On July 11, 1749, Francina Herman Wood, mother of Joseph Wood, Jr., who laid out the town of Woodsberry (Woodsboro) died, leaving a widower and six children. On July 11, 1833, The Sewing Society of All Saints Episcopal Church opened The School of Industry with eight students. It was operated with The Episcopal Orphans Home and Free School Society from 1837 until September of 1858, when it was closed. On July 11, 1900, Mrs. Elizabeth Marman, of South Market Street, Frederick, was seriously burned when she ignited the fuel while filling her gasoline stove. On July 11, 1907, a monument was erected on Monocacy Battlefield just south of Frederick by the 14th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. On July 11, 2004, Monsignor Hugh Phillips, former president of Mount St. Mary's College (now University), died at Providence Hospital in Washington, DC, of congestive heart failure. The 97-year-old prelate came to The Mount as a 12-year-old and didn't leave until ordered to retire by the archdiocese. He served as president from 1967 to 1971. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On July 10, 1815, William P. Maulsby, who would become a judge of The Frederick County Circuit Court, was born in Harford County. He died October 3, 1894, in Westminster. On July 10, 1936, the highest temperature ever recorded in Maryland occurred in Frederick when the thermometer reached 109 degrees. On July 10, 1936, Reuben A. Hann, Frederick City's last surviving Civil war veteran, died. On July 10, 1953, three men robbed the People's Bank of Libertytown of $14,950, and escaped south on MD 26 through Frederick. They were caught after their car crashed at South Market and All Saints Street after traveling the wrong way on Market Street. All were sentenced - eventually - to 20 years in jail. On July 10, 2001, ground was broken for Kline Hospice House near Mount Airy Maryland. The facility cares specifically for those in the last stages of their lives. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On July 9, 1803, members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition left Frederick for the Pacific Ocean. On July 9, 1804, 14 Osage Indians and their entourage arrived in Frederick on their way to Washington. They stayed at Jacob Miller's tavern. On July 9, 1861, Confederates burned the wooden bridge over the Potomac River at Berlin (Brunswick). On July 9, 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal Early ransomed the City of Frederick for $200,000. On July 9, 1864, The Battle of Monocacy was fought at Frederick Junction just south of Frederick. On July 9, 1864, actions by 1st Lt. George E. Davis, Company D, 10th Vermont Infantry, in The Battle of Monocacy, were recognized with a Congressional Medal of Honor, which was awarded on May 27, 1892. He was born December 26, 1839, in Dunstable, MA. On July 9, 1864, Cpl. Alexander Scott, of Company D, 10th Vermont Infantry, "under heavy fire of the enemy saved the national flag of his regiment from capture" at the Battle of Monocacy just south of Frederick. He was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor on September 28, 1897, for his actions. On July 9, 1864, George Blessing and his son defended their Myersville area farm against Rebel forces, making Mr. Blessing the "Hero of The Highlands." He was born February 15, 1794, and died December 19, 1873. On July 9, 1881, the cornerstone of the renovated Trinity Chapel of the Evangelical Reformed Church on West Church Street in Frederick, was laid. It was the original cornerstone of the church which had been installed 118 years earlier. On July 9, 1907, the first monument to be erected on the battlefield to those who fought in The Battle of Monocacy was dedicated to the members of the 14th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers in ceremonies conducted by the survivors of that unit. On July 9, 1914, a Confederate monument was erected on the Monocacy Battlefield. On July 9, 1964, the Maryland Monument was erected on the Monocacy Battlefield. On July 9, 1987, George B. Delaplaine, Jr., gave the old Mountain City Mill property on South Carroll Street in Frederick City for use as an arts center, in exchange for 15 acres of vacant land on Gambrill Mountain west of Frederick. The old mill is now called the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 547-564 - PLUMMER, NOKES, DEAN, DUVALL - Feb 1860 Lloyd T. DUVALL vs John PLUMMER, et al Ann PLUMMER d/ spring 1859, intestate s/ John PLUMMER & wife - out West d/ Margaret w/o William NOKES - Wash., DC d/ Mary E. DEAN d/ Catharine "Kitty" DEAN s/ Noble DEAN s/ Edward DEAN & wife Land - "Trammels Coney Island Resurveyed", 3 acres; from Alfred BELT and Lloyd T. DUVALL, exec/of Daniel DUVALL, in 1847. Adjoins land of Col. Daniel DUVALL (by Daniel BUCKEY, exec/of Christian KEMP) and runs along Point of Rocks Road. Property had a 1 1/2 story log house with kitchen attached, surrounded by good fencing and good water convenient to house. Said property was near the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and within a few hundred yareds of the Depot on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. Testimony was heard from William H. SMITH and James H. BESANT. Trustee was John A. LYNCH; sale was held at George BERRY's St. Charles Hotel at Point of Rocks on 18 Aug 1860, high bidder was: - Mary C. PLUMMER at $420 There was a petition for the resale of property because Mary was not able to comply with the terms; but then is followed by the distribution. Distribution of $420; court costs, $126.93 - John PLUMMER, 1/6 or $31.51 - B. F. GATTON as assignee of Margaret & William NOKES, 1/6 or $31.51 - B. F. GATTON as assignee of Catharine DEAN (alias PLUMMER), 1/6 or $31.51 - B. F. GATTON as assignee of Noble DEAN (alias PLUMMER), 1/6 or $31.51 - Edward DEAN (alias PLUMMER), 1/6 or $31.51 - his part to .....S. C. MEANS & Bro., for levy, $19.70 .....B. F. GATTON, as assignee, $11.81 - Joseph T. REID, levy on M. E. DEAN (alias PLUMMER), $24.52 - Mary E. DEAN (alias PLUMMER), balance of her 1/6, $6.99 Closed 31 July 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

On July 8, 1817, Dr. William Tyler became the president of what became known as Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, serving under three different names for the institution. He served until April 1872, a total of 55 years. On July 8, 1822, a "menagerie exhibited at Shafer's tavern (In Frederick) and feats of agility were performed by Master Daniel Munich." On July 8, 1863, Union Maj. Henry A. Cole, of Cole's Rangers (1st Volunteer Maryland Cavalry) was named provost marshal in Frederick. On July 8, 1914, Gen. John Floyd King, who fought in the Battle of Monocacy for the Confederacy, toured the battlefield the day before the first Confederate marker was dedicated on the site. On July 8, 1922, President and Mrs. Warren Harding passed through Frederick on their return trip to Washington after a homecoming reception in Marion, Ohio. A week earlier they had stopped at "Richfield," the birthplace of Adm. Winfield Scott Schley. On July 8, 2005, it was discovered that vandals had once again attacked Charity, the pewter dog on the steps of the Federated Charities Building at 22 South Market Street in Frederick. Charity's tail has been mutilated by twisting and kicking. In 1968, Charity's head was removed and later found in Baker Park. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On July 7, 1833, Margaret Elizabeth Scholl, who married James M. Hood, was born at Manchester Farm on New Design Road near Frederick. She died January 13, 1913, in Baltimore, just before the name of The Women's College of Frederick was officially changed to Hood College in her honor. On July 7, 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early and his troops occupied Middletown and ransomed the town for $15,000. On July 7, 1864, a cannonball landed above the pulpit at the Presbyterian Church on West Second Street in Frederick as Confederate and Union forces exchanged fire. On July 7, 1886, the Frederick Board of County Commissioners organized themselves as The Frederick County Board of Health, under the authority of a law passed by the state legislature on March 18, 1886. It was the first Board of Health in the State of Maryland. On July 7, 1972, the track and field trials for the United States women for the 1972 Olympic Games began at Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick. On July 7, 1975, Potomac Edison Electric Company cut power to The Francis Scott Key Hotel for non-payment of a bill. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On July 6, 1863, William Richardson was hanged from a tree limb in Hagan's Field west of Frederick as a Confederate spy. He was captured near Woodsboro. On July 6, 1864, Middletown paid a $1,500 ransom to Confederate General Jubal Early. On July 6, 1869, Mrs. Abner Harn was fatally injured when her dress caught in the gears of a piece of machinery at her husband's woolen factory in Unionville. At the time she was overseeing the washing of the new fabric. On July 6, 1891, Walkersville Lutheran Church was organized at a meeting at the home of Thomas S. Albaugh. On July 6, 1976, Elmer F. Munshower, a native of Frederick, twice superintendent of The Maryland State Police, and a former mayor and alderman of The City of Frederick, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was born September 1, 1885. On July 6, 1977, Mary Cramer Shipley, widow of Harry F. Shipley, and an outspoken advocate for the rights of the elderly, died suddenly at age 70. She was born December 19, 1906, near Walkersville. On July 6, 1978, President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter visited The Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On July 5, 1857, the first wooden bridge was put in operation over the Potomac River from Berlin (Brunswick) to Lovettsville, VA. On July 5, 1862, C. Thomas Kemp, owner of Kemp's Department Store on The Square Corner in Frederick, was born. He died July 1, 1930, with Parkinson's disease at his home at 208 Rockwell Terrace in Frederick. He was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On July 5, 1876, Hiram Winchester, the president of the Frederick Female Seminary until 1865, and the man for whom Winchester Hall on East Church Street in Frederick is named, died at Cambridge, MD, at 72. He came to Frederick in 1838 and started the female seminary, which evolved into Hood College in 1913. On July 5, 1967, the demolition of the 97-year-old main building at the Maryland School for The Deaf was begun. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On July 4, 1760, Maryland and Pennsylvania settled the boundary dispute between the two provinces with the signing of an elaborate document. The final settlement came with the acceptance of the Mason-Dixon Line in 1767, which took a large portion of land previous claimed by Maryland and added it to Pennsylvania. On July 4, 1776, representatives of the colonies began signing The Declaration of Independence which had been approved on July 2, 1776. Thomas Stone, who lived in Frederick from 1765 until 1771 and practiced law, voted to approve The Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia for Maryland. The actual date he signed the document came later. On July 4, 1823, the iron and brick fence around Courthouse Square in Frederick was completed. Its purpose was to keep out grazing animals. It was removed in 1890. On July 4, 1827, the first monument in the United States to George Washington was constructed on South Mountain in a single day by Boonsboro residents. Legend holds that it was completed by Madeline Dalgren, owner of what we know today as the South Mountain Inn. On July 4, 1828, Charles Carroll of Carrollton laid the cornerstone for the railroad in Berlin (now Brunswick). On July 4, 1828, construction began on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. It reached Frederick County in 1835. On July 4, 1906, the Rev. George W. Crist began his pastoral duties at the Walkersville Lutheran Church. On July 4, 1927, the replica Barbara Fritchie House on West Patrick Street in Frederick was dedicated. The original house had been severely damaged in a flood in 1868 and torn down. On July 4, 1936, Stoll Kemp opened the first antique shop in New Market. The small town stills calls itself The Antiques Capital of Maryland. On July 4, 1961, President John F. Kennedy and his family spent the holiday at Camp David. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On July 3, 1747, Thomas Cresap surveyed "Dulany's Gift," the site of The Moravian Church at Graceham. On July 3, 1842, the Methodist Church on East Church Street, where the Church Street Parking Deck is located today, was dedicated. On July 3, 1856, fire destroyed a new brick house in Knoxville owned by Francis M. Sellman. The property was insured for $6,200. On August 1, Sellman was arraigned and released on $500 bond on a charge of arson. When the case was called by a judge on August 5, bond was forfeited when Sellman did not appear. On July 3, 1898, Frederick native Admiral Winfield Scott Schley led the victorious American fleet in the sea battle at Santiago, Cuba. On July 3, 1967, David M. Denton, principal of the North Carolina School for The Deaf, was appointed as the seventh superintendent of the Maryland School for The Deaf. He succeeded Lloyd M. Ambrosen, who served from 1955 until his death on June 16, 1967. On July 3, 2004, the Frederick Chapter of The National Society of The Daughters of The American Revolution dedicated a new Mount Vernon red maple tree and a new marker in honor of General George Washington in Baker Park in Frederick. The marker was donated by Lough Memorials. The original trees, planted in 1932, had to be replaced due to ill health. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On July 2, 1881, the remains of the Rev. Frederick L. Henop, which had been removed from the old Trinity Chapel of the Evangelical Reformed Church on the south side of the first block of West Church Street in Frederick, were "reinterred" beneath the steeple of the renovated church. On July 2, 1930, Schaeffer T. Hargett, one of four brothers who founded the P. L. Hargett hardware store on South Market Street at the Carroll Creek Bridge in Frederick, died. He was born December 21, 1850, near Feagaville. On July 2, 1930, Charles J. Doll, who with his brother Roger A. Doll operated Doll Brothers Department Store at 205-207 North Market Street in Frederick, killed himself in his store office. He was apparently saddened by the deaths of close friends C. Thomas Kemp on July 1, and Schaeffer T. Hargett earlier in the day. He was born August 14, 1859. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 524-547 - DIXON, FERREE/FERRELL, CONWAY, BARRICK, BAKER, HERD - Mar 1862 Van Buren DIXON, et al vs Margaret BAKER, et al Haines DIXON d/ 6 Jun 1860, intestate s/ Van Buren DIXON d/ Eliza w/o Daniel FERREE/FERRELL - Sidney, Shelby Co, Ohio d/ Ann Rebecca w/o Solomon F. CONWAY - Muscatine Co, Iowa d/ Caroline w/o Joseph BARRICK - Muscatine Co, Iowa d/ Susan, dec'd w/o Aaron BAKER .....William D. BAKER .....David A. BAKER .....Susan Ann E. BAKER .....Elenora Margaret BAKER, a minor .....Belinda Lavinia A. BAKER, a minor Land - "Dulaney's Lot", 97 acres and 12 acres; on the south bank of the mill race from Daniel SOUDER (w/ Margaret) (by 1820 Will of Jacob SOUDER) in 1822. Located outside of Frederick city. - "Middle Plantation", 11 acres; from John STAUFFER, trustee of Estate of Abraham STONER, in 1836. (Previously from Elie BEATTY and Nathaniel ROCHESTER to John STONER in 1804.) Adjoined land of Peter OGLE and Ezra SMITH. Guardian was Joseph W. L. CARTY. A commission was issued, to Daniel SWEADNER, Lawrence J. BRENGLE, Francis L. JONES, Joseph ROUTZONG and Joseph COVER, to divide the land into five equal parts if warranted. - The commission decided the land of 99 acres could not be divided equally, as the portions would be too small for farming. Land was valued at $8,440.76. - House and Lot of 11 acres near Mount Pleasant was valued at $692.50. - Wood land near Mount Pleasant of 33 acres was valued at $401.25. (Previously conveyed by William HERD, Joshua HERD and Jacob HERD to Aaron HERD in 1814.) Adjoined Cock's Orchard; county road passed through the property north/south. Total estate was valued at $9,534.51. Appraised by Daniel SWEADNER, Joseph ROUTZAHN and Joseph COVER. Van Buren DIXON, the eldest and only son, elected to purchase the property at the appraised value, then paying an equal share to his siblings. Distribution of $9,534.51; court costs, $719.32 - each 1/5 share, $1,883.13 (each of the BAKER children received 1/5 if 1/5, $376.60) Closed 11 Aug 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

On July 1, 1815, the Rev. Dr. Frederick Hatch, D. D., was installed as the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church on North Court Street in Frederick. He remained in Frederick until 1819. On July 1, 1817, the Office of Pay and Receipt of the Westminster Bank, later the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, began operations in a room in a tavern at Second and Market Streets in Frederick. On July 1, 1819, Michael Taney, father of Roger Brooke Taney, stabbed his neighbor - John Magruder - to death at his Calvert County home and fled Maryland. He died a year later after a fall from a horse in Loudoun County, VA. On July 1, 1827, Dr. William H. Johnson, who served in the Confederate Army, was born. Before the Civil War he practiced medicine in Missouri, but following the conflict he practiced in Adamstown, MD. He died December 13, 1901. On July 1, 1843, John Nelson, a native of Frederick and son of Revolutionary War hero Roger Nelson, became Attorney General of The United States in the administration of President John Tyler. On July 1, 1846, Philip Rohr, of Frederick, who as a boy of 16 served with Gen. George Washington at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, died at 87 years of age. It was said that he attended every funeral "within his reach." On July 1, 1851, Dr. George Diehl became the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street in Frederick. It was during his pastorate that the present twin-towered sanctuary was erected. His service to the church ended on December 31, 1887. In 1888, he helped organize St. James Lutheran Church in Frederick and was its pastor until October 15, 1891, the day he died. He was buried in Easton, PA. On July 1, 1901, Samuel M. Birely, John R. Stoner, George W. Stocksdale, Vincent Sebold, John Root, Dr. M. A. Birely and Harry G. Gorsuch obtained a charter for a national bank to operate in Thurmont. It was known as The Thurmont National Bank and was the first national bank opened in Frederick County outside Frederick City. On July 1, 1930, Clarence Thomas Kemp, owner of Kemp's Department Store on The Square Corner in Frederick, died with Parkinson's Disease at his home at 208 Rockwell Terrace. He was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. He was born July 5, 1862. On July 1, 1959, the Town of Walkersville acquired the Walkersville Water Company at a cost of $60,000, $15,000 in cash and $45,000 in debenture bonds. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 30, 1791, President George Washington spent the night in Frederick. He was served tea by town ladies using Barbara Hauer's tea service at Mrs. Talbot's Tavern on West Patrick Street. Miss. Hauer later married C. John Fritchie. On June 30, 1864, Osborne Ingle, who would serve as rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick from 1866 to 1909, was ordained a priest at Grace Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. He had been ordained a deacon on June 21, 1863 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in the same city. On June 30, 1873, Dr. Andrew Robert Hitchcock, the only veterinarian in Woodsboro for most of the first half of the 20th Century, was born in Stewartstown, PA. He died on December 24, 1951. On June 30, 1908, the First National Bank of Monrovia was organized. It began operations on October 1, 1908. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 29, 1742, Michael Cresap, who would lead a group of 300 Frederick Countians to Boston in July 1775 to relieve the local militia there following the Battle of Bunker Hill, was born in what is today Washington County, but then a part of Prince George's County. On June 29, 1763, Dr. John Tyler was born in Prince George's County. He is credited as the first doctor in Maryland to surgically treat cataracts. He died October 15, 1841, in Frederick. He also built Spite House on West Church Street in Frederick to keep city fathers from extending Record Street through to West Patrick Street. He said that the horse and wagon traffic beside his home and office (the rectory of All Saints Episcopal Church from 1914 until 2010) would disturb his delicate surgery. On June 29, 1792, a deed was signed for a lot on West Church Street, owned by Lenox Martin, to a group of trustees for the first Methodist Church in Frederick. On June 29, 1819, the Reformed Church of Middletown dedicated its new sanctuary. This was the fourth church of this congregation. On June 29, 1829, snow fell in the Middletown area according to Jacob Englebrecht's diary. On June 29, 1859, The Examiner announced that C. S. Williams, of Cincinnati, was about to publish a Frederick City Directory. Copies of this volume, the first of its kind published about Frederick, are available at both The C. Burr Artz Library and at the Historical Society of Frederick County. On June 29, 1878, Herbert Thompson resigned as principal of The Charlotte Hall School. Shortly afterward, he and his wife, Lady Ellen Thompson, opened Glenellen Academy in Ijamsville. It closed in 1888. On June 29, 1895, Caroline E. Davis became the first graduate of The Notre Dame Academy in Libertytown. The school, which opened in 1891, closed its doors at the end of the 1970 school year. On June 29, 1948, the William R. Diggs pool at Mullinex Park was dedicated with more than 300 people in attendance. Holmes D. Baker and his sister, Mrs. Charlotte Markell Baker King, donated the pool to honor the longtime Baker family employee. On June 29, 2011, the First Church of Christ, Scientists sold its church at 5 East Second Street, Frederick, to Covenant Family Chapel for $400,000. The building was originally built in 1872 as Trinity Methodist Church. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 28, 1755, Gov. Horatio Sharpe informed the Maryland Assembly "that a party of French Indians, had attacked "the back inhabitants of Frederick County," killing three and capturing eight other. Those killed were John Williams, his wife and their grandson. Williams' son Richard and his granddaughter Susannah were taken captive. Richard eventually escaped, but Susannah was held for 13 years before being freed in a prisoner exchange. Susannah eventually married Uriah Blue. On June 28, 1817, the Board of Directors of the Bank of Westminster voted to open a branch bank in Frederick to be known as The Office of Pay and Receipt, later the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank. On June 28, 1858, Monocacy Mills at Buckeystown was destroyed by fire. Jane, a slave belonging to mill owner Theodore C. Delaplaine, was later arrested and charged with arson. This was the last of three devastating fires to strike the facility. The first was on August 7, 1824. The second occurred on August 14, 1855. On June 28, 1863, General George C. Meade assumed command of Union forces from General Joseph ("Fighting Joe") Hooker near Prospect Hall. On June 28, 1863, George Armstrong Custer, an 1861 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general at a room at the City Hotel on West Patrick Street in downtown Frederick, by Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton. This action was taken on direct orders from the War Department. Custer was killed on June 25 or 26, 1876, at the Battle of The Little Big Horn. On June 28, 1864, Frederick native Bradley T. Johnson, a nephew of Thomas Johnson and a former state's attorney for the county, was given command of General W. E. Jones' cavalry unit under General Jubal Early. On June 28, 1876, the 4th of July celebration on the 100th Anniversary of the adoption of a resolution by the Maryland Convention declaring independence from England was held in Frederick. On June 28, 1924, Father William J. Kane, who prevailed upon the Sisters of Notre Dame in Baltimore to staff a school in Frederick in 1915, died. He was buried "at the center of the Third Street wall of the parish (St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church) cemetery, just behind the grave of Roger Brooke Taney and to the right of his predecessors of the Society of Jesus." On June 28, 1930, a stone from Devil's Den at Gettysburg, with an attached bronze plaque was unveiled near Prospect Hall where General George G. Meade relieved General Joseph Hooker. (See History Moment above.) 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 27, 1777, Governor Thomas Johnson signed a contract with Abraham Faw to build barracks in Frederick, now known as the Hessian Barracks. On June 27, 1819, the fourth church building of the Middletown Reformed Church was dedicated. On June 27, 1922, John Llewellyn Johnson, the managing superintendent of The Union Manufacturing Company in Frederick, died. He was born June 18, 1856, in Philadelphia. On June 27, 1991, The Loy's Station Covered Bridge east of Thurmont was destroyed by a fire ignited by an arsonist. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 26, 1799, a wing of the Hessian Barracks on South Market Street in Frederick, was destroyed by fire. On June 26, 1826, the Carroll Creek through downtown Frederick flooded, damaging the property of many citizens, including Jacob Engelbrecht's on West Patrick Street. On June 26, 1958, The Historical Society of Frederick County announced that it was now in possession of the Jacob Engelbrecht Diaries. Mr. Engelbrecht recorded local, national and international events in numerous journals from 1819 until his death in 1878. It is a unique record of local deaths, births, marriages, and just plain everyday tragedies. (The Society has published The Engelbrecht Diaries. The new volumes include more than 100 pages not included when the book was first published in the 1970s. It is available through the society in both book form and on a CD.) On June 26, 2011, the Sergeant Lawrence Everhart Chapter of The Sons of The American Revolution dedicated a plaque at the grave of Dr. Philip Thomas, the first physician in Frederick County. The ceremony took place in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick. Dr. Thomas was the son-in-law of John Hanson and served as a colonel of the 4th Battalion and provided medical support, money, food and supplies to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Dr. Thomas was born June 11, 1747, and died in 1815 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 25, 1744, Joshua Johnson, the son of Thomas and Dorcas Sedgewick Johnson, and the father-in-law of President John Quincy Adams, was born. He was also the American agent in France during the Revolution, and U.S. Consul in London from 1785-1799. On June 25, 1812, Thomas J. McGill, who practiced medicine in Jefferson and Frederick, was born. He died June 2, 1886, and was buried at St. Mark's Cemetery in Petersville. On June 25, 1836, McClintock Young, inventor of machinery used in the manufacture of matches and brushes, was born in Washington, DC. He died August 1, 1913, in Frederick. It was Young who kept Ox Fibre Brush Company at the forefront of the industry from its Frederick manufacturing plant. On June 25, 1915, a train wreck at the High Bridges over the highway to Sabillasville killed six. It involved the Western Maryland's Blue Mountain Express and a mail train. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 510-523 - KINNA, WATERS, TOMS, SCHINDLER, BISER, BOONE - Mar 1857 Central Bank of Frederick, et al vs Sampson KINNA, et al Supplemental of BGF-1, 541-611 and BGF-3, 75 Estate of James KINNA d/ 3 Jan 1857 Testimony from son, Thomas KINNA, regarding exception to claim of James WATERS, representing the bank, as payment of interest was paid within the three years prior to the filing of Petition. Also testifying was Mary C. TOMS, w/o Isaiah TOMS, for Ann C. SCHINDLER; Mary's father was David SCHINDLER who died 23 Feb 1856. Sale to John BISER for lot on "Carroll Manor" at $310, but he failed the terms of purchase. Property was resold to: - Robert BOONE at $330 Robert BOONE testified as agent he rented a farm of 480 acres on "Carroll Manor" to Hezekiah FLOYD who subrented 65-70 acres to James KINNA. David KINNA, s/o James KINNA, also testified. Richard H. MARSHALL was trustee who submitted Distribution of $29,636.98 - court costs, $33.68 - claims allowed in 1st audit, $23.288.72 - Central Bank, 79% of notes, $900.38, $2,250.96, $1,694.53, $900.38 - Michael STINE, 78% of note, $72.14 - Anne c. SCHINDLER, Executrix, 78% on note, $217.86 - T. KOHLENBERG & CROWN, 78% on note, $35.54 - Robert CURTIS, 78% on note, $30.89 - Samuel MILLER & Adam MILLER, 78% on note, $211.90 The mill property in Middletown Valley near Middletown is encumbered by the dower of the widow, Mrs. KINNA, and sales failed to receive a sufficient bid. The mill is a large brick merchant mill with 55 1/2 acres of productive land attached. It also has a brick house, Switzer barn. At private sale, Jonathan ROUTZAHN purchased 34 acres of mountain land at $878.72. Distribution of $2,704.22 with included rents and interest: - court costs, $209.68 - balance paid to multiple creditors. Closed 2 Aug 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus