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Melford (built 1810)
MSA SC 5496-047795
Property, Prince George's County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

MARYLAND INDEXES, (Patents, Index), 1634-1985, S1426, 1634-1985, Index 54, Electronic Index. Howerton, John. Unfortunately, the patent certificate no longer exists, since a fire in Annapolis destroyed the certificates from 1704 and earlier.

Calvert County Circuit Court, Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, MSA S1583: (Patents, CV, Tract Index). Howertons Range, 400 Acres, 1670, Certificate. John Howerton, Patent Record 12, p. 553.

Calvert County Circuit Court, Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, MSA S1583: (Patents, CV, Tract Index).owertons Range, 400 Acres, 1670, Patent. John Howerton, Patent Record 14, p. 86.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records), I, 1720-1726, MSA CE 65-7, Benjamin Duvall to Robert Tyler.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber HB 4, Foli 655, 1870-1871, [MSA CE 64-16]. Daniel Clarke (estate of Richard Duckett) to Richard Hardesty.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, [MSA S1543] Equity Record BDS 8, p. 236, 1909, Estate of the late Richard Hardesty Sr.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber 205, Folio 175, 1924-1924, [MSA CE 64-291]. Sarah T. Hardisty to E. Florence Slingluff..

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber 217, Folio 101, 1924-1924, MSA CE 64-303, Lena T. Weems to E. Florence Slingluff.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber 390, Folio 473, 1932-1932, [MSA CE 64-476]. Margaret T. Slingluff to Richard T. Slingluff.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber NLP 5088, Folio 158, 1979-1979, [MSA CE 64-5169]. Leo E. Goodwin, Jr., to Donald Nash, subject to the existing Life Estate of Margaret T. Slinguff.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber NLP 5823, Folio 876, 1984-1984, [MSA CE 64-5904]. Donald S. Nash to Carley Capital Group and University of Maryland Foundation, Inc.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, CIRCUIT COURT, (Equity Record), [T2591-59]. Liber BDS 8, Folio 225, Equity Case 3705.

Prince George's County District 7, Simon J. Martenet, Martenet's Atlas of Maryland, 1861, Library of Congress, MSA SC 1213-1-118.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Dr. R. Duckett, Slaves, 1850, Queen Ann District, Prince George's County, Page 11, Line 2.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for R. Hardesty, Queen Anne District, Prince George's County, Page 12, Line 27.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Richard Hardisty, Queen Anne, District 127, Prince George's County, Page 4, Line 23.

Newspapers and Journals -

"Ran Away." Maryland Republican 12 August 1811: 1.

"Fifty Dollars Reward." Maryland Republican 14 October 1815: 1.

"50 Dollars Reward." Maryland Republican 30 March 1816: 1.

"Fifty Dollars Reward." Maryland Republican 25 November 1824: 1.

"30 Dollars Reward." Maryland Republican 29 April 1826: 1.

"100 Dollars Reward." Maryland Republican 7 June 1831: 1.

"Three Hundred Dollars Reward." Baltimore Sun 27 December 1852: 4.

"Historic Buildings in Area Surveyed." Washington Post 8 July 1972: D10. Proquest databases.

Books -

Boucher, Jack E. Landmarks of Prince George's County. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.

Bowie, Effie Gwynn. Across the Years in Prince George's County. Virginia: Garrett and Massie, 1947.

Internet Sources -

"Melford." National Register Listings in Maryland. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/nrdetail.aspx?hdid=1009&from=nrmappr.html.

"Melford (Howerton's Range)." PG:71B-16. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

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