Isaac D. Jones ...................................................................................1867
Andrew K. Syester ..........................................................................1871
Charles J. M. Gwynn..............................................1876
Charles B. Roberts .....................................................1883
William Finkney Whyte .......................................... 1887
John P. Poe ...............................................................1891
Harry M. Clabaugh .................................................1896
George R. Gaither, Jr.................................................l899
Isidor Rayner ................................................................1900
William S. Bryan, Jr. ...............................................1904
Isaac Lobe Straus ................................................................1908
Edgar Allan Poe ......................................................1912
Albert C. Ritchie ..........................................................1916
Alexander Armstrong .......................................1920

THE LAND OFFICE.

John Lewger, Member of the Council, officer in charge of land

grants, etc. .....................................................................................1637
John Lankford, "during his natural life".Surveyor General...............1641
Robert Clarke, Surveyor-General ........................ ..................................1648
Jerome Clarke, Surveyor-General .....................................................1664
Baker Brooke, Sureyvor-General ..........................................................1674
Vincent Lowe, Surveyor-General .............................................1679 to 1680

In 1680 the Land Office Was Created, with a Register on Each Shore.
John Llewellin, Register for Western Shore.
Vachel Downes, Register for Eastern Shore.
Henry Darnal, Register ............................................................l688
Charles Carroll, Register ...................................................................1712
Edward Griffith, Register ....................................... ............................1716
Edmund Jennings, Judge and Register...........................................1738
Levin Gale, Judge and Register................................................1738
Philip Thomas, Judge and Regigter............................................1743
Benj. Tasker and Benj. Young, Judges and Regi8terB...................1746
Benj. Young and George Stuart, Judges and Registers.............................l747
Benedict Calvert and George Stuart, Judges and Registers......................,1756
St. George Peale, Register....................................................................1777
John Calahan Register ............................................. 1779
John Kilty, Register .................................................................1806
John Brewer, Register ............................................................. 1812
G. G. Brewer, Register ........................................................ ..............................1827

In 1841 the Eastern Shore Office Was Transferred to the
Western Shore.

G. G. Brewer, Register for Western Shore.
Samuel Roberts, Register for Eastern Shore.

The Constitution of 1851 Created the Office of Commissioner
of the Land Office.

James Murray ............................................................................1852
William L. W. Seabrook........................................... ............ ......................1857
George L. L. Davis ........................................................... .....................1868.
William R. Hayward ................................................................1869

(In June, 1918, Mr. Ritchie was appointed general counsel to the War
Industries Board, and Ogle Marbury, Assistant Attorney General became
Acting Attorney General until January 1, 1919, when Mr. Ritchie returned
to his post.)