Crownsville in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Belvoir

(Scott’s Plantation)

Photographed by F. Robby, December 29, 2002

1. Belvoir (Scott's Plantation) Marker

Inscription. French troops under Count de Rochambeau made their 36th camp here September 16-17, 1781, enroute to Yorktown, Virginia. Most of the troops embarked from Annapolis, but the artillary marched to Georgetown to cross the Potomac River.

Erected 1967 by Maryland Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Military • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust, and the The Washington-Rochambeau Route series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1795.

Location. 39° 1.126′ N, 76° 35.02′ W. Marker is in Crownsville, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It is on Crownsville Road (Maryland Route 178) 1.1 miles south of Crownsville Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Crownsville MD 21032, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

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 once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Founding of the Crownsville State Hospital (approx. 0.9 miles away); A Challenged State Institution Evolves (approx. one mile away); Crownsville Hospital and Civil Rights (approx. one mile away); Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park (approx. one mile away); St. Paul's Anglican Chapel

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(approx. one mile away); Iglehart (approx. one mile away); Henry Baldwin (approx. 2.1 miles away); Annapolis Water Company (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crownsville.

More about this marker. An earlier version of this marker, with almost identical text, was erected by the State Roads Commission in the 1930s.

Scott's Plantation image. Click for full size.

Photographed by F. Robby, December 29, 2002

2. Scott's Plantation

On dirt road through the woods.

William D. Morgan - Maryland Historical Trust Historic Sites Survey, June 1969

3. Belvoir

William D. Morgan - Maryland Historical Trust Historic Sites Survey, June 1969

4. Belvoir

Credits. This page was last revised on December 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,891 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 12, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. 3, 4. submitted on March 22, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.