Official Land Documents

Land patent for Gray’s Woodyard in Worcester County, Maryland, dated October 10, 1743. Land was purchased near St. Martins River by Joseph Gray from Joseph Scroggin and was located adjacent to James Stephen Bridell’s plantation. This land deed is made out of animal skin, most likely sheep.

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Land Patent, Nabb Research Center, Small Collection, 2015.123

Deed of Somerset County

Deed, J. William Venables to John Nelms, 1775, Somerset County, MD, Nabb Research Center, Richard W. Cooper Collection, 1987.093

Early Settlement
Official Land Documents