St. Mary’s County
Historical Society
the Society’s Bookstore
Free African-Americans in Maryland, 1832 -. Jerry M. Hynson. 161p. Indexed. Includes St. Mary’s County and other
counties in Maryland. Compiled from
census records found in Maryland State Archives and lists names and ages.
The First Census: The 1790 Census of Charles County,
Maryland. Wanda A. Schuhart
and Mary Z. Beaven. 39p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The Second Census: The 1800 Census of Charles County,
Maryland. Wanda A. Schuhart
and Mary Z. Beaven. 55p.Soft cover;
spiral bound; indexed.
The Third Census: The 1810 Census of Charles County,
Maryland. Wanda A. Schuhart
and Mary Z. Beaven. 39p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The Fourth Census: The 1820 Census of Charles County,
Maryland. Wanda A. Schuhart
and Mary Z. Beaven. 48p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The Fifth Census: The 1830 Census of Charles County,
Maryland. Wanda A. Schuhart
and Mary Z. Beaven. 71p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The Sixth Census: The 1840 Census of Charles County,
Maryland. Wanda A. Schuhart
and Peggy W. Schindler. 54p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1850 Census of Charles County, Maryland. Linda D. Davis Reno. 213p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1860 Census of Charles County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 161p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1870 Census of Charles County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 353p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1880 Census of Charles County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 404p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1790 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. The First Census. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 26p. Soft cover; indexed.
The 1800 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 46p.
Soft cover; indexed.
The 1810 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 35p.
Soft cover; indexed
The 1820 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Wanda Schuhart for St. Mary’s County
Historical Society. Soft cover;
indexed.
[NOTE:
There is no census for 1830.]
The 1840 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Wanda Schuhart for St. Mary’s County
Historical Society. 53p. Soft cover; indexed.
The 1850 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 189p.
Hard cover; indexed.
The 1860 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Shirley Evans. 258p. Indexed.
The 1870 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 806p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1880 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 359p.
Soft cover; indexed.
[NOTE: There is no census for 1890.]
The 1900 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr.
392p. Soft cover;
spiral bound; indexed.
The 1910 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 377p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1920 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 378p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1930 Census of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 364p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Methodism Through Family Lineage. Leonore Jean Blevins. 141p.
Hard cover. A baptism,
marriages, deaths, early trustee and probationary records of Bethel,
Leonardtown, Joy Chapel, and Mt. Zion Methodist churches in Southern
Maryland.
Abstracts of the Levy Court Records of St. Mary’s County,
Maryland (1829-1877). Linda Davis
Reno. 113p. Soft cover; spiral bound.
Abstracts contain the names of people who applied for financial
assistance and persons who supported their applications.
Judgments of St. Mary’s County Court (1807-1841). Transcription of the microfilm of original
judgment records. 187p. Indexed.
Proceedings of the Orphans Court of St. Mary’s County,
Maryland. Soft cover; spiral
binding; indexed. Orphans Court
addressed estate settlement problems and rendered decisions on issues not
covered in the probate process, appointed guardians for orphans, approved the
apprenticeships for children, ruled on the partial sales of estates in debt,
etc. Each book listed below:
Proceedings of the Orphans Court
of St. Mary’s County, Maryland: Book I (1777-1801) & Book II (1801-1809). Charles E. Fenwick, Sr. (1777-1801) &
Claude G. Blackwell (1801-1809).
279p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
Proceedings of the Orphans Court
of St. Mary’s County Maryland; Book III (1809-1826). Claude G. Blackwell. 197p.
Contains an account of the court case that emancipated over 200 of the
slaves of Colonel Richard Barnes. Soft
cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Proceedings of the Orphans Court of St. Mary’s County Maryland: Book
IV-A (1826-1829). Claude G. Blackwell. 210p.
Before the Rain Comes and Washes All the Dust Away. William and Robert Watson. 500p.
Collection of genealogy, pictures and family lore including the Alvey,
Burch, Dean, Graves, Green, Hedrick, Morgan, Quade, and Thompson families.
Chesdeline & Gerard Families of Maryland. Edwin W. Beitzell, 1949. Reprinted by Thomas Brent Cheseldine and
Beverly Wild, 2000. 395p. Soft cover; indexed. Covers descendants of Kenelm Cheseldyne and
his father-in-law, Thomas Gerard.
The Descendants of George and Matilda Cullins with Allied
Families. Juanita Gass. 133p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Covers Cullins family from 1900 through mid 1990’s. Some allied families included are Bailey<
Gass, Guy, Mattingly, Russell, Tennyson and Yates.
Gardiner Generations and Relations – Volumes I and II. Thomas Richard Gardiner. 696p.
Hard cover; indexed. Twenty
years of genealogical research on the descendants of Wyllyam Gardiner
(1450).
The Guy Family from Southern Maryland. Joseph S. Guy, Jr. 213p. Soft cover;
indexed. Discusses the Guy Family
including over 1900 names and photographs.
The Hammett Family from Southern Maryland. Joseph S. Guy, Jr. 294p. Soft cover; spiral
bound; indexed. Covers 2350 families
and descendants of Robert Hammett from the late 1600’s.
Kings Passengers to Maryland and Virginia. Peter Wilson Coldham. 444p.
Hard cover; indexed. A
consolidation of hundreds of passenger lists of involuntary
laborers/convicts. Some 25,000
passengers documented.
Marylanders to Kentucky 1775-1825. Henry C. Peden. 202p. Indexed. Compiled from pensions, land records,
newspapers, etc. Approximately 900
surnames covered.
More Marylanders to Kentucky 1778-1828. Henry C. Peden. 262p. Indexed. Contains additional names of Marylanders who
migrated to Kentucky as derived from a variety of sources.
Morgan Family from William and Charity Morgan c. 1755-1900. Wanda Schuhart. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Notes on Genealogy: The Family of Thomas Mattingly and
Related Families. Loretta
Beavan Norris, compiler; George A. Norris, editor. 399p.
Revolutionary Patriots of Calvert & St. Mary’s Counties,
Maryland 1775-1783. Henry C.
Peden, Jr. 307p. Soft cover; indexed. Identifies the men and women of Calvert and
St. Mary’s counties who served in some capacity0 military, government, public –
or who had a connection to the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary Patriots of Charles County, Maryland 1775-1783. Henry C. Peden, Jr. 332p.
Soft cover; indexed.
Alienations and Transfers, St. Mary’s County (June 6, 1786
to March 7, 1829). Charles E.
Fenwick and Wanda Schuhart. 286p. Soft cover; indexed. A courthouse fire in 1830 destroyed many of
the records for St. Mary’s County.
Twenty years of compilation from private collections, state archives and
remaining courthouse records have culminated in this edition. Enhanced by indexes including grantors,
grantees, slaves and land names.
Annual Valuations and Assessments: 1780-1841 (Abstracts from
Libers I, JF, JM1). Kirk E.
Ranzetta. 110p. Soft cover; indexed; spiral bound. The county Orphans Court require annual
valuations and assessments to protect the interests of orphans. Abstracts contain folio numbers, dates of
property evaluations, the names of orphans/orphans’ parents, guardians,
assessors, descriptions of properties and condition of properties and the land
grant area depicted in each description.
Balances and Distributions: JJ & JF (1782-1815) and JF1
(1816-1829) of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. 126p.
Verbatim transcriptions, includes index.
Debt Books of St. Mary’s County (1753-1758). Linda Davis Reno. 264p. Soft cover;
indexed; spiral binding. Compiled from
land records formerly known as “Rent Rolls,” annual account books showing
collections of rents due proprietors and includes names of tenants, tracts and
rents.
Early Landowners of Maryland, Volume 5: St. Mary’s County. Robert W. Hall. 2007. 347p.
Land Commission Records of St. Mary’s County Maryland
1843-1884. Transcription of
the microfilm of original court records.
Settlers of Maryland. Peter Wilson Coldham.
306p. Hard cover; indexed. Continues Skordas’ Early Settlers of
Maryland. Identifies several
thousand immigrants and tracts. Entries
include names, counties, tracts, acreages, dates, etc. for the period 1731-1750
(306p.); 1751-1765 (367p.) 1766-1783 (204p.).
St. Mary’s County Patent Records 1635-1946. Linda Davis Reno. 101p. Soft cover. Lists names alphabetically of land owners,
properties patented, and dates of patents.
Also available on compact disk (Word Perfect format).
Federal Direct Tax of 1798 St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Wanda M. Schuhart. 255p. The 1798 tax was a
levy upon owners of real property and slaves.
Lists the districts – combination of hundreds – owners and occupants,
dwellings and outbuildings including size, description, location and
valuation. Slaves are categorized but
not names.
St. Mary’s County Tax Assessment Records 1793-1849. Research by Charles E. Fenwick and
transcribed by Wanda M. Schuhart.
523p. Soft cover. Includes year 1793-1796, 1812, 1821, 1826,
1831, 1846, and 1849. Over 8700 entries
are listed in the volume. [In 1831, a
fire destroyed the County Courthouse and with it many of the records. Mr. Fenwick sources to recreate the records
included tax assessment and land abstract records held at the Maryland State
Archives and records that were rescued by concerned citizens at the time of the
fire.]
Birth Index of St. Mary’s, Charles, and Calvert Counties,
Maryland (1898-1919). Ann Ascosi
Baker. 405p. Soft cover; spiral bound.
Contains alphabetical listing of births transcribed from Board of
Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics birth records. Includes names of infants, mothers, fathers, and dates of birth.
Burials from Tombstones, Grave Markers, and Church Registers
of St. Mary’s County, Maryland (1634-1994). Janet Tice, et al. 618p. Soft cover; spiral
binding. Over 20,000 burials,
alphabetized by surname, from over 150 cemeteries and private burial
sites. When available, birth and death
dates, ages, marriage dates, military data, and relationships are provided.
Charles County Court Marriage Records 1866-1886. Wanda A. Schuhart. 2005. 107p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Charles County Court Marriage Records 1887-1903. Wanda A. Schuhart. 2005. 143p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Colonial Records of Southern Maryland. Elise Greenup Jourdan, 93p.
Soft cover; indexed. A
consolidation of some existing records on Colonial births, marriages and deaths
in Southern Maryland.
Death Index of St. Mary’s Charles, and Calvert Counties,
Maryland (1898-1923). Barbara
Bassford Higgs. 256p. Soft cover; spiral bound. Alphabetical listing of deaths transcribed
from Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics death records. Includes names and ages of deceased, dates
of death, and race.
Death Notices (1900-1930) from the St. Mary’s Beacon. Consolidated and indexed by Richard t.
Nelson, Jr. (1900-1919); transcribed by
Regina Combs Hammett (1920-1930; transcribed by Charles David Long. 199p.
Soft cover; indexed; spiral bound.
Alphabetized listing of obituaries.
Early Charles County, MD Settlers, 1658-1745. Strawser Bates & F. Edward Wright. 400p.
Soft cover; indexed. Compilation
of data from wills, inventories and accounts, church registers, and county and
Provincial Court records. Includes
relationships, ages, births, marriages and death dates, and names of tracts.
Index to Obituaries, Memorials and Death Notices
(1931-1969): The St. Mary’s Enterprise and the Enterprise (St. Mary’s
County, Maryland newspapers). Charles
David Long. 12p. Soft cover.
Contains over 8000 entries.
Includes names of deceased, ages when given in newspaper, dates of
newspaper editions, columns and page numbers.
Indicates which obituaries contain photographs and which extractions
were taken from memorials.
Index to The Enterprise Obituaries (1970-1996). Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 136p.
Soft cover; spiral bound. Index
contains over 12,500 entries. Provides
the names of the deceased, the dates of The Enterprise issues, and the page
number of obituaries or accounts of death.
Marriage Records, St. Mary’s County, Maryland (1987-1915)
from Marriage Liber E.B.A. No. 1.
Richard T. Nelson, Jr.
175p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
Marriage Records, St. Mary’s County, Maryland (1915-1940)
from Marriage Liber E.B.A. No. 2.
Richard T. Nelson, Jr.
192p. Soft cover; spiral bound,
indexed.
Marriage Records, St. Mary’s County, Maryland (1940-1949)
from Marriage Liber E.B.A. No. 3.
Richard T. Nelson, Jr.
164p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
Marriage Records, St. Mary’s County, Maryland (1949-1960)
from Marriage Liber E.B.A. No. 4.
Richard T. Nelson, Jr.
p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
Marriages and Deaths, St. Mary’s County, Maryland 1634-1900. Margaret K. Fresco. 513p.
Hard cover.
Obituaries, Memorials and Death Notices (1883-1902) and
(1912-1930) from the St. Mary’s Enterprise (St.
Mary’s County, Maryland newspaper).
Charles David Long. 314p. Soft cover; indexed. Contains newspaper edition dates and page
and column numbers. Alphabetized
records. Supplemental index lists names
of relatives and other information.
St. Mary’s County Coroners Inquest, 1821-1921. Harry C. Knott. 175p. Hard cover;
indexed. Compilation of coroners’
inquests into the cause and circumstances of violent or suspicious deaths.
St. Mary’s County, Maryland Wills 1836-1857. 2007.
Linda D. Reno. 156p. Soft cover; indexed.
Wills, St. Mary’s County, HH#1 & JJ #1 1776-1791. Linda D. Reno; indexed by Joann E.
Humphries. 234p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Wills, St. Mary’s County, JJ#2 1791-1802. Linda D. Reno; indexed by Joann E.
Humphries. 205p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Wills, St. Mary’s County, JJ #3 1803-1820. Linda D. Reno; indexed by Joann E. Humphries.
257p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
Wills, St. Mary’s County, 1820-1836. Linda D. Reno. 202p. Soft cover;
indexed.