Carroll T. Bond, Baltimore City (Chief Judge)......................................1924
Francis Neal Parke, Carroll County.................................................. ..............1924-1941
William C. Walsh, Allegany County....................................................................1924-1926
D. Lindley Sloan, Allegany County...........................................................1926
Banjamin A. Johnson, Wicomico County...................................................... 1934
Wm. Mason Shehan, Talbot County..................................... ......................1934-1940
Walter J. Mitchell, Charles County...............................................................1934-1941
Carroll T. Bond, Baltimore City........................... ........ ... . 1938
Edward S. Delaplaine, Frederick County...............................................1939
Stephen R. Collins, Kent County.............................................................1940
Wm. H. Forsythe, Howard County........................................................1941
Ogle Marbury, Prince George's County ................................................1941

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, Surveyor-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................................................................................................,,1688
Charles Carroll, Register.............................................................................................1712
Edward Griffith, Register................................................................................................1715
Edmund Jennings, Judge and Register...................................................................1738
Levin Gale, Judge and Register........................................................................ ........1738
Philip Thomas, Judge and Register ..............................................................'.......1743
Benj. Tasker and Benj. Young, Judges and Registers.................................1746
Benj. Young and George Stuart, Judges and Registers.................................1747
Benedict Calvert and George Stuart, Judges and Registers....................1756
St. George Peale, Registrar.........................................................................................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
J. Thomas Scharf..........................................................................................................1884
Philip D. Laird..................... ..... ....... .... ............................................1892
William O. Mitchell....„„.......................................................,..„..............................1896
E. Stanley Toadvin......................................... ...............................................................1900
E. Stanley Toadvin....................................................................................................1904
W. Laird Henry..................................................................................................1908
Thomas A. Smith..............................................................................................1908
John J. Hanson.................................................................................................... 1912