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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GP_st-peters-church_Queenstown-MD.html
Congregation first organized c 1639 on nearby Kent Island by Rev. John Altham, S.J. St. Peter's was est. Feb. 3, 1765, by Rev. Joseph Mosely, S.J. of St. Joseph's, Talbot Co. A 1760 bequest of 50 lbs. from Edward Neale of "Bowlingly" provided 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GO_bennetts-point-farm_Queenstown-MD.html
Originally called "Morgan's Neck." Surveyed in 1658 for Henry Morgan of the "Isle of Kent" as two tracts of 150 acres each. Henry Morgan was given the land for transporting two indentured servants into the province. The tracts descended to Morgan'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GN_morgans-neck-richard-bennett-iii-and-elizabeth-rousby_Queenstown-MD.html
"Morgan's Neck" "Morgan's Neck" (300 acres) was patented by Cecil Calvert on January 26, 1658, to "Henry Morgan, of the Isle of Kent, gentleman," for transporting into the province Frances Malyn and Francis Ash. The tract descended to his daughter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GI_lords-gift_Queenstown-MD.html
1050 Acres. Granted to Henry Coursey, 1658. 1000 acres by order of Lord Baltimore for "conspicuous faithfulness to him during the late contest" (the Uprising of 1652 by Richard Bennett and William Claiborne). The 50 acres were for transporting him…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GH_bowlingly_Queenstown-MD.html
→ Surveyed 15 September, 1658, for James Bowling as "Bowlingley." Patented to John Tully May 29, 1660. On August 20-30, 1813, the attack on Queenstown by the British led by Sir James Napier under Sir John Warren took place here; the forces w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GG_bowlingly_Queenstown-MD.html
?????Estate patented to James Bowling, 1658, and present manor house built 1733. East-west wing added about 1830.?????Before dawn, August 2, 1813, British troops under Sir Charles James Napier landed here and after defeating the local militia seri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GF_battle-of-slippery-hill_Queenstown-MD.html
American Videttes skirmished with approximately 300 British troops under the command of Col. Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith as they advanced on Queenstown along this road. Two British soldiers and Beckwith's horse were killed. Fearful of being cut off…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GD_queenstown_Queenstown-MD.html
Queenstown, like most of the Eastern Shore in 1861, was a slaveholding community, and the impending conflict was regarded with concern and fear. When war erupted, families were torn apart because of their conflicting loyalities. It was not uncommo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GC_colonial-courthouse_Queenstown-MD.html
The frame section of the structure dates to circa 1708 and is consistent with other Maryland courthouses in size, form, character and materials. The brick section was added circa 1820-40. Laws in the 18th century mostly were enforced by fines, but…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GB_birthplace-of-charles-willson-peale_Centreville-MD.html
First Free School of Queen Anne's County erected near here 1724. Its sixth master was Charles Peale, father of the distinguished portrait painter and museum founder—born 1741 in living quarters near the school.&…