Roads Engineer
J. Douglas Bond
Extension Agents
Florence B. Lanham
Hope M. Martin
James A. Burns
Jean E. Schilling
Edward L. Swecker
R. Douglas Vogel
Vacancy
Soil Conservation District
Supervisors
James B. Beaven, Chairman 1978
Joseph A. St. Clair (178)"'
J. Francis Knott, Treasurer 1979
James H. Woodburn 1976
Robert A. Stevens 1977
Edward L. Swecker, Extension
Agent, Secretary
SOMERSET COUNTY
County Seat: Princess Anne 21853
Area: 378 sq. miles
Origin and Name of the County:
Named after Mary Somerset, sister-in-law
of Cecilius, Second Lord Baltimore. It was
created by an Order in Council of 1666.
Population, 1970:
Somerset County .............. 18,924
Dist. 1, West Princess Anne 2,181
Dist. 2, St. Peters 649
Dist. 3, Brinkleys 1,452
Dist. 4, Dublin 1,343
Dist. 5, Mount Vernon 837
Dist. 6, Fairmount 788
Dist. 7, Crisfield 3,110
Dist. 8, Lawsons 1,706
Dist. 9, Tangier 458
Dist. 10, Smith Island 645
Dist. 1 1, Dames Quarter 278
Dist. 12, Asbury 1,592
Dist. 13, Westover 1,070
Dist. 14, Deal Island 773
Dist. 15, East Princess Anne 2,042
Estimated Population, 1976: 19,300
Court Terms:
Circuit Court — Jury, second Monday in
April and fourth Monday in September.
Orphans' Court Days — Every Tuesday.
Courthouse Information Number: 651-0320
JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Resident Judge, Circuit Court
Lloyd L. Simpkins 1991 |
District Court Judge
Robert D. Horsey 1986
Frank Udoff, Administrative Clerk
Edmond L. Widdowson, Clerk
Clerk, Circuit Court
1. Theodore Phoebus 1978
State's Attorney
Logan Widdowson 1979
Sheriff
Thomas H. Foxwell, Jr. 1978
Register of Wills
Littleton Thomas Dryden 1978
Judges, Orphans' Court
Charles 0. Hubbert, Chief Judge 1978
Thomas W. Coulbourne 1978
Roger Hoffman 1978
District Public Defender
Pat Hayman
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Board of County Commissioners
Dennett Lee Butler, 2nd Dist.,
President 1978
Helen Sue Ward, At Large 1978
Charles Edward Biddie Tull,
1st Dist. 1978
Edwin D. McGee, 3rd Dist. 1978
Earl G. Warwick, 4th Dist. 1978
Charles E. Massey, County
Administrator
Peggy B. Ford, Clerk
Tom Simpkins, Attorney
Treasurer
Carlos Bozman 1979
Supervisor of Assessments
William Clyde Ford, Jr.
Property Tax Assessment
Appeal Board
Robert F. Wilson, Chairman 1979
Charles Fisher 1977
Horace Webster 1978
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Thomas Ira Noble 1977
Randall Laird 1977
Honiss W. Cane, Jr. 1977
Director of Civil Defense
Clarence Z. Keller
Deputy Medical Examiner
Clarence G. Rawley, M.D.
Health Officer
Gladys Allen, M.D.
Board of Education
Fred W. Maddox 1976
James A. Cottman 1977
Kermit Maddox 1978
Thomas E. Ward 1978
Melvin Bozman 1979
Robert Lee Kelly 1979
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