Memories of Sotterley

Memories of Sotterley, written by Richard Knott and his grandson Shawn Knott, is a rare collection of history and personal stories regarding Sotterley Plantation, from one who lived and worked there. Memories of Sotterley takes the reader back in time documenting the families that worked the farm, building construction of houses, barns and buildings at Sotterley through the 20th century from a personal perspective. It also covers Sotterley ownership, the workers that made it all happen, and much more. Loaded with rare photographs and stories, Memories of Sotterley offers a one-of-a-kind perspective of Sotterley that no other publication has ever done.  [ More info & photo ]

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That Sweet Land
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That Sweet Land is a gustatory exploration of St. Mary's County, Maryland, since the arrival of the English settlers on its shores in 1634. The book provides a new history of the County, concentrating on those things that made it, over 300 years, a microcosm of America. By local author Henry Bonner of St. Mary's City.  [ More info & photo ]

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350 Years of Cooking in St. Mary's County, Maryland
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By local author Henry Bonner. This book is not a cookbook in the true sense of the word, but rather a freewheeling peon to the foods available to the settlers of Maryland and their generational kin, and their ingenuity over the years in finding ways to cook these foods and make them palatable, and enjoyable This book is a discussion of the outside and inherited influences that shaped this cookery. And it is a book about hunger, humanity, hospitality, sustainability, gluttony, snobery, presumption, and taste.  [ More info & photo ]

A Most Convenient Place : Leonardtown, Maryland, 1650-1950

By Aleck Loker. This book resulted from a request by the Leonardtown Commissioners to document the history of the town as a millennium project.

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Catholic Families of Southern Maryland: Records of Catholic Residents of St. Mary's County in the Eighteenth Century

In St. Mary's County, Maryland there was established the first Catholic parish, the first Catholic school, and the first community of religious men in English-speaking America, and the county residents played a key role in the development of the Catholic Church throughout America. This work has many of the earliest surviving records of Catholic families of the county. From the Jesuit parishes of St. Francis Xavier and St. Inigoes there are baptismal records (1767-1794) and marriage records (1767-1784). There also are congregation lists (1768-69), rent rolls (various dates), births (various dates), subscribers to the Oath of Allegiance (1778), militia lists (1794), and voters' lists (1789-90). In all, an indispensable source of reference material.

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Charles County, Maryland: A History

Charles County, Maryland: A History - The Charles County Bicentennial Committee. 'The first Charles County was created by Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, October 3, 1650. It included all the present County as well as some of the counties of Calvert, St. Mary's, and Prince George's.' Charles County today is located in southern Maryland between the Patuxent and the Potomac rivers. Dozens of knowledgeable volunteers contributed information on a variety of topics, including agriculture and the tobacco industry, transportation and the Potomac, towns and villages, religion and churches, government, Black history, education, sociality, legend and folklore, and genealogy. The reader is introduced to many towns, and given brief sketches of Port Tobacco, Benedict, La Plata, Bryantown, Indian Head, St. Charles, and Waldorf. Black history has been compiled from the fragments of oral and written data to give a glimpse from that perspective. Newspapers, clubs and auxiliaries, and reminiscences are also touched on. The text is further enhanced by photographs and illustrations, poems, recipes, a bibliography, and a subject index. The chapter on genealogy sites numerous sources for research, and provides the names of early settlers, a guide to deciphering old documents, the Census of 1850 (by district) listing free heads of families, lists of late 1700s' marriages grouped by minister, and an 1878 list of physicians. (1976) reprint, 464pp., illus., bibl., index, paper.

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Colonial Records of Southern Maryland: Trinity Parish & Court Records, Charles County; Christ Church Parish & Marriage Records, Calvert County; St. Andrew's & All Faith's Parishes, St. Mary's County

Colonial Records of Southern Maryland: Trinity Parish & Court Records, Charles County; Christ Church Parish & Marriage Records, Calvert County; St. Andrew's & All Faith's Parishes, St. Mary's County - Elise Greenup Jourdan. A compilation of vital records of Charles County: Trinity Parish and Court records (marriages, births and deaths); Calvert County: Christ Church Parish and marriage records; St. Mary's County: St. Andrews Parish & All Faith's Parish records. The very early Charles County records included here were previously published in Charles County Court and Land Records, Volume I & II, and are believed to be the records of Durham Parish. Records of St. Andrews Parish have been taken from Lucy Harrisons transcription; they were earlier published in Volumes V-VII of the Chronicles of St. Marys. Calvert County marriages have been abstracted by Mrs. Jourdan from the Scharf Collection. Mrs. Jourdan has consolidated these earlier published records along with the registers of Trinity Parish and the registers of Christ Church Parish (O'Brien has done some of these) and the registers of All faiths Parish. The only other known vital records of this tri-county area would be the Catholic records of St. Marys County which have been published in Catholic Families of Southern Maryland, by Timothy J O'Rourke and are not included here. (1997), 2000, 189pp., 5.5 x 8.5, index, paper.

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Counties of Southern Maryland

One of the "Our Maryland Counties" Series. By Elaine Bunting, Patricia D'Amario, Marcy Dunn Ramsey.

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Early Families of Southern Maryland (Volume 5)

Genealogies for some families who settled in St. Mary's, Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Calvert, and Charles Counties. Traces the following families up to around 1800: Adams, Athey, Barton, Batten-Ashcomb, Cooksey, Duke, Godfrey, Gwinn, Hungerford, Middleton, Moore, Parker, Perry/Pearre, Posey, Purnell, Smoot, Tyler, and Warren. (1996), 5.5x8.5, index, paper, 381 pp.

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History of St. Mary's County, Maryland

By Regina Combs Hammett. This extensive history of St. Mary's County is in its third printing.

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