Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Lot 16

Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland
Residence of Deborah Brooke Pleasants, 1801-1815

Information:

From 1801 to 1815, lot 16 on Market Street in Brookeville served as the primary residence of Deborah Brooke Pleasants.1 The lot was owned by Deborah's brother, Gerard Brooke, who maintained trusteeship of Deborah's inherited property and purchased the house for Deborah.2 In 1813, lot 16 and the home that it contained were valued at $150.3 In 1815, Gerard relinquished Deborah's trusteeship and sold lot 16 to Benjamin Blowers.4

Kyle Bacon, DAR Research Fellow, 2012

Notes:

  1. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Mary Farquhar Green Collection) Account book of Gerard Brooke, 1802-1821 [MSA SC 566-1-98, 00/09/06/06].
  2. Ibid.
  3. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX (Assessment Record), 1813 Tax Assessment (District 4), Lots and Houses in Brookeville, MdHR 20,115-3-1 [MSA C1110-3, 01/18/14/019]. The values stated in tax assessments do not necessarily represent true property values, and likely understate values significantly.
  4. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records) May 25, 1815, Gerard Brooke to Benjamin Blowers, Lot 16 in Brookeville. Liber S-19, p. 206 [MSA CE 148-19].




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