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Charles County MD Will Book 1777-1780; Page 74.
Proceedings of the Orphan Court. Oct 14, 1777. The Court met. Present: Messrs Samuel Hanson, Daniel Jenifer, George Dent, & John Dent, Walter Hanson, Register.
Alexander Scott, an orphan, son to James Scott, deceased, 16 years of age next Jan 26, came into court and made choice of his brother, Robt Scott, for his guardian, who, being present, accepts. Ordered that the orphan's estate be delivered to sd guardian, he giving bond and security. Bond taken Nov 8, 1777.
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Charles County Land Records 1792-1796; Liber N#4; Page 200. Dec 20. 1793 from Thomas Contee of Prince Georges County, Esquire, to Alexander Scott of VA, Esquire, for 1622 £ and for so much as sd Alexander Scott may secure to be paid by written obligation under his hand and seal, herein conveyed are 3 parcels of land in CC, to wit, part of a tract of land called Rozers Refuge, bounded by Port Tobacco Cr and the eastern banks of the same, where is the dividing line between a part of sd tract lately in the tenure of Walter Pye but now occupied by Robert Fergusson, and that part of sd tract now in possession of Thomas Contee and intended to be hereby conveyed, thence to a tract of land called Thomson Ton, the head of St, John's Branch, containing 551 acres, reserving therefrom 10 square feet each way of the ground where the graves of 2 children of sd Thomas Contee are so as to include sd graves. Also, part of one other tract of land, adjoining the former tract, called Tomson Ton, which sd land was formerly sold by James Gilpin, and recorded in the CC Land Records, bounded by James Gilpin, Thomas Contee, containing about 170 acres. Also, part of one other tract of land in CC called Wathens Adventure, which was heretofore sold by deed to Thomas Contee by John Wathen, and recorded in the Land Records of CC, bounded by John Wathen, Thomas Contee. Signed - Thos Contee. Wit - John Smith Brookes, Saml Hepburn (Prince Georges County JPs), This deed was acknowledged in Prince Georges County; the dower of Sarah Russell Contee, wife of Benjamin Contee is not granted. Certified by John R. Magruder Jr, Clk of Prince Georges County Court. Recorded Jan 17,1794.
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Charles County Land Records 1792-1796; Liber N#4; Page 261. Memorandum of a Negro. A Negro called Daphne was imported into Maryland on May 5, 1794 from VA by Alexr Scott, by virtue of an Act of Assembly of the State of Maryland, passed in 1791. Signed at Port Tobacco on May 9, 1794 - Alexr Scott. Recorded May 10, 1794.
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Charles County Land Records 1792-1796; Liber N#4; Page 354. Entry of Negroes. Two Negroes, viz, Will and Clem, were removed by me from VA to Maryland on Jan 20, 1795 - Alex Scott, Esquire_ Recorded Feb 14, 1795.
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Charles County Land Records 1792-1796; Liber N#4; Page 368. Dec 27, 1794 from Alexander Hamilton of Prince Georges County, to Alexander Scott of CC, for 2363 £and for 5 shillings, part of a tract of land called Causin Mannor, in CC, bounded by the mouth of a marsh on Potowmack River side sometimes called Port Tobacco Cr side, bounded by a division between Benjamin Douglass and Gerard B. Causin, sd Douglass' 8 acre lot, a line of Thomas DuHurst Merrick's part of sd original tract, Mankins' Swamp, containing about
535 acres. Signed - Alr Hamilton. Wit - Henry Barnes*, James
Freeman*. Recorded Mar 2, 1795.
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Charles County Land Records 1792-1796; Liber N#4; Page 409. Entry of Negroes_ On Apr 20, 1795, the following Negroes were imported, agreeable to law, from VA, my property by devise and marriage, viz, Charlotte, Moses, Peter, Nancy, Tosh, Maria, Chloe, Lewis, Dick, Ruth, Daniel, Bet, and Jenny. Signed May 13, 1795 - Alexander Scott. Recorded May 15, 1795.
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 424-324: ROZERS REFUGE: 1164 acres; Possession of - 1164 Acres - Contee, Alexander: : Re-Surveyed 19 Feb 1734 for Alexander Contee: Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, 1164 Acres - John Hanson from John Contee; 28 Feb 1744,561 Acres - Jane Contee from John Hanson; 12 March 1744, 174 Acres - Thomas Contee from Jane Contee; 4 Sept 1752.
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 320-133: THOMPSON TOWN: 270 acres; Possession of - 270 Acres - Rozer, Notley: Surveyed 12 Aug 1669 for George Thompson at a M.E.'d oak at the Southernmost bound of the land of Capt William Lewis: Conveyance notes - 270 Acres - Isaac Gilpin from Notley Rozer,; 1 Nov 1718, 100 Acres - Walter Hanson from William Middleton; 18 May 1748,, , , ,
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 333-224: WATHENS ADVENTURE: 200 acres; Possession of - 200 Acres - Watkins, John: Surveyed 5 July 1702 for John Wathen beginning at a M.E.'d oak being a boundary tree of a tract of land now in possession of William Mathews called MATHEWS PURCHASE: Other Tracts Mentioned: MATHEWS PURCHASE;
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1762 - Aft 1805 (> 44 years)