Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Lot 19
Brookeville,
Montgomery County, Maryland
Owned by Richard Thomas
Jr., Founder of Brookeville
Information:
In 1814, lot 19 in Brookeville was an empty lot owned by Richard
Thomas Jr., who founded the town and began selling lots by
1800.1 Brookeville
was built on part of a 248 acre tract of land in Montgomery County
that Thomas and his wife inherited when his father-in-law, Roger Brooke
IV, passed away in 1792.2
Many of the original lots in the town, including lot 19, remained in
Thomas's possession until his death in 1821.3
Kyle Bacon, DAR
Research Fellow, 2012
Notes:
- Catherine
C. Lavoie, "Thomas-Bentley House (Madison House)," Historic American
Buildings Survey (HABS No. MD-1375) Washington, DC: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2011, pp. 15-19. This
record provides a comprehensive description
of the founding of Brookeville.
- Ibid.,
17.
- MONTGOMERY
COUNTY COURT (Land Records) November 3, 1823, Deed of Partition amongst
the children of Richard Thomas Jr. Liber X, pp. 120-125 [MSA
CE
148-25].
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