Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Lot 35

Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland
Owned by Richard Thomas Jr., 1794-1821; Margaret Garrigues (nee Thomas), 1821-1823

Information:

Lot 35 lies on the eastern edge of Market Street in Brookeville, Maryland, adjacent to Brookeville founder Richard Thomas Jr.'s grist mill. Thomas owned lot 35, in addition to several other lots in the town, which he had not yet sold after the town's original patent.1 Although Thomas did not live on the lot, there was likely a home on the lot in which one of his children lived by 1813. By that year, Thomas owned four improved lots (lots with buildings on them) in the town, and lot 35 was possibly one of those four lots.2 In 1823, two years after Thomas's death, his daughter Margaret and several family members submitted a Deed of Partition to the Montgomery County Court in which they divided their father's real estate equally amongst themselves. Under this agreement, Margaret took ownership of lot 35.3

Kyle Bacon, DAR Research Fellow, 2012

Notes:

  1. Plat of Brookeville, likely copy of original by Richard Thomas, c. 1800 [MSA SC 6023-1-2].
  2. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX (Assessment Record), 1813 Tax Assessment (District 4), Lots and Houses in Brookeville, MdHR 20,115-3-1 [MSA C1110-3, 01/18/14/019]. The values stated in tax assessments do not necessarily represent true property values, and likely understate values significantly.
  3. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records) November 3, 1823, Deed of Partition amongst the children of Richard Thomas Jr. Liber X, p. 120 [MSA CE 148-25].

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