Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Lot 51

Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland
Owned by Richard Thomas Jr., 1794-1821; Sarah B. Thomas, 1821-1823

Information:

Lot 51 lies on High Street on the western edge of Brookeville, Maryland. In 1814, the lot was owned by Richard Thomas Jr., the founder of the town.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 51 was possibly one of those four lots.2 In 1823, two years after Thomas's death, his daughter Sarah and several family members submitted a Deed of Partition to the Montgomery County Courts in which they divided their father's real estate equally amongst themselves. Under this agreement, Sarah took ownership of lot 51.3

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, pp. 120-125 [MSA CE 148-25].




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