Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-08-11
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kNClENT MARYLAND HISTORY.
RY VINCENT cAMAifER.

Julian time. when Iseonafl Calvert,
chief Governor, Commander, Keep
er Of tho Great Seal. &c.. with his
twohnndred followers, lanaedou the
shore Of Augusta Carolina, after
wards ST. Marie's, and now St.
Mary's, sixty-one years Y sod away
before the bounds q S. Mary's
county were established
AT the May session o. slse Assem-
bly, ia sI605, it was enactod that
from and after the 23ra III April,
1896, the bounds ofs Aargs
county should begin il Point Look
ont, and extend up the Potomac
River 10 the lower side Of Budd's
Creek, and over, by i straight line
drawn from the head 81 the main
branch Of said creek, 10 the head
Of Indian Creek 10 the Patuxent
River, including All that land lying
between patuxent and Potomac
Rivers, from the lower part Of the
said two creeks and branches 81
Bndd's and Indian Greeks, by the
line aforesaid, and Point Lookout.
AZ this same session tie bounds of
Charles aud Prince Georges coun.
tics were described and were cree.
ted intg counties, which should. on
and after the aaid 2srd q April
1886, (bcing ST. Georges day en-
joy All rights and benefits equal
with the other counties Of tile Pro-
vince.
II was also at the same time eli
acted. that the ST. Mnry's county
Court BIZ and forever hereafter held
a. the City d st. Marys, ~ veil
ia all such other decent services the
Justices should deem conycnient
and agree 70.
The Island Of Kent WAS added To
and made part ~ Talbot county
II 1896, and Ii 1907 II was made i
part Of Queen Anncs county, and
has remained 30 ever since.
III 1903 trustees we're appointed
10 purchase lands adjoining "'l'he
Fountains ~ Healing Watoga.
called the Cool Springs in 81
Narys county. Tor the purpose of
building houses for the usb ~ such
poor and impotent pcrs9n d should
~ 10 The Syringe Tor eirc The
act was partially carried cute ana
francis Nicholson. Esq. sl5ca Gov
arnor, oansea Episcopal services 10
be held there once d week aud BIT.
blcs and prayer. books 70 be given
to the poor. The place II now
known IS Charlotte Halt the seat
0f learning III Southern Maryland,
whore the clear. cool water still
flows ahnndantiy from the healing
fountain, imparting 10 all who par.
take Of il now tho same curative
properties Il dispensed III 1908.
Ia this yeaE Governor Nicholson
was appointed Governor 81 Yirgin-
Ia, and Nathaniel Blackiston, Esq.
was made Governor o. Maryland
and met the Legislature " The Pro-
SINCE at Annapolis, formerly Ann
Arundel Town. ia 1899, Al which
session Annapolis was made 81 law
tho chief placeaud scat Of Justice for
holding Tie Assemblies aud pr0yin-
cial Courts, and, in this same yoar,
tho State House was struck 81
lightning, when several mombers
Of the Legislature wcre struck down
and one 81 them killed,
-Four years after this event the
State House was consumed by fire,
and was rebuilt III 1905. In 1901
there were twelve counties ii Ma
ryland, and III l70g Annapolis was
created d city. her charter dating
the 22nd Of November Of that year.
About this time an enlightened
policy prevailed water mills were
built, new roads opened, towns laid
outand many wholesome laws passed
for the benefit 81 tho people. Gov
crnor Nicholson caused four rolling
roads 10 be made, some 81 which
wore more than five miles long, ia
tended 10 roll tobacco and other
produce TO shipping points. Hoga-
heads had spikes driven il each
head, 70 which rough shafts were
attached, and one horse was placed
in the shafts, and mon with ropes,
when going down or up hills, assig-
ted tho horse, &c.
The first move towards erecting
3 town, on the land now occupied
BY Leonardtown, was hi the year
Il706, ut "Sheppard's Old Fields, =
near the head 81 Bretton'a Bay. on
the land Of Philip Bynes. This
act was disallowed, but was revived
by an oct Of the Ilegislaturdin / 708.
appointing commissioners To pur-
chase fifty 800 acres Of land at the
aforesaid place and have the same
surveyed and laid ont in lots for TIC
erection of d town, to DO known aa
Seymour Town, where the Court
House was TO BE- built, and st. Ma
lry's Court there to be held in the
new Court House.
Seymour Town derived it's name
from Governor Seymour who was
Governor Of the Province from / g04
to 170S inclHsiYe.
A number Of lots were taken ur
and improved ID the town, and the