Thomas Marriott (b. circa 1831 - d. 1874)
MSA SC 5496-0036743
Landowner, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1860
Biography:
Thomas Marriott was a free black landowner in Montgomery County, Maryland. Thomas Marriott, a mulatto, was born about 1831 in Maryland. In 1850, Marriott worked as a laborer at the home of Isaac Hartshorne, in the Cracklin District. Marriott and his wife Caroline, lived in Ashton with their nine children: George, Anna, Thomas, Jonas, John, Lewis, William, Benjamin, and Caroline. The Marriott's were members of the Sharp Street Church, where Thomas was also a trustee. Much of the black community in the Sandy Spring area attended the Sharp Street Church.
In 1854, Marriott purchased a tract of land that was part of the Addition to Charley Forrest from Charles Hill of Baltimore, MD. In 1857, Thomas Marriott and his wife Caroline, grant and sell that tract of land, The Addition to Charley Forrest, to Mary Hardesty. In 1859, Marriott purchases another tract of land that was a part of nearby Snowden's Manor Enlarged, from Joseph Todd of Montgomery County. Marriott worked as a farmer until he was drafted by the Union Army in 1863. When Marriott returned home he became a member of the Eureka Society (a religious organization). Marriott served as a trustee of the Eureka Society along with Remus Q. Hill and Nelson Edwards. In 1873, the Eureka Society sold land to the trustees of the Cedar Mount Cemetery for the sum of $40. December 15, 1874, the Eureka Society sold and additional piece of their land to Caleb Dorsey. Upon his death in 1874, Thomas Marriott willed to his wife Caroline all of his property (real and personal). At Caroline's death Thomas' property was to be divided equally amongst his children.
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