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On Bel Alton Newtown Road at Fairground Road, on the left when traveling east on Bel Alton Newtown Road.
John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice Harold hid in a thick woods on Samuel Cox's farm. (One mile north →) for several days before escaping to Virginia after Lincoln's assassination April 14, 1865. — — Map (db m129023) HM
On Bel Alton Newton Road at Wills Road, on the right when traveling north on Bel Alton Newton Road.
John Wilkes Booth and David Herold remained hidden from April 16 to 21, 1865 in a nearby pine thicket, while Union troops searched for them. Thomas A. Jones brought them food and the newspapers. — — Map (db m39524) HM
On Bel Alton Newtown Road at Wills Road, on the right when traveling north on Bel Alton Newtown Road.
After assassinating President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice, David A. Herold, fled Washington for Southern Maryland, a hotbed of Confederate sympathizers. After leaving the home of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd near . . . — — Map (db m39528) HM
On Bel Alton Newtown Road, on the left when traveling east.
Mid-18th century farm house (with alterations after 1800) was home of Col. Samuel Cox. This southern sympathizer fed and sheltered fugitives John Wilkes Booth and David E. Herold before dawn on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865 following Booth's . . . — — Map (db m4458) HM
Near Bel Alton Newtown Road 0.1 miles east of Rich Hill Farm Road, on the right when traveling west.
After leaving Dr. Samuel A. Mudd's house on April 15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, and his accomplice David E. Herold avoided Zekiah Swamp and made a wide arc around the village of Bryantown. Unsure of their . . . — — Map (db m129036) HM
Near Rich Hill Farm Road 0.1 miles north of Bel Alton Newtown Rd.
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After leaving Dr. Samuel A. Mudd's house on April 15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, and his accomplice David E. Herold avoided Zekiah Swamp and made a wide arc around the village of Bryanstown. . . . — — Map (db m129045) HM
Near Rich Hill Farm Road 0.1 miles from Bel Alton Newtown Rd.
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1666
Hugh Thomas receives a 600 acre patent to "Rich Hill." )
1666—1714
Beginnings )
1714—1807
Brown Family Era )
(Image of Dr. Gustavus Brown) )
Scottish immigrant Dr. Gustavus Brown builds the house.
1729 . . . — — Map (db m129049) HM
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