I found this in the Glades Star, Vol. 1, No. 34. (I have only included dates and names; not the entire article) Maryland: County formation dates. Prince George's County..organized in 1696 Frederick County..organized in 1748 Washington County..organized in 1776 Allegany County..organized in 1789 Garrett County..organized in 1872 Dec. 14, 1872, Gov. Whyte issued proclamation declaring the territory named in the enabling Act "constituted as a new county to be called Garrett County." First session of the Circuit Court in the new county was convened May 19, 1873, in the dining room of the Glades Hotel. Judges William Moffet and George A. Pearre presided. First Grand Jury: Jonas Wass, D. A. Friend, Elisha Umble, Henry Myers, Robert E. Lee, Isaac Spiker, S. J. Livengood, Adam Garringer, Christian J. Beachy, Silas Fitzwater, Frederick Englehardt, W. E. George, Charles Warnick, Charles Bill, Israel Garlitz, E. Falkenstine, J. F. Frantz, John Friend of N., Josiah Boucher, Patrick Hamill, John Frantz of Joseph, Thomas Cuppett, John C. Dunham. First Petit Jury James Poland, Norman Bernard, Wm. Sharpless, John G. Riley, P. M. Stemple, George Ruckles, J. F. Robinson, W. C. Broadwater, John Edgar, Sr., Samuel Beachy, John Tice, Nelson Irwin, Wm. B. Stanton, W. W. Ashby, Amos W. Friend, Clark DeBerry, Stephen W. Friend, Emanuel Custer, Robert Green, Joseph Mart, A. C. Hamill, George Roth, Elijah Friend of J. The Orphans Court First session held Feb. 11, 1873. Judges: D. Harrison Friend, William Harvey, Joseph DeWitt. First Courthouse built 1877.