Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30

Manor and Duddington Pasture and to
sell the lots. except six to be selected
by the grantor. his heirs or assigns. and
ito draw the lots, or cause them to be
drawn for by ballot or lottery" The
deeds of conveyance to the lots in Car
rollsburg. which are numerous, recite
the fact that the lots had been drawn
for by the grantees. respectively, in a
lottery of the same" DR.. Tindall makes
the comment that the drawing by lot
terry was in accordance with custom
which at that time was quite prevalent.
At this part of the narrative 1t may be
permissible, while discussing a town on
the Eastern branch which antedated
Washington. to call attention to the fact
that Washington was laid down on the
site of another old town, variously called
Hamburg or Funkstown, after the name
of it's founder. The Rambler at another
time retraced the lines of Hamburg, but
Dr. Tindall's description of it will fit in
admirably here. While treating of the
correspondence that was carried on be-
tween the commissioners for the found
ing of the new capital and the owners of
the farms that were to be the site of
At this point it is necessary to call atten-
between Georgetown and the Eastern branch
two unincorporated towns, known re-
snrF was paed town. ad out sy
Funk and was known also as Funkstown. 1t
contained 1870 acres. subdirided into 2s7 lots.
and was located with a frontage on the Poto-
river just above the mouth of what was
then Goose or Tiber creek. 1t was bounded on
the north by line about the present loca-
q n northwest,
line about midway between the present loca-
tions Of 18th and 10th streets west and on
of the present location Of I'D street west
The plat is recorded at Marlborough. Md, under
have been purchased by Funk from Thomas
Johns in 1865
Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan, in his ex-
haustive and painstaking history OF the
District of Columbia, after telling the
story of Hamburg or Funkstown. the
plating of which he seems to place at an
earlier date than Dr. Tindall. turns to
the subject of Carrollsburg. and says:
Two wears later. ITO Charles Carroll, ir.,
of Duddngton also made subdivision occupy
ing the neck Of land east OF James creek or
to LIST street southeast and from street south
the Eastern branch.
The lots were similar in size to those in the
Hamburg subdivision and 287 in number
In both instances the streets we're narrow as
compared with those in the plan Of the city OF
posed Of by lottery.
Mr. Bryan finds an advertisement in
the GEORGETOWN Weekly Ledger of No
vember 26, 1871, to holders of certain lot
terry tickets. to whom conveyances OF lots
in Carrollsburg had not been made.
Mr.. Bryan, continuing, says:
It was probable that the proposed settlement
Of Hamburg suggested by the promise OF the
locality on the east side of Rock creek becoming
a point for river trade well as Georgetown on
the west side. Carrollsburg did in fact become
Neither Of the proposed settlements, Hamburg
and CarroIlsburg. attracted very many people
and but few houses were constructed in elther
place. In publication, called the Times and
Potomac Packet under date of October u, l1So
one may read this advertisement:
For Glasgow-The ships Thetts and Willln
are now receiving their cargoes at the port Of
Carrollsburg."
There seems to be little Of the
history or career of Carrollsburg that
can be written today. Mr.. Bryan, in
discussing the matter, says:
town in Maryland before it reached the cor
porate stage had no separate existence from the
county in whicvh il was located. There was no
local government. The commissioners named in
the act to lay out the town were n self perpet-
M ting body with powers limited 10 the DISPOSE
ton oil the lots and the adjustment of disputes
between the lot owners. Taxes were aid by the
county court and the county Justices or the
parish restry exercised their functions in the
town as in the county the parish.
Turning to the work of Erastus
Thatcher on the founding OF Washing
ton city and the history of squares
and reservations compiled from the