Short form references:
GH George Howard
BH Benjamin Howard
CH Charles Howard
JEH John E Howard Jr
JMcH James McHenry
SHR Sophia Howard Read
JH James Howard
WH William Howard
MVS Lot Mt. Vernon Square Lot
Lot Lot in 1828 division
GR Ground Rent
EXAMPLE of Ground Rent Transcription:
16)SHR_gr_183 [16: sequential # within SHR share, assigned by transcriber;
SHR: Sophia Read’s initials; gr: code for ground rent;
183: number of this specific ground rent]
Sheathower, Henry, $10
lot of ground with improvements on Bottle Alley
leased to William Stewart, 28 April 1797
7 1/2% amounting to $133.33 2/3
$10 per annum
Division of Ground Rent Transcription:
Erin: 128 -- George Howard, Benjamin Howard, James McHenry
Elizabeth: 124 -- William Howard, James Howard, Charles Howard, John E Howard
Jr.
html pages for sections of the three distributions:
Heir Lots Ground Rents Mt. Vernon Square Lots
George Howard 137 149 19
Benjamin Howard 151 161 24
William Howard 163 174 31
James Howard 175 187 36
Charles Howard 189 199 43
Sophia Howard Read 200 213 47
James McHenry 214 228 54
John Eager Howard, jr. 230 241 59