On December 13, 1749, John Murphy was sentenced to be hanged for "felony and burglary," becoming the first person executed in Frederick County. He was hanged the day he was sentenced, which was the day after his arrest. On December 13, 1830, Henry Clay Naill, who would become the long-serving secretary of the Board of Visitors of The Maryland Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, was born in Frederick. On December 13, 1888, Dr. John J. Moran, who was employed as examining surgeon for the U.S. Army in Frederick during the Civil War, and who attended Edgar Allan Poe during his last illness, died in Baltimore. He was born in 1820. On December 13, 1901, Dr. William H. Johnson, who was born July 1, 1827, and who practiced medicine in Adamstown, died. On December 13, 1939, Challedon was named "Horse of The Year" after winning $184,353 for Glade Valley Farms near Walkersville during the year. 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