The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-02-15
THE MILITARY LOTS

MILITARY
Assembly of Maryland property
British Subjects including Thus the became
the absolute proprietor of all land what Garrett six
tracts for which Provincial already issued
How did the State dispose of its valuable forests minerals and land
"Wesward of Fort Cumberland?
encourage service during the Revolutionary
Assembly a bounty each
MARYLAND soldier serving least three the Continental Army and
1881 the Assembly soldiers all the unpaened land
"Weward of Fort Cumberland"
SURVEY OF Six years took fulfill its
THE promise the veterans In
ell appointed survey lands, Col Da
sins selected his Henry Kemp Daniel Cap
Lawrence Pngle Benjamin Price John Tmnson Jonas ogmre Thomas
orm John Hooker John Lynn and William w Hoye
Deakns probably made his headquarters Cumberland From there he
sent out parties and supervised the work He may have employed as
parties consisting of cook aXmen and
chain carriers recruited from the settlers Survey of 4165 lots of
fifty acres each was completed about three months me surveyors worked
total of IT'S days and paid ten shngs $35 per day Dean
received 5000 current money for his services
began the mouth
Of Savage River The few made by Lord Baltimore in this
remaining the left out the rougher mountain land and laid
off into lots the gad and valleys which they thought could be ame
However, steep land included in the lots surveyed The
shape of the lots varies to suit the terrain and conform to previous ser
OF THE LOTS Lynn Captain Daniel Cresap and Benjamin Brooks
Commission a land soldiers and fix prices to settlers To
each officer the Maryland Line four lots and each soldier lot
awarded
Noe-col~ FRANCIS DEAK1Ns' REPORT
compliance with the Assembly the State of
and the 10th 5 of May S and &c NH ST m 7s @ %
Of Fort Cumberland into convenient lots Of SO each etc
S5 @ 50 3 lying a2 b in 5o county s 72d
Gates nu5dPed Foson from SI 4is5 this
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This Colonel Deaks his the Governor and Council
Maryland followed each and distances
The complete fills bound hand written volumes which
f the Land Office Annapolis plat of the lands "Wesward Of Fort
Cumberland accompanied report showing the older well
the lots surveyed.
of the soldiers settled their lots
most of them sold their land as possible generally to SPECTATORS
$12 lot.
People already settled the permitted to buy the lots they
claimed hng ($66 % 267 day Many
the failed abandoned their settlements
the Assembly sale lots delinquent less than
at less than three shings
EARLY Col. Deakins reported by 1923 squate" the
SET TIERS served lands and the 636 lots claimed by them
This fairly the settlers Garrett and Western ALLIE
those living the older claimed lots
which they had presumably "ceangs The list also includes
Others who
adjoining Commission allotted 246 Of these
er whom the following closely identified with the settlement
Garrett and Auegany counties:
NOTE Notice hereby the officers and soldiers of the Mary
a Line that distribution land will be made to them at Upper Narbo
Prince Georges August
bic to Act of Assembly, and at the time and place will be offered for
certificates the State Maryland This land lies westward of
Cresap Mr.. John Tomlnson, who lives the