On June 10, 1748, Governor Samuel Ogle signed the law separating Frederick County from Prince George's County. The effective date was December 10, 1748. The new county included present day Montgomery, Washington, Allegheny and Garret counties as well as Frederick County. On June 10, 1762, The Maryland Gazette reported that Richard "Dew" Crosby was hanged on May 26 for the murder of Uriah Mort on April 13, as Mr. Mort and his son traveled to Frederick Towne from Virginia. Crosby's nickname has also been reported as "Deck." On June 10, 1872, Ephriam Jeems and Henry Garrison engaged in a fight on a horse drawn cart as it traveled down Market Street from 7th Street to the Square Corner in Frederick. Police arrested both men and Garrison was later fined $10. On June 10, 1982, Arthur Hart Etchison, who operated M. R. Etchison and Son Funeral Home with his father McKendree Riley Etchison until his father's death on May 3, 1952, and then alone until August 2, 1971, died. He lived at 17 West Second Street. He was born April 4, 1899. On June 10, 1991, the owners of The Valley Register, which had been published in Middletown for 146 years, announced they were ceasing publication. On June 10, 2003, The Roger Brooke Taney house on South Bentz Street in Frederick was given to the Historical Society of Frederick County by the Francis Scott Key Memorial Foundation, Inc. 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>

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On June 9, 1861, Confederate forces, acting on orders from Gen. Robert E. Lee, saturated the bridge over the Potomac Bridge connecting Berlin (Brunswick) with Virginia with kerosene and set it ablaze. It would be another 32 years before another permanent bridge was constructed to connect Maryland and Virginia at that location. On June 9, 1864, Union troops were stationed at the Araby Mansion, south of Frederick on The Buckeystown Pike. On June 9, 1914, the cornerstone for the administration building was laid on the "Greater College" campus of Hood College. This was the first new building for the school. On June 9, 2004, the Frederick County Board of Education appointed Associate Superintendent Dr. Linda Burgee as acting superintendent of Frederick County Public Schools. She was later selected as the permanent superintendent, the first woman to hold that position in Frederick 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 8, 1841, Francis Thomas, a Frederick County native who would become Maryland governor in 1842, married Sallie Campbell Preston McDowell. On June 8, 1850, the new Evangelical Reformed Church, on the north side of the unit block of West Church Street in Frederick, was dedicated. On June 8, 1882, the Loats Female Orphan Asylum, located in the building which now houses the Historical Society of Frederick County in the first block of East Church Street in Frederick, accepted its first admission. On June 8, 1901, Lee McCardell, Frederick native and reporter, foreign correspondent and feature writer for The Sun of Baltimore, and first cousin of fashion designer Claire McCardell, was born. He died February 7, 1963. McCardell also wrote a definitive biography of British General Edward Braddock. On June 8, 1991, President George H. W. Bush attended his first Frederick Keys baseball game at Grove Stadium in Frederick. On June 8, 2008, the Rev. Thomas A Momberg was installed as the 16th rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick. He was the former associate rector of The Church of the Holy Communion in Memphis TN. 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>

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 441-457 - MERCER, PEDDICORD, CORRIE, LINDSAY - May 1859 Henry A. PEDDICORD & w/ Mary E. vs Sarah M. MERCER, et al Henry D. MERCER d/ Feb 1857, intestate widow - Rachael B. MERCER d/ Feb 1859 d/ Mary E. w/o Henry A. PEDDICORD d/ Sarah M. MERCER, a minor d/ Emma L. MERCER, a minor, later w/o Charles PEDDICORD - Howard County s/ Samuel B. MERCER, a minor d/ Charlotte MeRCER, a minor d/ Anne M. MERCER, a minor Land - "Pleasant Fields", 3/4 acre; from Samuel BAKER & w/ Elizabeth in 1834; located on Linganore, adjoining land of John LUGENBEEL. House and lot is in Unionville. - "Williams Beginning and Shun___", 199 acres; from Isaac BROWER, as insolvent trustee for James CORRIE Sr. (to him from William A. DORSEY in 1847). Guardian was Joseph W. L. CARTY. Testimony was heard from Greenbury R. SAPPINGTON and C. W. DORSEY. Trustee was Henry A. PEDDICORD with sureties as Greenberry R. SAPPINGTON and George W. DUDDERAR. Sale was held 1 Oct 1859 at the tavern of Upton WOLFE in Unionville; high bidder was: - Caleb PEDDICORD for the farm at $4,883.46 - Thomas O. LINDSAY for house and lot at $705 Total sales, $5,588.46 Distribution: court costs, $288.04 - D & P ENGEL, claim, $71.50 - Wm. H. WARNER, claim, $651.25 and $41.40 - John MILLER, claim, $9.56 - Thomas HAMMOND, claim, $52.23 - each 1/6 share to children, $745.74 Closed 16 May 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

On June 7, 1727, Benjamin Tasker received a patent for 7,000 acres of land in Frederick County which he called Tasker's Chance. Frederick Town was later laid out on part of this tract. On June 7, 1815, Revolutionary War General Roger Nelson, severely wounded at The Battle of Camden, and father of future U. S. Attorney General John Nelson, died. He was a native of Frederick and was originally buried in All Saints Cemetery on East All Saints Street. His body was moved to Mt. Olivet Cemetery in 1913. On June 7, 1825, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, author of the historical novel Lorna Doone, was born at Longworth, Berkshire, England. Lady Ellen Thompson, who with her husband operated Glenellen Academy in Ijamsville from 1878 to 1888, claimed that she was the actual author of the novel. Blackmore died January 20, 1900. On June 7, 1967, a corporation headed by Frederick businessman Richard R. Kline purchased The Barbara Fritchie Home on West Patrick Street in Frederick with the intentions of restoring it and placing Fritchie memorabilia in it. This was not the original Fritchie home, but rather a replica built during the 1926. The original home was demolished after a flood in 1868. On June 7, 1987, the monument to Francis Scott Key at Mt. Olivet Cemetery was rededicated after its restoration. On June 7, 2004, the Board of Trustees of Mount Saint Mary's College voted unanimously to change the school's designation to university, effective immediately. The school was founded in 1808 in Emmitsburg. On June 7, 2006, Frederick Bricks Works, Inc., located on East South Street in Frederick for 115 years, broke ground for a new facility in the Riverside Industrial Park on Monocacy Boulevard. 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 6, 1824, the main building at Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg, occupied by students though still under construction, was destroyed by fire. Father John Dubois, Mount president, assisted students and faculty in an attempt to extinguish the fire, but the entire structure was lost. On June 6, 1910, Charles B. Cox became manager of the New City Hotel in the unit block of West Patrick Street in Frederick. He left the job September 10, 1918, to take over as manager of The Leland Hotel (later The Anthony Wayne) in Waynesboro, PA. On June 6, 1944, Annon Shriner, of Thurmont, became the first Frederick County man killed in the D-Day campaign. He died on Omaha Beach. 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 5, 1822, Williams and Herbert's Company of tragedians appeared at Frederick's City Hall. On June 5, 1843, a temperance convention in Frederick drew more participants than Frederick political conventions. On June 5, 1898, the Rev. E. L. McLean, an 1893 graduate of Eastern Theological Seminary in Lancaster, PA., was installed as the first pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Frederick. The dedication of the first church edifice of this congregation was conducted on November 8, 1903. On June 5, 1902, the Rev. Maurice Dunbar Ashbury, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church from February 1, 1952, until January 1, 1970, and among the founders of Counseling Services of Frederick, Inc., was born in Portsmouth, VA. He died September 29, 1996, at Homewood Retirement Center in downtown 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 4, 1726, the Rev. Phillip William Otterbein, the third pastor of the German Reformed Church in Frederick, was born in Nassau, Germany. It was while he was pastor that the original Trinity Chapel on West Church Street was constructed. On June 4, 1751, Daniel Dulany surrendered his entire claim to the 10 acres he had donated to the Moravian Church at Graceham. The deed was recorded in Annapolis. On June 4, 1821, Roger Brooke Taney and Dr. John Baltzell were among those elected directors of Frederick County Bank, which became The Frederick County National Bank. The bank was bought out by BB&T Bank of Charlotte, NC, in 2001. On June 4, 1826, a new organ was first used at All Saints Episcopal Church on North Court Street in Frederick. On June 4, 1925, a fire, which began in the Frank B. Zepp Dry Goods Store in Mount Airy, spread quickly throughout the town. Damage estimates were put at $200,000. Fire companies from Frederick, Rockville, Kensington and Ellicott City helped in the effort to extinguish the blaze. On June 4, 1933, a Confederate Monument was unveiled at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick. On June 4, 1994, Cindy Gibson, a senior at Brunswick High School, died of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) just three days before she would have graduated. She fought the disease for nearly 10 years after acquiring it through a blood transfusion. 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 June 3, 1837, the first black female was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick. She was Mary of the Thomas W. Morgan family. On June 3, 1854, the Frederick County Agricultural Society was incorporated. On June 3, 1993, President William Jefferson Clinton visited a Fredericktowne Village housing development in Frederick to promote his home ownership initiatives. On June 3, 2004, St. Peter The Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Libertytown was destroyed by an accidental fire. The rectory of the parish, located next door, was also heavily damaged. Twenty-two fire companies from four counties and Fort Detrick battled the blaze for hours to bring it under control. 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 2, 1809, the Sisters of Charity, founded by Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, appeared at a public worship service for the first time in their religious dress. On June 22 of that same year, Mother Seton and her followers moved to Emmitsburg from Baltimore. On June 2, 1881, a monument to Confederate soldiers was unveiled at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick. On June 2, 1914, a fire, which began in the creamery building in Creagerstown, and which was fanned by strong northwest winds, destroyed more than half of the town. On June 2, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commencement speaker at Mount Saint Mary's College 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>

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 429-441 - HARLAND, ANDERS, DEVILBISS - Jan 1860 Moses ANDERS vs James W. HARLAN, Administrator John M. HARLAND, dec'd s/ James W. HARLAND d/ Nancy HARLAND, now dec'd, without issue s/ Joseph HARLAND - out of state d/ Mary HARLAND - out of state s/ J. G. Washington HARLAND d/ Ellen HARLAND w/o Moses ANDERS d/ Catharine HARLAND - out of state Land - House and Lot #47 in Woodsborough; with 2-story weatherboard house, adjoins Evangelical Lutheran Church and has a good kitchen and wagon maker shop attached and other necessary buildings, an excellent well and choice fruit. - also "The Worst", an 8 acre wood lot Trustee was Moses ANDERS (this stems from a decree of James W. HARLAN and Nancy HARLAN against David WAGNER). Sale was held 8 Apr 1854 on the premises; high bidder was: - Henry KEMP for the wood lot at $31/acre - Nancy HARLAND for house and lot at $750; however, she died in the early part of 1859, intestate, without paying off the total purchase; her administrator was J. G. Washington HARLAND. Moses ANDERS was trustee for the resale of the house and lot, with sureties as John TROUT and George SNYDER. On 2 Mar 1861, sale was held on the premises; high bidder was: - Wesley DEVILBISS for house & lot at $850 Distribution of $850; court costs, $136.10 - Moses ANDERS for claim, $278.45 - J. W. HARLAN for claim, $322.91 - A. P. KESSLER, for state tax, $2.81 - James W. HARLAN, 1/6, $18.28 - Joseph HARLAND, 1/6, $18.28 - Mary HARLAND, 1/6, $18.28 - J. G. Washington HARLAND, 1/6, $18.28 - Ellen ANDERS, 1/6, $18.28 - Catharine HARLAND , 1/6, $18.28 Closed 3 May 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

On June 1, 1787, Margaret Stone, wife of Thomas Stone, who signed the Declaration of Independence for Maryland, died. She and her husband lived in Frederick from 1765 to 1771. On June 1, 1791, John Nelson, son of Revolutionary War hero General Roger Nelson, and a future Attorney General of The United States in the Tyler Administration, was born in Frederick. On June 1, 1793, New Market was laid out by Nicholas Hall. In the three months between March 1 and June 1, 1860, 136 slaves were manumitted by their owners in Frederick County. This was in advance of a new state law which took effect on this date prohibiting the freeing of slaves. On June 1, 1869, Lloyd C. Culler, longtime mayor of Frederick, was born. He owned a construction company which built many of the prominent building still in use today. On June 1, 1883, the first telephone exchange was put in service in Frederick. On June 1, 1922, Thurmont Memorial Park formally opened on East Main Street to honor men of the area who served in World War I. Official dedication ceremonies were held on November 11. On June 1, 1951, Army Sgt. Ira Miss, Jr., of Frederick, died in a North Korean prison camp at age 23. The Army says he was taken prisoner on February 13 in the area of Hoengsong, Korea. His remains were never recovered. On June 1, 1967, Josephine P. Etchison retired as librarian at the C. Burr Artz Library after nearly 30 years in the post. On June 1, 1971, the Rev. Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips resigned as president of Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg. Dr. John J. Dillon, Jr., then became the first layman to head the college. On June 1, 1993, Denise Davis, an attorney with a background in library science, became the librarian at the C. Burr Artz Library, succeeding Martha Louise Reynolds, who had retired April 30. 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 May 31, 1781, Gen. Anthony Wayne, leading a force of about 1,000 men, passed through Frederick on his way to join General Lafayette in Virginia. On May 31, 1788, William Bradley Tyler, who practiced medicine in Frederick from 1814 to 1842, was born in Prince George's County. He died in Frederick on September 9, 1863. On May 31, 1871, the cornerstone was laid for the first new building at the Maryland Deaf and Dumb Asylum off South Market Street in Frederick. On May 31, 1872, Mason L. Apple and Philip H. Heeter, who both lived near Point of Rocks, stabbed each other to death with pocket knives during a heated argument near the town's post office. On May 31, 1936, the cornerstone of the tower of The Church of The Brethren at 23 West Fourth Street in Frederick, was laid. This event marked the first expansion of the church's physical facility, which had been built in 1886 on the old Mantz Family Cemetery. On May 31, 1939, Michael J. Thompson, burgess of Emmitsburg and former dean of Maryland football officials, died suddenly at his home. He was born July 22, 1877. On May 31, 1940, a new Frederick High School was dedicated. It was built by Calvin Owens of Bethesda for $369,500. The contract was awarded December 21, 1938. On May 31, 1967, Martha Louise Reynolds, an Indiana native, assumed her duties as administrative librarian at the C. Burr Artz Library in Frederick, succeeding Josephine P. Etchison, who retired after 30 years in the post. Ms. Reynolds retired April 30, 1993. 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 May 30, 1752, Daniel Dulany granted the lots on East Church Street to the trustees of what became the Evangelical Lutheran Church for a new house of worship. Conrad Grosh and Frederick Unseldt were the church members who requested the grant. On May 30, 1950, more than 4,000 people attended the 200th anniversary celebration in Walkersville, and the dedication of the new fire hall and community center. This building now serves as Town Hall after extensive renovations. On May 30, 1980, Judge William W. Wenner, of the Frederick County District Court, was appointed to The Sixth Judicial Circuit Court by Gov. Harry Hughes. He replaced Judge Robert E. Clapp, Jr., who retired. On May 30, 1994, Jug Bridge Memorial Park was dedicated. This park commemorates the Jug Bridge over the Monocacy River, which was built in 1808 and remained in use until 1942, when a section collapsed into the river. 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 May 29, 1844, Enoch Louis Lowe, the youngest person ever elected governor of Maryland and a resident of Frederick, married Esther Winder Polk of Princess Anne, MD. They had 11 children, seven of whom - along with Mrs. Lowe - survived the governor when he died in New York on August 23, 1892. On May 29, 1854, Ann J. Crawford, 67, became the first person to be buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick. She died the day before her internment. On May 29, 1904, a new Zion Reformed Church at Charlesville, Frederick County, was dedicated. The earlier church was destroyed by a fire caused by a lightning strike on May 23, 1903. On May 29, 1986, Frederick J. Bower, prominent local attorney and activist in Democratic Party circles, was appointed to the Frederick County District Court. He left the bench in March 2005 when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. On May 29, 1991, District Court Judge Herbert L. Rollins was elevated to the Frederick County Circuit Court by Governor William Donald Schaefer. 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>

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On May 28, 1859, a convention of slaveholders was held at The Frederick County Courthouse to select delegates to the state convention to be held in Baltimore on June 8. On May 28, 1869, George Truman was hanged at the jail on West South Street in Frederick for the murder of an unidentified man on January 30, 1869, near Point of Rocks. While never fully identified, the murder victim is thought to have been a Jewish peddler. On May 28, 1888, a fire and explosion, caused by the ignition of gasoline fumes, destroyed Charles Zeller's store at South and Market streets in Frederick. Thirty-one members of the United Fire Company were injured battling the subsequent fire. Most were cut by flying glass. 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>

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 422-429 - SCHLEY, RAMSBURG - Dec 1861 George SCHLEY & wife, et al vs William Henry SCHLEY, et al Supplemental of BGF-1, 490 and BGF-2, 199 Estate of Frederick A. SCHLEY Trustees were George SCHLEY of Washington County and James M. SCHLEY. Land - "Springfield", 297 acres; lying NE of the Frederick and Mechanicstown Turnpike and west of the Creagerstown Road. Trustees were unable to sell the estate at public or private sale. James M. SCHLEY was willing to purchase the estate for $13,000. Other sales: - Lewis P. RAMSBURG for Lot #10, 15 acres, at $500.82; his sureties were Alexander RAMSBURG and Adam DIEHL. Distribution of $13,500.82; court costs, $467.60 - George SCHLEY, 1/4, $3,258.30 - James M. SCHLEY, 1/4, $3,258.30 - William Henry SCHLEY, 1/4, $3,258.30 - Buchanan SCHLEY, 1/4, $3,258.30 Closed 26 May 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

On May 27, 1768, the Rev. Bennett Allen was appointed rector of All Saints Parish, succeeding the Rev. Thomas Bacon, who had died. On May 27, 1853, a company was incorporated to build a road from Woodsboro to Ceresville, what is today The Woodsboro Pike (MD 194). On May 27, 1868, Abraham Kemp, longtime leader of The Evangelical Reformed Church, now the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ in Frederick, died. The church renamed its Market Street building in his honor. It was in this building that the Maryland General Assembly met in 1862. On May 27, 1869, the iron bridge over Carroll Creek at Bentztown was completed. On May 27, 1892, 1st Lt. George E. Davis, Company D, 10th Vermont Infantry, was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in The Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864. He was born December 26, 1839, in Dunstable, Massachusetts. On May 27, 1901, Benjamin L. Shuff, longtime president of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, was born near Wolfsville. On May 27, 1941, Katherine E. Byron, mother of Goodloe E. Byron and mother-in-law of Beverly B. Byron, was elected to replace her husband, William D. Byron, as the representative to Congress from the Sixth District of Maryland. Mr. Byron was killed in a plane crash near Atlanta on February 27. 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>