| Maryland (Kent County), Betterton — Crew’s Landing |
| | In 1715 Edward Crew leased Fish Hall (Fishall Pattent 1665) for 11 years at the yearly rate of one ear of corn. Crew purchased 60 of the original 225 acres for 3000 lbs. of tobacco in 1726 and the remaining 165 acres in 1728. Fish Hall later became known as Crew’s Landing. It was condemned on April 18, 1866 for a public landing. The County Commissioners paid the Crew family $78.43. — Map (db m3051) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — Baltimore Regional Trail — A House Divided |
| | War on the Chesapeake Bay. During the Civil War, Baltimore and its environs exemplified the divided loyalties of Maryland’s residents. The city had commercial ties to the South as well as the North, and its secessionist sympathies erupted in violence on April 19, 1861, when pro-Confederate mobs attacked Massachusetts troops en route to Washington, D.C. Because of Baltimore’s strategic importance, President Abraham Lincoln acted swiftly, stationing Federal troops in the city and jailing . . . — Map (db m3057) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — Bordley Corner |
| | Building built in 1883 by Thomas S. Bordley as a two-story men’s haberdashery. Gutted by fire in 1910. Rebuilt in 1911. Owned and operated as a men’s store by Carl and Ruth Bordley 1922-1950. Now rented by the Bordley family. — Map (db m6157) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — Chestertown, Maryland |
| | County seat of Kent County. Established in 1706. Situated on the most traveled highway between south and north during the revolutionary period. George Washington made eight known visits here between 1756 and 1793. Rich in Colonial History. — Map (db m3059) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — From This Point |
| | From this point on May 23, 1774, a group of Chestertown citizens, undisguised and in broad daylight boarded the brigantine Geddes and threw its cargo of tea into the Chester River. — Map (db m3060) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — George Vickers |
| | George Vickers was born in Chestertown in 1801. He opposed secession in 1861. Assisted Governor Hicks to raise an Eastern Shore Regiment and attained the rank of Major General of Militia. In the trial of President Johnson, Senator Vickers voted for acquittal. — Map (db m3049) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — George Washington |
| | Original benefactor 1782.
Member, Visitors and Governors, 1784–1789. — Map (db m3055) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — In Memory of More Than 400 Prominent United States Colored Troops from Kent County |
| | In Memory of more than 400 prominent United States Colored Troops from Kent County, Maryland who bravely displayed extraordinary acts of heroism as they faithfully served their country with courage & honor in an attempt to gain freedom & equality in their preservation of the Union during the Civil War (1861-1865).
Like an eagle that flies in the sky above, always protecting the land we love. — Map (db m5414) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — In This Church |
| | was held the first convention which proposed and adopted the name Protestant Episcopal Church November 9, 1780. — Map (db m3067) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — John Leeds Barroll — Publisher Accused of Treason and Exiled |
| | John Leeds Barroll first walked these courhouse grounds, as a prominent Kent County lawyer before becoming a newspaper publisher. He was admitted to the bar in 1852 and served as the county State’s Attorney, 1854–1856, then founded the Kent Conservator in 1859. Federal officials deemed treasonous an 1863 article reprinted in Barroll’s newspaper from the St. Mary’s Beacon, of Leonardtown, Md. Gen. Robert C. Schenck ordered a company of the 2nd Regiment Eastern Shore Volunteer . . . — Map (db m3066) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — On This Site Stood the Courthouse |
| | On this site stood the courthouse built in 1707 which was burned and repaired in 1720. A new building was erected in 1860 and remodeled in 1937. — Map (db m3065) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — Revolutionary Cannon |
| | Presented to The Historical Society of Kent County, Inc., in memory of Morris Keene Barroll 1893–1962. — Map (db m3061) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — This Monument Honors the Area Veterans |
| | This Monument honors • the area Veterans • who have sacrificed • for their country.
World War I 1917–1918 • World War II 1941–1945 • Korean War 1950–1953 • Vietnam War 1964–1973. — Map (db m3063) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — Washington College — Founded in 1782 |
| | George Washington gave to its founding, granted use of his name and served on the Board of Visitors and Governors. He attended public exercises here, 1784, and received degree of Doctor of Laws in 1789. — Map (db m3053) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — White & Black, Blue & Gray — Social Battlefield Split Kent Families |
| | In June 1917, Judge James A. Pearce commemorated the Civil War soldiers of Kent County by erecting a monument to honor the patriotism and valor of a once divided, but now reunited country. The rough-cut and polished granite monument behind you displays the names of soldiers representing the United States on one side and the Confederacy on the other. Looking closely, you will see some of the same family names on both sides—brother against brother, father against son. Pearce said that the . . . — Map (db m5585) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — William Beck Nicholson |
| |
“Swish”
Philadelphia A.L., 1936
Chicago N.L., 1939–1948
Philadelphia N.L., 1948–1953
Born Chestertown, Kent County, Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1914. Graduate of Washington College 1936. Feared and respected outfielder with fine arm who played the national game of baseball with great determination. Led National League in home runs, RBI 1943, 1944, runner-up for MVP 1944. 235 career home runs, had 8 career grand slams, tied a . . . — Map (db m3058) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — Worrell’s Tavern |
| | Site of the tavern where George Washington dined and lodged on his return from Philadelphia, March 23, 1791, while he was President of the United States of America. Originally erected 1932 by Chester Lodge 115 A. F. & A. M. — Map (db m3068) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Ederville — Martin Wagner — 1899–1980 |
| | Master Machinist and Blacksmith, he was the third generation of his family to devote his life to work with forge, torch and anvil on this site. The Wagner Blacksmith and Machinery Repair Shop began serving the residents of Kent County in the 1850s. Besides repairing manufactured equipment the Wagners created many new products for farmers and watermen. The Wagner skills made life easier for many generations of people covering a wide area of the Upper Eastern Shore. — Map (db m3071) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Fairlee — Bass Propagation Lake |
| | Fairlee Mill Pond, Kent County, one mile from this point. Purchased by State 1928. — Map (db m3077) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Fairlee — Battle of Caulk’s Field — War of 1812 |
| | Kent County Militia under Lt. Col. Philip A. Reed marched from Belle Air (Fairlee) to meet British Forces here on August 31, 1814. The British with 15 killed, were repulsed and their commander, Sir Peter Parker, mortally wounded. American losses were slight. — Map (db m21906) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Fairlee — Caulk’s Field Monument |
| | The British commanded by Sir Peter Parker, Baronet and the Americans commanded by Col. Philip Reed met in engagement on this field Aug. 31st 1814. The British were defeated and Sir Peter Parker killed. Erected A. D. 1902 by Marylanders to commemorate the patriotism and fortitude of the victor and vanquished. — Map (db m3070) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Galena — Downs’ Cross Roads — Galena, Maryland |
| | On this site stood the tavern erected by William Downs in 1763. Burned in 1893, George Washington stopped here in 1774 en route to and from the first Continental Congress. He traveled this road on his eight visits to Kent County. — Map (db m3040) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Georgetown — Georgetown, Maryland |
| | Erected by act of Assembly of Maryland, May 1736, on a tract called Tolchester. A base of Continental supplies, 1775 to 1783. Port of Entry and ferry landing. George Washington stopped here enroute to points north and south. • Burned by British May 6, 1813. — Map (db m1577) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Kennedyville — Brig. Gen. John Cadwalader — 1742–1786 |
| | Commander Penna Troops. Served at Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. Incensed at the cabal against Washington he wounded General Conway in a duel. Lived nearby and served in General Assembly of Maryland from Kent County. Buried in Shrewsbury Churchyard. His epitaph was written by Thomas Paine. — Map (db m3043) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Kennedyville — Colonel Isaac Perkins — “Flaming Patriot” of the Revolution |
| | Son of Thomas Perkins, who built brick house near here in 1720. The Colonel was one of the commissioners appointed by Maryland Council of safety to raise supplies for Washington’s Army. Much of the flour provided from the Eastern Shore was ground in the mills of his property. In 1780, he accused tory “villans” of hiring “some abandoned wretch” to set fire to his mills. — Map (db m3044) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Millington — Mason-Dixon Line Crownstone |
| | The North-South line between the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania, now Delaware, was surveyed between June and September 1764 by Charles Mason, an astronomer, and Jeremiah Dixon, a mathematician and surveyor.
Leading a party of thirty-nine, Mason and Dixon measured off the line, planting waist high limestone markers at one mile intervals, returning later to place these crownstone markers every five miles. — Map (db m19671) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Rock Hall — Captain Lambert Wickes |
| | One of senior officers of Continental Navy in opening years of Revolutionary War. Noted for his daring raids on British shipping. In his Sloop of War Reprisal he took Benjamin Franklin to France in 1776. Was first American Naval Officer in European waters after Declaration of Independence. Born near here on Eastern Neck Island, c 1735. He was lost with his ship in storm off Newfoundland October 1, 1777. Franklin called him “a gallant officer, and a very worthy man.” — Map (db m3072) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Rock Hall — Rock Hall |
| | Formerly known as Rock Hall Cross Roads. Main Street is part of first road cut in Kent County in 1675. George Washington passed here eight known times. Tench Tilghman used this route from Yorktown to Philadelphia in October 1781. — Map (db m3075) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Rock Hall — Rock Hall Landing |
| | Site of Rock Hall Mansion for which the town was named. Landing of Annapolis - Rock Hall Packet used by George Washington on eight known trips through Kent County. A convenient route used by many prominent persons of Colonial and Revolutionary periods. — Map (db m3074) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Rock Hall — Stanley B. Vansant Memorial |
| | 1908–1990.
Fishing shanty & wintertime portable home for waterman. Towed to suitable sites. Refurbished thru Friends of Stanley Rock Hall Lions. — Map (db m3073) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Rock Hall — Wickliffe |
| | Major Joseph Wickes, who settled on Eastern Neck Island c. 1658, was Chief Justice of Kent County. Before 1674 the Court met at Wickliffe, his home here (no longer standing). By 1680 he had acquired 864 acres, the southern half of the island, which he held until his death in 1692. His great-grandson Captain Lambert Wickes, who spent his early years here, served with distinction in the Continental Navy, was lost at sea with his Sloop-of-War Reprisal October 1, 1777. — Map (db m3076) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Still Pond — Maryland’s First Women Voters |
| | In the village of Still Pond, twelve years before the 19th Amendment established women’s suffrage, Mary Jane Clark Howard, Anne Baker Maxwell and Lillie Deringer Kelley cast their ballots in the municipal election of 1908. That year, an act for incorporation of the town had provided the right to vote to any male or female resident taxpayer over age 21. Fourteen women were registered to vote, two of them African American. — Map (db m3052) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Tolchester Beach — Tolchester Beach Amusement Park |
| | Opened on this site in 1877 by the Tolchester Steamboat Company, in an era when the steamboat was a primary mode of social and commercial transportation in the Tidewater region, and in response to the rising popularity of resorts and amusement parks. Steamers ran daily between Baltimore and the park, which grew to over 150 acres and included a hotel, pavilion, bathing beach and a variety of rides and attractions. The park closed in 1962. — Map (db m19449) |
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