St. Mary’s County Historical Society

 

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1 November 2007

 

 

HISTORY

 

ST. MARY’S COUNTY HISTORY

 

A Most Convenient Place: Leonardtown, Maryland ~1650-1950~.  Aleck Loker.  232p.  2001.  Soft cover; indexed.  A comprehensive history of Leonardtown, the county seat of St. Mary’s County.  Traces the development of the town from a colonial concept for a second town in St. Mary’s County through 1950.   The book is illustrated with old photographs, maps and charts.  Extensive reference notes follow each chapter and a 14-page index contains thousands of surname and subject references. 

 

Chaptico – A History of St. Mary’s County 4th District.  Joseph E. Norris, Jr.  52p.  Soft cover.  Origins and history of a small town. 

 

Charlotte Hall – The Village Which Grew From a School.  Dr. J. Roy Guyther.  221p.  Soft cover.  Two hundred years of history, 1797-1997.  The unique story of a village developing first from a clear spring then from a school.  Over 13 historic homes may still be found there. 

 

Charlotte Hall School, 1774-1976.  Dr. J. Roy Guyther.     History of Charlotte Hall School.  94p.  Soft cover.  Includes alumni, headmasters and trustees.

 

Doctors of St. Mary’s County, Maryland 1634-1900.  Margaret Fresco.  311p.  Hard cover; indexed.  Includes 15 photographs, biographical and genealogical information. 

 

A History of Methodist Churches in St. Mary’s County.  Bi-centennial Committee of Cluster VII of St. Mary’s County, Maryland.  1984.  32p.  Soft cover.  Contains names, locations and general history of Methodist Churches in St. Mary’s County, MD.

 

History of St. Mary’s County, Maryland 1634-1990.  Regina Combs Hammett. 

631p.  Hard cover; indexed.  145 photographs and illustrations. 

 

The History of Saint Mary’s Six Court Houses 1644-2002.  Aleck Loker.  2003p.  22p.  Soft cover.  Concise and readable account of the genesis of one of the oldest courts in our country.

 

Jesuit Missions of St. Mary’s County, Maryland.  Edwin W. Beitzell.  422p.  Hard cover; annotated & indexed.  Chronicles not only the history of the Jesuit missions but also the general course of events in Maryland’s Mother County from colonial days to more recent times.  Contains genealogical information and photographs. 

 

Life at Cedar Point: A Cultural & Natural History Tour of Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland.  28p.  Soft cover.

 

Life at Priest Point: A Cultural & Natural History Tour of NAS Patuxent River Webster Field Annex St. Inigoes, Maryland.  24p.  Soft cover.

 

The Margaret Brent Story.  1984.  35p.  Soft cover. 

 

Mechanicsville: The Story of Our Village.  J. Roy Guyther, M.D.  184p.  Hard cover; indexed.  Tells the story of the village of Mechanicsville, MD founded in 1850.  Each copy autographed by the author.  Includes recollections of people, places and events, as well as photographs. 

 

Memories of Sotterley.  Richard and Shawn Knott.  73p.  Soft cover.  Wonderful collection of remembrances of the twentieth century from Richard Knott who was born and raised at Historic Sotterley Plantation of the Patuxent River.  Filled with pictures chronicling his life and those who also resided at and near the plantation.

 

Old St. George’s.  16p.  soft cover.  A brief history of St. George’s Island, St. Mary’s County, Maryland. 

 

“…once the Metropolis of Maryland”; The History and Archaeology of Maryland’s First Capital.  Silas D. Hurry.  2001. 58p.  Soft cover. 

 

Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates.  Edwin W. Beitzell.  200p.  Soft cover; indexed.  History of the prisoner of war camp.  Includes names of 4,000 of the prisoners who died there.

 

St. John’s Parish, 1690-1990; The Same Yesterday Today & Tomorrow.  52p.  Soft cover.  Concise history of St. John’s Roman Catholic Church and School in Hollywood, MD.  Includes list of priests who served and church patrons.

 

St. Mary’s County in the American Revolution: Calendar of Events.  Edwin W. Beitzell.  145p.  Hard cover.  Includes names of all St. Mary’s County men known to have served in the war.

 

That Sweet Land.  Henry Bonner.  79p.  Soft cover.  An exploration of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, since the arrival of the English settlers on its shores in 1634.  Also includes colonial recipes reflecting the history of the county.

 

Tobacco to Tomcats:  St. Mary’s County Since the Revolution.  Sandy Shoemaker.  Illustrations by Mary Lou Troutman.  180p.  Soft cover.  Gives an insightful overview of the history of St. Mary’s County from the American Revolution to the present. 

 

Where Maryland Began… the Colonial History of St. Mary’s County.  Sandy Shoemaker.      Soft cover.  Describes the colonial history of the county and explains how information was obtained to uncover this history by using primary sources, records with clues about the past left by the people who lived in Maryland, and archaeology.

 

Yesterday in Old St. Mary’s County.  Robert E. T. Pogue.  464p.  Hard cover; indexed.  Presents a brief history of early Southern Maryland and a glimpse at life in St. Mary’s County over the course of four generations. 

 

SOUTHERN MARYLAND HISTORY

 

Charles County Gentry.  Henry Wright Newman.  321p.  Soft cover; indexed.  Genealogical history of Thomas Dent, John Dent, Richard Edelen, John Hanson, George Newman and Humphrey Warren, early settlers of Charles County, Maryland. 

 

A Guide to Historic Episcopal Churches of Southern Maryland 1634-1984.  2984.  30p.  Soft cover.  A guide to and concise history of over twenty Episcopal churches located in St. Mary’s Charles and Price George’s Counties of Maryland. 

 

History of Calvert County, Maryland.  Charles Francis Stein.  484p.  Hard cover; indexed.  History of one of Maryland’s oldest counties.  Also contains short historical sketches of 130 families.

 

History of Charles County, Maryland.   Klapther, Margaret Brown and Paul Dennis Brown.  204p.  Soft cover.  Photographs and illustrations.  Written in the county’s tercentenary year of 1958. 

 

Thomas Stone: Elusive Maryland Signer.  John M. and Roberta Wearmouth.  A biography of the youngest of the four Marylanders who signed the Declaration of Independence.  218p. Hard cover. 

 

Watery Highways: Trade and Travel in the Colonial Chesapeake.  Joseph M. Greeley.  2005.  52p.  Soft cover.

 

MARYLAND HISTORY

 

Adventurers, Cavaliers, Patriots – Ancestors Remembered.  National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland.  304p.       .  Soft cover; indexed.  Biographical sketches of the ancestors from whom Maryland Dames claim lineage. 

 

Chesapeake Bay: Witnesses to the Creation.  Aleck Loker.  2002.  28p.  Soft cover. 

 

Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War.  Eric Mills.  315p.  Hard cover; indexed.  Focuses on the Civil War as it was experienced in the lands surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. 

 

Colonial and Historic Homes of Maryland.  Etchings by Don Swann, text by Don Swann, Jr.  Indexes and map included.  215p.  Soft cover.  A unique treasury of etchings of Maryland homes built between 1642 and 1830.  Includes histories, legends and descriptions. 

 

Early Manor and Plantation Houses of Maryland.  H. Chandlee Forman.  Index included.  269p.  Hard cover.  Excellent source for the first structures of Maryland with photographs and floor plans.

 

Indians of Early Maryland.  Harold R. Manakee.  1959.  47p.  Soft cover.  Primer for those interested in Maryland Indian tribes.  Gives an overview of the native tribes, their habits, rituals and clothing.

 

Life in Maryland in the Seventeenth Century.  Louise Turner.  2003.  16p.  Soft cover.  A concise history of the early Maryland colony. 

 

Life on the Potomac River.  Edwin W. Beitzell.      Soft cover.  First complete history of the Tidewater Potomac (Washington, DC to the Chesapeake Bay).  Covers the full period from the settlement of Maryland and Virginia in the early 1600’s to the late 1980’s.  Tells of the generations of men who worked, fought and sailed the waters of the lower Potomac for over three centuries. 

 

Lighthouses of the Chesapeake.  33p.  Soft cover. 

 

Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland.  Donald G. Shomette.  369p.  Hard cover; indexed.  Well-documented narrative of the disappearance of once important sites in Maryland.  Takes the reader through history, illuminating the decline of many historic towns and cities.

 

Maryland’s at Gettysburg.  Daniel Carroll Toomey.  100p.  Soft cover; indexed.  Composite of Maryland regiments at Gettysburg.  Documents the battle, aftermath, veterans, and final tributes to these regiments. 

 

Maryland in the Civil War: A House Divided.  Robert I. Cottom, Jr. and Mary Ellen Hayward.  127p.  Soft cover; indexed.  Walks through one of Maryland’s most significant periods in history with this collection of stories, photographs and songs.  Journeys from the institution of slavery to final remembrances.

 

Pirates on the Chesapeake.  Donald G. Shomette.  332p.  Hard cover; indexed.  Collection of stories brings to life the early history of the Chesapeake Bay and region. 

 

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

 

Escape on the Pearl; the heroic bid for freedom on the Underground Railroad.  Mary Kay Ricks.  2007.  432p.  Hard cover; indexed. 

 

 

GENEALOGY

 

CENSUS RECORDS

 

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.

 

CHURCH RECORDS

 

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. 

 

COURT RECORDS

 

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.

 

FAMILY HISTORY AND RECORDS

 

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. 

 

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.

 

LAND AND PROPERTY RECORDS

 

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).

 

 

 

 

TAX RECORDS

 

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.]

 

VITAL RECORDS

 

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.

 

SPECIAL INTEREST PUBLICATIONS

 

 

COOKBOOKS

 

Confederate Cook Book.  Family favorites from the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

 

Oyster Recipes of St. Mary’s County, Maryland.  Ann Loker with introduction by Aleck Loker.  97p.  Soft cover; indexed.  Contains award-winning oyster recipes from 19 years of the National Oyster Festival Oyster Cookoff.

 

St. Mary’s County National Oyster Cook-off.  15p.  Soft cover.  Contains award-winning oyster recipes.

 

300 Years of Black Cooking in St. Mary’s County Maryland.  1983; reprinted 2004.  110p.  Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.

 

Treasured Recipes of Old St. Mary’s.  St. Mary’s Academy Alumni Association.  282p.  Soft cover; spiral bound.  Unrevised reprint of the 1959 edition featuring illustrations and old family recipes. 

 

GENEALOGY RESEARCH GUIDES

 

A to Zax.  Barbara Jean Evans.  300p.  Soft cover.  Comprehensive dictionary for genealogists and historians.

 

Reading Early American Handwriting.  Kip Sperry.  289p.  Soft cover.  Guide to reading and understanding the writing of colonial times.

 

OLD JAIL

 

 

 

ST. MARY’S COUNTY LOCAL LORE

 

Christmas Memories from St. Mary’s County.  Ann Loker.  24p.  Soft cover.  Personal remembrances and amusing anecdotes of a local family.

 

Doris, A Trail of Tragedies.  J. Roy Guyther, M.D.  40p.  The story of a woman who had a stressful childhood, broken home, and tragic experiences as a mother.  It also recreates life in St. Mary’s County during the depression.  In his usual frank manner, the author, a family physician for 42 years in the county, writes a bit about politics. 

 

Memoirs of a Country Doctor.  J. Roy Guyther, M.D.  116p.  Hard cover.  Chronicles life in mid-twentieth century Southern Maryland as seen through the eyes of a family physician.

 

The Murder of Joseph Henry Ching: A Legend Examined.  Aleck Loker.  2003.  22p.  Soft cover.  A compelling and true account of an early twentieth century murder in Leonardtown, Maryland.

 

Piney Point Memories.   Jean Tolson Waikart.  2000.  69p.  Soft cover.  A personal story of an enchanted childhood lived from the early days of the 20th century that revolved around the summer resort hotel owned by her family on the steamboat shores of the lower Potomac River.

 

Red Tide.  David A. Dement.  201p.  Soft cover.  An unusual tale of family loyalty, broken ties, and high stakes spying during the Civil War. 

 

 

 

ST. MARY’S HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

 

Chronicles of St. Mary’s.  Journal published by the St. Mary’s County Historical Society.  Contains articles on the history and genealogy of St. Mary’s County and Maryland.  Features photographs, illustrations, maps, and excerpts from historical and genealogical research. 

 

Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 2 (1957-1959).  Hard cover; table of contents; indexed.

 

Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 10 (1987-1990).  Hard cover; table of contents; indexed.

 

Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 11 (1991-1994).  Hard cover; table of contents; indexed.

 

            Chronicles of St. Mary’s, The.  Monthly issue (1953-1986).

 

            Chronicles of St. Mary’s, The.  Quarterly issue (1987--).