The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-02-22
GARRETT COUN7
An Interesting Review of Ii i
and Resources. vi

OAKLAND, MD, Feb. ~ 1884.
A great deal has been Written and
much more has been laid about
and titles in Garrett COUNTY. For
many years prior to the formation
Of Garrett county the greater Dor.
ton of the business trahsacted nv
the Land Office of Maryland was
business from AllegaIy county.
During that period m6en OF the
time of the Circuit Court for Alle-l
gany county was taken up with that
class of business known by the gem
eral t,rm of land cases. For sew
eral years after the establishment
of our county and the Organization
of her courts, a large per centage of
the legal business was of the class
above referred to. At the present
time, however, eiectment suits are
comparatively few. Frequently a
whole term of court passes without
the trial OF single ejectment suit.
By far the greater number of eject
ment suits which are instituted
nowadays are brought either by
some nonresident undegta!ang TO
enforce State claim 81 el3sS by
some land shark who seeks to OBJ
tain something for nothing.
The great amount Of land ltiga-
ton which for so many years occu-
pied the land office and the courts,
resulted from a combination of cir
cumstances which no longer exists.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
charter Of Maryland dates back to
1852 there was very little land sur
veyed and patented in this section
until about the year 1774. A large
majority of the patented tracts
which are Older than the military
lots, (of which l shall speak pres
ently) bear date IN 1774.
The "Manor of Lord Baltimore
in the Great Glades,' containing
1850 acres, was surveyed in 7G8.
This was one Of the early surveys.
"Yough Manor" containing
nine thousand acres, ''Republic, .
containing eight thousand three
hundred and seventy-three acres,
"Small Meadows" containing five
thousand and twenty-five acres.
"Thomas and Ann" two thousand
and eleven acres, "The Royal Char
lotte, two thousand acres, ''Kind-
ness" nineteen hundred acres,
1.-The Land Flowing with Milk and
Honey two thousand seven hun
dred and forty-fve acres, "Peace
and Plenty" fifteen hundred acres,
,, "IIinches Discovery" one thou
sand acres, addition to Eden s
Paradise Regained," twenty-five
Thousand acres, "Ashby's Discoy-
cry" one thousand acres, "Bea1
Camp" twenty-seyen hunaaEed and
ninety-seven acres, 1.-The Blooming
Rose, = eleven hundred acres, "DeeI
Park, two thousand acres, and
"The Diadem.' sixteen hundred
and ninety-six acres, and many
other tracts were surveyed in 1874.
At that remote period land in this
section was not very valuable and
the surveys in many instances were
not made with accuracy. Many OF
the old-time surveyors seem to have
been careless in describing the be-
glnnings of surveys. | have copied
two Of these from the patents which
will serve to Illustrate the point in
hand. Here they are:
The tract called "Anythiy" is
described as "beginning at a
bounded maple standing near a
spring on the south side of a hill
which divides the waters of Bear
Greek and Bear Camp about a
mile southwest of Adam Park err S
at the Bear camp on Braddock' S
road. " The tract called "Buck S
Bones is described as "beginning
at fOrked white oak standing
about one hundred and ten perohes
on the southeast side of the mouth
Of the Little Youghiogheny near Il
meadow on the southeast side of a
ridge about sixty perches on the
east side where McCulloh's pack
road crosses said meadow, 1T being
the first and only road cut through
the 4ough Glades,' which road
eads from the South Branch Of the
Potomac river to the mouth of
Cheat river, on McCulloh's landing
on Cheat river, and likewise being
the end of the first line of His Lord
ships manor Of II, $50 acres in the
SAID glades, and running thence,
NC. y These were taken at random,
and are fair samples of the descrip-
tons by which the old tracts are to
be found. 1t is not matter of sur
prise that some confusion arose
when an attempt was made in later
years to trace these old lines.
Under q resolution of the Gen
nral A Xiv nf AT,o,.l I