Archives of Maryland
Historical List
Anne Arundel County
Registers of Wills
1777-present

1777-1780Elie Vallette
1780-1787Thomas Gassaway
1787-1820John Gassaway
1820-1828Thomas Harwood Hall1
1828-1832Thomas T. Simmons
1832-1845Samuel Brown, Jr.
1845-1863Benjamin E. Gantt
1863-1867Richard Duvall
1867-1868Mareen M. Duvall2
1868-1869Thomas K. Carey
1869-1875William Bryan
1875-1881William T. Revell
1881-1887John William Brashears
1887-1893Wilbur F. Petherbridge
1893-1899Richard Baldwin
1899-1905Luther A. Palmer
1905-1910Benjamin R. Davidson3
1910-1930Oden Bowie Duckett
1930-1934George T. Cromwell
1934-1936 W. Meade Holladay4
1936-1938 Lucy S. Holladay
1938-1954R. Glenn Prout
1954-1958H. Stanely Clark
1958-1978George M. Nutwell
1978-1985Nan Edith Hatch5
1985-1986Hazel I. Moreland
1986-2006George M. Nutwell, Jr.
2006-2022 Lauren M. Parker
2022-2024 Erica Griswold6
2024- Jasmine M. Jackson7

Notes:
1. Died, August 11, 1828, (Robert Harry McIntire, Annapolis Maryland Families, Vol. 1 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1979), 295.)
2. Died, September 3, 1868. (SECRETARY OF STATE (Commission Record) 1863-69, MdHR 7910, MSA S1081-12; Harry Wright Newman, Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation (Washington, D.C.: Harry Wright Newman, 1952), 313-14.)
3. Died, May 1, 1910. ((Robert Harry McIntire, Annapolis Maryland Families, Vol. 1 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1979), 179.)
4. Died, October 23, 1936. (DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record, Counties, Index) Henry-Kep, 1934-44, MdHR 50,273, MSA S1176-88.
5. Retired, February 1985. (The Capital, 27 September 1994.)
6. Removed from office on June 4, 2024, after she pled guilty in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court to misconduct in office, misappropriation by a fiduciary, and theft.
7. Appointed by Orphans' Court & sworn in on June 11, 2024.

Sources:
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Test Book) MSA C147 and MSA T1119.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) MSA C153 and MSA T2559.
BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS (Election Returns) MSA S63.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record, Counties, Index) MSA S1176.
SECRETARY OF STATE (Commission Record) MSA S1081.
Maryland Manual and Maryland Manual On-Line
McIntire, Robert Harry. Annapolis Maryland Families. Vol. 1 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1979.
Newman, Harry Wright. Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation. Washington, D.C.: Harry Wright Newman, 1952.

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