Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-07-24
Location OF Original Court House
At Rockville.

the person who is fond of historic research
to find from whom and how the land wa
acquired on which the Court House stands
For the information of those interested
the SENTINEL has obtained from the Ian,
records of Montgomery county the follow
ing upon the subject, and it will be OBJ
served that although the land on which
to build court house and jail was sur
veyed in 1887 and the jury of condemna
ton met in 1888, the deed was not recorded
until 1872:
by order of Montgomery County the
following deed and plat were recorded the
29th day of April, 1912, to-wit: State Of
Maryland, Montgomery County, S.. By
virtue of an Act of the Convention of this
State, passed in November, 1777. and on
Act of the Assembly of the aforesaid State
passed in November. 1878. appointing
Commissioners to locate and superintend
the laying off lot or parcel of land, not
less than - acres nor more than - acres
to build Court House and prison on for the
use of the aforesaid county certify, as
surveyor for the county aforesaid, that
agreeable to the directions of Messrs. Thorn
as Cramphin, Allen Bowie, Richard WoOt-
ton. Joseph Wilson, and James Perry. gen
tlemen present and appointed in the above
recited Acts, that have carefully surveyed
and laid off for the purpose aforesaid the
following parts or parcels of land. viz,
twenty one perches, part of street in the
town of Williamsburg; twenty-four perches
and One-half perch, part of lot No. 35 in
said town. the property of Edward Harding
fifty-six perches. part of lots SO and 81.
the property of Major William Beall thir-
ty-One perches and One-half perch. part of
lot No. 38, the property of William Ma
erath; twenty-eight perches. part of lot
No. 80, the property of John and Caleb
Summers one hundred and eighty-four
perches. part of tract of land called 'Ex-
change and New Exchange Enlarged the
property of Messrs. Williams; and one
hundred and fifteen perches, part of a tract
of land called Valentines Garden, the
property of jeremiah Crabb, all which may
be seen by plat below; beginning for the
outlines of the whole, by virtue Of the be-
aforementioned Acts. at a stone marked
with the figure |, planted at the end of
thirteen perches. on the east line. from
chestnut post standing near the northwest
corner of Mr.. Richard Wootton's store and
running thence north twenty-three perches
to a stone marked with the figure 2, planted
thirteen pearches eastward of the first
street of the aforesaid town; then east
twenty perches to stone marked with
the figure 3; then south twenty-three
perches to a stone marked with the figure
A. then with straight line to the first
beginning, containing and now laid out for
two acres and seven-eighths of an acre of
land, surveyed the 22nd of May, 1887.
"ARCHIBALD 0RME.
Montgomery County, October IA. 1888,
we. the Jurors summoned by the Sheriff of
the county aforesaid to inquire into and
value certain parcels or lots of ground be-
longing to different persons taken and laid
off by the Commissioners for building Court
House and prison thereon, do value the
same as fOllOweth, viz. part Of lot IS, laid
out in the town of williamsburg "a l-2
square perches. supposed to be the prop
erty of Edward Harding, valued to 50, 3s,
9p, current money; part of lots No. 36 and
81 in said town. So square perches, sup
posed to be the property of Major VIM. d.
Beall, valued to SIS, 13s. 4p; part of lot
No. 38 in said town, 81 1-2 square perches,
supposed TO be the property of William
Magrath. valued to $40, los part of lot
No. 80 in said town. 28 square perches,
supposed to be the property of John and
Caleb Summers, valued to SIS; part of
Exchange and New Exchange Enlarged,
1874 square perches. supposed to be the
property of one of the heirs of VIM viii
liams, deceased. valued to S25; part of
Valentines Garden. us square perches,
supposed to be the property of jeremiah
Crabb, valued to SIS. In all. 500. rs. lip.
Given from under our hands and seals day
and year above written, Vim. O'Neale, Ben
jamin Ray, Zach Linthicum, Edward Owen,
Benjamin Ricketts,, John Anderson. Richd
Anderson, George Wilson, Samuel 0ffutt,
Lawrence o. Hoult. Osburn West Thomas
West"