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In August 1827 the Commissioners of Primary Schools for
Anne Arundel County met to divide the county into school
districts most of which were drawn as close as possible to
a standard of five miles in length and five miles in
width. The results were filed with the clerk of the court
and recorded in (Land Records) WSG 13, pp. 123-129 in
series C97. The commissioners numbered the districts
consecutively beginning with one at the south end of the
county and proceeding north through what is now Howard
County. Nineteen of the thirty-seven districts are
outlined in this article. The rest will be included in a
future edition. The boundary descriptions also provide
names of land owners, creeks and other small bodies of
water, roads, and other local landmarks. Descriptions for
districts 1-19:
No. 1. Beginning at the southeastern point of the
county and running west and north with the county line to
Lyons Creek; then with the creek to the eastern part of
the farm of Thomas J. Hall; then east by Benjamin Griffin
to a small creek; then with the creek to Herring Bay; then
south to the beginning.
No. 2. Beginning at the mouth of Lyons Creek and
running up the creek to a branch south of Robert Pindell's
mill; then north up the branch, including the farms of
Philip Darnall, heirs of John Weeks, Nicholas L. Darnall,
Isaac Owens of Ben, heirs of Nicholas Owens, and James S.
Owens, to Mataponi Branch; then down this branch to the
Patuxent River; then down the river to the
beginning.
No. 3. Beginning at the creek south of Gustavus
Weem's farm; then up the creek, including Benjamin
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Griffin, to Lyons Creek; then down the creek to the first
branch emptying into the creek from the north and below
the farm of Gassaway Pindell; then up the branch,
including the farms of Gassaway Pindell, Levi Wayson,
Rezin Estep, Claudius F. Legrange, and Susanna J. Gott, to
the public road leading from Annapolis to Pig Point; then
up the road, including the farms of Henry A. Hall, John
Thomas, Dr. Martin Fenwick, Nancy Franklin, Capt. Thomas
Franklin, and John C. Weems, to the tidewater; then with
the tidewater to the beginning.
No. 4. The territory called the Swamp and farm of
Judge Johns.
No. 5. Beginning at the headwaters of West River,
including Virgil Maxcy's farm, to the public road leading
to Traceys Landing; then up the road by Butlers and
Fogget's Tavern to Harwoods Wind Mill; then north to
Stocketts Run; then up the run until it intersects
Annapolis Road; then up the road to South River Church;
then down the road leading to West River to the head of
Muddy Creek; then with the creek to the tidewater; then
with the tidewater to the beginning.
No. 6. Beginning at the head of Muddy Creek and
running with the road from the creek to South River
Church; then with the road southwest to the head of
Stocketts Run; then with the run to the road near Mrs.
John Bird; then on a straight line to Beards Creek; then
with the tidewater to Rhode River; then to the
beginning.
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