Hello David and Mary and All, More info from the Middleton Book... Shirley Middleton Moller MIDDLETONS and KINDRED FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND, D.B.LLOYD In 1870 Mrs. Middleton was living with her son, Dr. Alexius Middleton, on Middleton Road near Piscataway in Prince George's County. Alexander Middleton's Prince George's home site was west of Middleton Road, beyond the farm burying ground. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Middleton Edelen II" <k98@elmore.rr.com> To: <mdcharle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30 PM Subject: [MDCHARLE] Alex. Middleton, his son,and Middleton farm in Pr. Georges County was...... > Hello Mur Hiltenbrand, Shirley and all, > Alexander Middleton ws my gr gr gr grandfather, his son Dr. > Alexius Llewellyn Middleton was my gr gr grandfather naturally. I am not > sure where Alexander lived, but Dr. Middleton owned 1600 acres of land > along > Mattawoman Creek in Pr. Georges county, almost directly across from my > grandmother's Berry land (called "Friendship") in "Berry", Charles Co.. > Perhaps his Dad had it first. What is now Sharpersville Rd runs right up > the > middle of what used to be his farm until it hits Mattawoman Creek. Now a > golf course is on the side where Dr. Middleton had a small office back in > the day and his old homeplace was/is on the other side of > Sharpersville/Middleton Rd. According to an old map of his land, > Sharpersville Rd was called Middleton Rd where it went through his land. > It > also shows a round cemetary on that old map of his land, sort of back > behind > his old home. I have ridden by that land a time or two but never went on > it. I always wonder if that little cemetery is still there. What portion > of Sharpersville Rd did you walk, on the Charles or Pr. Georges County > side? > Dr. Middleton's property as I have said lay on both sides of the road on > the > Pr. Georges side of Mattawoman Creek. If you crossed that old bridge to go > into Charles county then all that land on your left and right used to be > Berry land. In fact the Berrys owned quite a lot of land and all around > there back in the old days or so I was told. My grandmother, Eloise > Gilmore > Berry (Mrs. David Middleton Edelen) still owned 93 acres of that land (on > your left as you cross into Charles county) up until her death in the mid > 1990s. > My uncle sold the land and he and his partners built all those houses and > neighborhood that stand on it now. You would think they would have named > at > least one street after the Berrys or "Friendship" or something, which is > what the land was called back in the old days. Yankee troops camped in > their > yard during the war and she showed me a letter from the commander > apologizing for any inconvenience their presence might have cause and > thanking their family for their hospitality, etc.. There is no telling > where > that letter is now. > Anyway, I am not sure if any Middleton descendents still own > any > of that property either. The old map shows boundry markers too on the road > that intersects and is the Sharpersville community or crossroads. If you > would like I will e-mail the map/s to you. I don't know how to post them > here. Anyway, Dr. Middleton was an Asst-Surgeon in the Confederate Army > during the War for Southern Independence with the rank of either a 1st Lt > or > Captain. I am not sure when he obtained that 1600 acre tract or what. He > was > raised up around Bryantown and I assume moved to Pr. Georges County with > his > father Alexander when he moved. > Dr. Middleton's daughter was Olivia Attawa Middleton, who > married Charles Jenkins Edelen. Charles and Olivia were my great > grandparents. I don't know why her mom's middle name was Attaway and hers > was Attawa. I have a pic of Dr. Middleton, his young sister that died at > 18 > Sarah Sienna Middleton, etc.. I will be glad to share these as well. > Shirley, thanks for that bit of info about that old graveyard > on > Dr. Middleton's land. That infuriates me that the grave stones were > removed! > Why on earth would anyone do that and who did it and when?!? Isn't that > illegal? Is there at least a list or record of who all was buried there? > Why on earth I wonder would not the land owners take care of that little > cemetery, a piece of Pr. Georges Co. history and several families'? I am > just flabbergasted at that. > Take care, > David Middleton Edelen II > Alabama > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDCHARLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message