Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Lot 41

Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland
Owned by Margaret Brooke, 1804-1825

Information:

In 1814, lot 41 on Market Street in Brookeville, Maryland was owned by Margaret Brooke. She used part of her inheritance from her late father, Roger Brooke IV, to purchase the lot from Deborah Phillips in 1804 for $12.1 Margaret sold the lot, which remained empty under her ownership, to Sarah B. Thomas, daughter of Brookeville founder Richard Thomas Jr., in August of 1825 for $35.99.2

Kyle Bacon, DAR Research Fellow, 2012

Notes:

  1. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records) February 14, 1804, Liber L, p. 257, Deed, Deborah Phillips to Margaret Brooke, lot 41 in Brookeville [ MSA CE 148-12].
  2. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records) August 8, 1825, Liber Y, p. 121, Deed, Margaret Brooke to Sarah B. Thomas, Lot 41 in Brookeville [MSA CE 148-26].




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