Archives of Maryland
Historical List
Surveyors General, 1641-1776

Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland, Historical List,
new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1990.

See Donnell M. Owings, His Lordship's Patronage: Offices of Profit in Colonial Maryland, p. 84

Surveyors General
1641/42-1648		John Langford	Kent County
1648-1661		Robert Clarke	St. Mary's City
1661-1670		Jerome White	St. Mary's City
1671-1678/79		Baker Brooke	Calvert County
1679-1683		Col. Vincent Lowe	Talbot County
1683-1684		Col. George Talbot	Cecil County & County Roscommon, Ireland
1685-1692		Col. Vincent Lowe	Talbot County
1693-1697		Capt. Richard Smith, Jr.	Calvert County
Surveyors General of the Eastern Shore
1697-1698		Capt. Richard Smith, Jr.	Calvert County
1698-1701		James Heath	Anne Arundel County
1701-1711		Edward Digges	Charles County
1712-1716		Charles Carroll	Anne Arundel County
1716		Henry Sewall	St. Mary's County
1716/17-1720		Gov. John Hart
1720		Col. Thomas Brooke, II	Prince George's County
1720-1726		Gov. Charles Calvert	Annapolis
1726-1737		Michael Howard	Talbot County
1737-1743		Col. James Harris	Kent County
1745-1747		Benjamin Young, Sr.	Prince George's County
1747-1755		Col. Benjamin Tasker, Jr.	Annapolis
1755-1776		Col. Benjamin Young, Jr.	Baltimore County
Surveyors General of the Western Shore
1697-1711		Clement Hill, Jr.	Prince George's County
1712-1716		Charles Carroll	Anne Arundel County
1716		Walter Pye	Charles County
1716/17-1717		Gov. John Hart
1717-1718		Thomas Bordley	Annapolis
1718-1726		Col. Thomas Addison	Prince George's County
1726-1733/34		Gov. Charles Calvert	Annapolis
1733/34-1742		Gov. Samuel Ogle
1742-1746		Gov. Thomas Bladen
1746-1748		Joshua George	Cecil County
1748-1752		Gov. Samuel Ogle
1752-1753		Benjamin Tasker, Sr.	Annapolis
1753-1768		Gov. Horatio Sharpe
1768-1771		George Lee	Charles County
1771-1774		Gov. Robert Eden
1774-1776		Robert Smith	Annapolis