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    Kent County
    Kent County
    Kent County
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    Kent County

    By Patricia Joan O. Horsey and R. Jerry Keiser

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    Kent County, Maryland, has retained its serene beauty and tradition despite the passage of time. Situated on a peninsula where the Chester and Sassafras Rivers meander into the Chesapeake Bay, Kent County boasts 209 miles of scenic shoreline. The rich history of the waterfront towns features the 1782 founding of Washington College, the only college named for George Washington with his express consent. Chestertown, the county seat, is home to
    Emmanuel Church, where the name of the Protestant Episcopal denomination was proposed and adopted in 1780. Tolchester Beach s many amusement rides will be remembered by generations of tourists and Kent
    County residents.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateAug 31, 2005
    ISBN9781439613061
    Kent County
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    Patricia Joan O. Horsey

    Patricia Joan O. Horsey is a lifelong resident of Kent County and is interested in local history and genealogy. She has coauthored several local history books.

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      Kent County - Patricia Joan O. Horsey

      This cartographic image, entitled Martenet’s Map of Kent County, Maryland, was published in 1860. It provides a rare glimpse into the cultural and geographic landscapes of antebellum Kent County, as it is one of the last maps Simon Martenet made before the outbreak of the Civil War. The map was compiled from the original surveys of county surveyor Simon Martenet, and it is hand-colored with seven inset engravings of the following: A. Hoen, Amory and Market House, Protestant Episcopal Church, George Vickers House, Washington College, the county jail, Methodist Protestant Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, and the courthouse. These are some of the earliest surviving images of these Kent County landmarks.

      Kent County

      Patricia Joan O. Horsey

      R. Jerry Keiser

      Copyright © 2005 by Patricia Joan O. Horsey and R. Jerry Keiser

      9781439613061

      Published by Arcadia Publishing

      Charleston SC, Chicago IL, Portsmouth NH, San Francisco CA

      Printed in the United States of America

      Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2005923835

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      CKNOWLEDGMENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      One - EARLY DAYS

      Two - CHESTERTOWN, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT

      Three - WASHINGTON COLLEGE

      Four - OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS, HOUSES, MANORS, AND FARMS

      Five - SUNDAYS IN KENT

      Six - FACES OF KENT COUNTY

      Seven - JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT

      Eight - ALL IN A DAY’S WORK

      Nine - TIME PASSES BY

      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      INDEX

      CKNOWLEDGMENTS

      The authors are indebted to many people for sharing their information, family photographs, and personal collections to make this book possible. We also want to acknowledge the many who shared photographs and may not find them in this book. Space was limited, and many of the wonderful images had to be eliminated for this book. There may be a second volume, however, and we invite any readers to submit additional pictures.

      Among those who made significant contributions are the following: Mary Kate O’Donnell, executive director of the Historical Society of Kent County, Inc., who so generously shared the society’s collection for use in this book; the Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress); Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Ashley; William F. (Bill) Bennett; William Betts and the Tolchester Beach Revisited Museum; William A. (Pat) Biddle; Jackie Bonwill Conley; Carolyn E. Cooper; Larry Crew, who was most generous with his Betterton collection; Ethel H. Cunningham; Judy J. Dagenais; John Eliason, who shared his personal collection of Eliason family photographs; Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gill, who shared their memorabilia; Mrs. James F. Greenwood; Kevin Hemstock, editor of the Kent County News; Catharine Wroth Hepbron Harris; Heidi Brown Hollomon; Hilda G. Hopkins; Elmer E. Horsey; Curtis Jacquette Sr.; Francis Lamb; Tracye Smith Landon; Maryland Massey; Robert R. Ramsey and the Finishing Touch; Carrie E. Schreiber and the Schreiber family; Louise Bonwill Skinner; Karen Somerville, who shared images from the collection of the African American Schoolhouse Museum; Scott O. Smith; Todd B. Smith; the Howard and Marion Strong families; Mrs. Robert H. Strong Sr.; Doris Jacquette Tyranski; Gloria Urban, director of the Kent County Public Library; Mrs. William B. Usilton; Anne B. Vansant; Austin Walmsley; the Maynard P. White family; Francis P. (Skip) Willits; the staff of the Kent County Public Library, including Beverley Blakeney, Karin Cowperthwait, Babs Danneberg, Liz Darrah, Joy Eliassen, Jeanne Geibel, Marianne Hickman, Sue Hughes Lindsay Lusby, Linda Nitsche, Jeffrey Phillips, Susan Reihl, Chris Roseberry, and Debe Voshell; mapsofthepast.com for use of the map of Kent County; librarians Robert Horvath, Robert Long, and Scotti Oliver of the Talbot County Free Library for the 1877 engravings of Kent County; and librarian David Dudek of Washington College’s Miller Library. We would especially like to thank Jennifer, Jacob, and Evelyn Keiser for their enduring support during this project.

      INTRODUCTION

      On July 24, 1608, Capt. John Smith and 12 of his men boarded a shallop and started their second voyage of the summer into the Chesapeake Bay. Weather soon carried their boat past the Potomac River to its headwaters, where Captain Smith and his crew discovered the four tributary rivers that fed into the bay. Captain Smith entered one of those tributaries on what his men called the Easterne Shore of the bay. The tributary that Smith and his men

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