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, MD. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net