; lies on road leading through Ijamsville. Adm/ Adam W. DEVILBISS; guardian was the children's mother. Testimony was given by Adam W. DEVILBISS who stated George and his family lived in IJAMSVILLE; gave his death date listed above, children's names and widow and her age at 35 and health tolerably good. Trustee was Maranda O. DEVILBISS; providing bond was Adam W. DEVILBISS, Thornton POOLE, John PHILLIPS. On 12 Jan 1855, sale was made to A. M. RINEHART at $4,300. The property was presently being rented until June. 1st Distribution of $1,433.33; court costs $280.12 - John DEBOW, part of his claim, $1,153.21 Closed 24 Apr 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On August 21, 1861, the Ladies Relief Association advertisement appeared for the first time in The Frederick Examiner. The group of Frederick women provided food and other needed supplies to the numerous "hospitals" in the Frederick area during the Civil War. On August 21, 1881, the third church of The Glade Charge of The Reformed Church was dedicated in Walkersville. On August 21, 1892, Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brunswick was organized. On August 21, 1911, the first airplane landed in Frederick early in the morning. One of the pilots was Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, who later became a 5-star General of The Army and commanding general of the Army Air Force. On August 21, 1916, Emma Josephine Smith, the driving force behind the establishment of Frederick City Hospital, died at her West Third Street home after a lengthy illness. She was born January 21, 1844. On August 21, 1950, Harry S Truman visited Shangri-La near Thurmont for the last time during his presidency, which ended in January 1953. On August 21, 1967, Mrs. Evelyn C. Leonard, owner of radio stations WFMD-AM & FM, announced that she had sold the stations started by her husband Lawrence, to Jim Gibbons, a Washington radio and television personality, subject to Federal Communication Commission approval. On August 21, 1991, The Glade Times & Mountain Mirror of Walkersville published a story about the efforts of Lord D. Nickens, president of the local chapter of The National association for The Advancement of Colored People, to restore an historic black cemetery on Mount Zion Road between Feagaville and Braddock Heights. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On August 20, 1895, Dr. Ira L. Baldwin, who selected Camp Detrick as the site for the biological and chemical warfare research center of the U. S. Army, was born. He died August 9, 1999, in Tucson, AZ. On August 20, 1921, a dispute between Harry C. Wachter, a tenant farmer, and George Young, his employer, was settled with a handshake according to The Frederick Post. Two days earlier Wachter had received 15 lashes from a whip wielded by Sheriff William O. Wertenbaker for assaulting his wife. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On August 19, 1845, the Independent Hose Company No. 1, of Frederick, bought a lot on West Church Street from Lawrence J. Brengle, extending half way back to Patrick Street. On August 19, 1961, The Evening Sun of Baltimore carried a story about historic (1834) wallpaper which had been removed from a home in Thurmont and donated to The White House. In October 1961 that wallpaper was installed in the Diplomatic Reception Room, upon the consent of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, where it remains today. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-2 652-682 - HAYS, HIGGINS, CREDLER, BENNETT, LAWRENCE, DORSEY - Sep 1851 William ANDERSON and Harpers Ferry Savings Institution vs Maria HIGGINS and Harriet E. HAYS Joseph G. HAYS d/ 7 Aug 1850 intestate, of Jefferson Co, VA (later WV) widow - Harriet D. (all now living in Frederick Co, MD except as noted) d/ Ellen S. HAYS, dec'd s/ William Henry HAYS d/ Cynthia Susan HAYS - Carroll Co, MD d/ Maria E. HAYS d/ Mary A. M. HAYS Land - 144 acres, from Joseph G. HAYS of Jefferson Co, VA to Maria HIGGINS in 1849 for $5,760, as Deed of Trust for the benefit of Hays' daughters, he wishing to exclude his son since he had previously assigned property to him(?). Tracts previously to Hays: for 50 acres from Perry BENNETT and w/ Eleanor in 1848; and 94 acres from William HIGGINS and others by partition in 1837. Maria HIGGINS of Carroll Co, MD, was the sister of Joseph HAYS' wife, Harriet, and testified to the names of his children, she being an aunt to only two of them since Hays was twice married. She also stated Hays had wished to make a Will; however, before he was able to do that, he was stricken with Cholera which was prevalent in Harpers Ferry at that time and died within a few days. After the death of Hays, she issued notes to each of the three surviving daughters of $3,000 each in order to secure their interests in their father's estate as he had wanted it. Harriet HAYS claimed her husband had paid back more than their records showed, but was unable to find her husband's book in which he kept those records. ANDERSON has since resigned and moved to Frederick Co, MD. Testimony was heard from Henry WARD, S. STEPHENS, M. CREDLER, A. M. KITZMILLER and William J. STEPHENS in Harpers Ferry. On 18 Oct 1853, a petition was filed by George T. HAYS and William HIGGINS, stating Harriet E. HAYS had died intestate; she had been the administrator of her husband's estate. Administrator of Joseph HAYS' estate was George T. HAYS with sureties as Roderick DORSEY and Mary A. M. HAYS; administrator of Harriet HAYS' estate was William HIGGINS with sureties as Maria E. HAYS and John BARTHOLEW. Trustee was William M. MERRICK with sureties as Grayson EICHELBERGER and Hugh McALEER. The deed to Maria HIGGINS from Joseph HAYS was declared null and void and sale of his property was decreed. Sale was held on 19 Nov 1853 on the premises, high bidders were: - Perry BENNETT for the 49.5 acres at $71.87/acre - Maria HIGGINS for the 94 acres at $35.25/acre Since the sale, Maria transferred her rights to Harry W. DORSEY. Gross sales, $6,871.31. Distribution of $6,889.03; court costs $738.20 - Various creditors, $2,871.90 - Harpers Ferry Savings, $3,148.77 Remaining balance to heirs, $130.13. 1/4 or $32.53 each to - Mary A. M. HAYS - Cynthia HAYS - William H. HAYS - Maria E. HAYS On 23 May 1845, Dr. Daniel H. LAWRENCE sold to (Dr.) Joseph G. HAYS his drug and medicine store in Harpers Ferry to include everything including outstanding debts, some of which Augustus M. CRIDLER has incurred. Exchange ws to be made for Hays to sell his farming implements and stock and obtain notes to transfer to Lawrence. 2nd Amended Distribution of $6,889.03; court costs $871.98 - Ann F. MOTTER, mortgage, $315.30 - Ariana TRAIL, mortgage, $111.56 - Harriet S. HAYS, 92% of claim, $323.48 - Dr. D. H. LAWRENCE, $1,380.26 - Harpers Ferry Savings, $2,862.63 - Other Misc Creditors received the balance Closed 17 Feb 1855 =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On August 18, 1865, Hiram Winchester, the first president of The Frederick Female Seminary, resigned after 19 years in the post. On August 18, 1883, The Washington Monument on South Mountain was rededicated after being refurbished and its height increased. On August 18, 1896, the first passenger trip of the Frederick & Middletown Railway to Braddock Junction, which was at the site of the present day Episcopal Church of The Transfiguration, was made. On August 18, 1940, W. Clinton McSherry, James McSherry, John Motter and Charles U. Price, all later prominent Frederick citizens, narrowly escaped drowning in the Potomac River at Seneca. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]