Greater Upper Marlboro in Prince George's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Billingsley

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 3, 2025

1. Billingsley Marker

Inscription. In 1662, Lord Baltimore granted Major John Billingsley 700 acres at the confluence of the Patuxent River and the Western Branch at Jug Bay. It is not known if John Billingsley ever resided at Billingsley's Point. In 1687, Billingsley's heirs sold Billingsley's Point to Colonel Thomas Hollyday where he established a residence. Hollyday had been credited with building the existing house at Billingsley circa 1696. However, close examination of the house by architectural historians indicates the existing house was constructed in the 1740s, most likely by Dr. James Weems who purchased the property from Hollyday's son, James Hollyday, in 1740. The Weems family occupied Billingsley for the next 100 years.

During a construction project at Billingsley in 1999, archaeologists uncovered the ruins of a wood-frame structure and cellar on the edge of-the terrace overlooking the Western Branch and Mount Calvert. Colonial period artifacts recovered from the wood-lined cellar indicate the structure was occupied in the late 1600s and early 1700s. It is now believed this earlier wood frame structure was the residence of Colonel Hollyday

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in the late 1600s.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 1662.

Location. 38° 47.67′ N, 76° 43.069′ W. Marker is in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in Prince George's County. It is in Greater Upper Marlboro. It can be reached from Green Landing Road. Green Landing Road is a private road not open to the public. To reach Billingsley turn off MD 301 at Maude Savoy Brown road and drive around or through the county composting facility and the water treatment plant to find Billingsley. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6900 Green Landing Rd, Upper Marlboro MD 20772, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 3, 2025

2. Billingsley Marker

once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mount Calvert: A Confluence of Three Cultures (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Billingsley's Point (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mount Calvert Manor (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mount Calvert Federal Period Plantation House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); African-Americans at Mount Calvert (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mount Calvert, Early Town (approx. 0.7 miles away); Woodland Indians (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Upper Marlboro.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Billingsley's Point (was approx. 0.7 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

American Indian Village image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 3, 2025

3. American Indian Village

It is known that an American-Indian village was located on or near Billingsley's Point in the early 1600s. In 1674 the Maryland General Assembly proposed that a reservation be established at Billingsley's Point for the Mattapanient Indians. It is unknown if the reservation was actually-established.

Close-up of image on marker.

Billingsley circa 1740 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 3, 2025

4. Billingsley circa 1740

Close-up of image on marker.

American Indian Artifacts image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 3, 2025

5. American Indian Artifacts

Since 1990, archaeologists have recovered thousands of American Indian artifacts from the Archaic period (75,00 – 200 BC) through the Late Woodland period (2,000 BC – 1600 AD).

Close of images on marker.

Colonial Artifacts image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 3, 2025

6. Colonial Artifacts

Archaeologists found these artifacts in the cellar of wood frame structure in 1999.

Close-up of images on marker.

Billingsley House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 3, 2025

7. Billingsley House

Credits. This page was last revised on October 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2025, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 146 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on October 4, 2025, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.