Evening star., 1919-02-16

ington were the Offutts and Ma
gruders and the Bealls. few nignts
ago the Rambler had before him the
Maryland census Of 1890, and Witt
nothing to guide him but his scant
knowledge OF families in this region,
he tried to pick out the names OF
people living at that time petwesh
Georgetown and Rockville ana IN lne
country west TO Cabin John ana DEL
haps as far 10 the west as Watts
branch. There was nothing TO moi
cate that these people We're iand-
holders except the fact that they We're
Shareholders the census OF the heaos
of families also showing the numper
of slaves owned at the time OF taxing
that census. Because the matter WAS
interesting 10 the Rambler and be
cause he thought il might be interest,"
ing to those who follow the rampies
he jotted down these names;
Benjamin stoddcrt. Is slaves; Uriah Forrest,
8; Mrs. Mary Butler. 3; Francis and Q.
ington. 3; Robert Peter, i6 George French.
stephen d. Balchh, 4; Alexander Doyle, g;
Brooke Magruder. 4; Bernard o'Neill, IL;
Thomas Beail Of George. IL Ben1amin n.
Mary Smith, 8: Hezekiah reaie, z; William
Magruder. s; William King merchant OF
Georgetownl. 0; David Gaddis, a Eiigs pun,
caster, 8; William Murdock, 3; Capt. Richard
Johns, 4; John Threlkeld, Al Charles Betty,
8; John suter, A. William Robertson, !; James
NJ LAnhan u.ngan TO- I,s Charles aaEin MaEF@aef R o;
8; Elisha o. Williams. 3; Cassandra Chew. 4;
Daniel Wilson. O; James l1agett. 4; brooke
Beali, g; Martin houser, o. George & Robert @'n
son, 13; Samuel Thomas Sd, Ii; John Dunn,
oyerseer for william Robertson. 10: Nathan
Holland, 3; Joseph L. Belt. 16: George vile,
10; sarah Housb, 70; Martha Clagett. 10:
Samuel b. Magruder. II; Joseph Belt, o; Peter
Becroft. o. Ninian Magruder, IL; Edward Ma
gruder, 10; Henry Clarke. II: Lucy Gattrell.
8; Jeremiah Beaie oyerseer for I. snowden.
10; Joseph Stallens. s; Aaron Harress (Har-
riss), 4; Jean Besle, 10; Zadock Harness, q;
Dent Summers, 3: Daniel Carroll, %; Thomas
Johns, 30; Erasmus Perry, -; Thomas Nichoiln
sr., Is: Edward Harding. 9; Basil Harding. I;
Charles Harding, @; Marun Dnyal. 0; VIII
liam Moore. 4; Thomas Darnold. oyerseer for
Kipburn 81; Michael Litton, III; John Will
coxon. ~; Thomas Swearengen, M; Waiter
ten, 6; William Beekwith. .; James Higgins,
10; Elizabeth Lynn, L.; Lloyd Beale. 10; Bar
bara Williams, 10; Nicholas Hooker. z; Mar
garet Hooker. Z; Nathaniel Pigman, 8; Zadock
Msgrudez &c: John b. Magruder. 6: jeffrey
Magfuder. Q; Ann White. 8; Samuel White. ~;
George Wilcoxon. overseer for H. Easten, ~;
ard. .; archibald Reale. 8; Philip 0rme. 8;
Richard Welsh. z; William Holmes. 80: Eliza
Estep. z; BENJAMIN Waters. s: Aaron LAnham.
Aii.n Bowie sG So: So.epS W. sa Sims. s; as Tsons;
Tucker. Z; Basil Magruder. 8; Benjamin Ed
wards. II; Thomas G. Greenfield, 4 Richard
aaa cass sesffs Siasn wet Ssepa e. cssTs:
Gassaway. Is: Benjamin Ray. 4; Richard
Weoten. "A; Themss EdmonstOne, :; Edward
s 5Ssspn ssinss ~ rIsss'
ID: Ell Orme, 0; Charles Warland, 0; VIII
liam Dnsn. jr., $; William Dunn, sr.. 9;
Thomas Wiimott g. Joseph simms. sr., z;
Elex.s simms. g.; John Dent, .; Kinsey Beale.
o. Eliza Hobbs. o; Joseph Beall. IA; Alexander
Mason. d; Rebecca Shaw. Q; John Clagett Of
Thomas 10; Thomas Drane, 10; William Par
EAr Ga ftpAl T. Yam hula
Hugh Riley, 10; John Campbell. 3; James
Fleming. 15: Barton Duley. IL; Francis Ciem-
ents. 9; Abegerl Wade. =; Henry Townsend.
Charles soper, s: James Cisseli. 9: Thomas
Wilson, s. and Samson Trammell. l9.
Because the village of Potomac
was long called Offutt's Cross Roads,
and because tract of two thousand
acres of country in that locality was
covered by grant made to William
Offutt on July II. 172s which he
named Clewerwold Enlarged, the
Rambler interested himself in noting
the Offutts of Montgomery county
who We're enumerated as heads Of
family under the first census. that of
1880. They follow: zachariah Ofrutt,
Is slaves; Capt. Nathaniel Offutt, 4;
samuel Onutt, IL; Zadock OHutt. |;
William Offutt of James. 4: Thomas
Offutt, 8; George H. Offutt. II:
William Offutt Sd. 10; James Offutt of
William, 8: Elizabeth Offutt. IA;
William Offutt. s; James Offutt, sr.,
8; Mordicai Onfutt. 10: Thomas Offutt,
sr., ., and Levin Offutt, 2.
On September 8. 1876. the citizens Of
Montgomery county celebrated in a
memorable way the centennial anni-
versary of the establishment of the
county. The celebration was held
In the fairgrounds at Rockville. One
of the orators of the occasion, Thomas
Anderson, spoke on the history of
the county. and included i'm his ad-
dress list of the original grants to
lands lying within those parts OF
Charles county Prince Georges
county and Frederick county which
became Montgomery. That list of
grants was prepared for Mr.. Anderson
by William Grady. who had been the
county surveyor. The speech of Mr..
Anderson, with the list of original
grants, lies before the Rambler, and
he expects to make use OF this
material in some future rambles.
Among the epitaphs in Potomac
churchyard which the Rambler could
not use last Sunday were:
Lewis NJ Creamer, son Of James n. and
Fanny Creamer, died Japy. q. 1892, aged %
years;
Clara Pearl. daughter Of John n. and Alice
1919;
william ingalls,, born Jan. 2s. 1861, died
jan 10. 1901:
Mary Y. Sutton, born 1851, died 1918;