Leonardtown is the county seat for St. Mary's County
Hollywood is in St. Mary's County
St. Mary's County(297) ► ADJACENT TO ST. MARY'S COUNTY Calvert County(153) ► Charles County(150) ► Dorchester County(148) ► Somerset County(37) ► Northumberland County, Virginia(43) ► Westmoreland County, Virginia(103) ►
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During colonial days, English government has hopes of exporting furs, foodstuffs, timber, flax and other products from Maryland's ports to the home county. In reality, tobacco was the only notable item produced and exported to England in large . . . — — Map (db m62630) HM
The Price of Prosperity
By the latter part of the 17th century, the development of the plantation economy of Maryland was well established. The shift of political power from English nobles to wealthy planters and fewer indentured servants . . . — — Map (db m146563) HM
Part of Resurrection Manor
An original grant in 1650 of 4000 acres to
Thomas Cornwaleys, Esq.
with Court Leet and Court Baron
"and all things belonging therunto
by law and custom of England"
Dedicated May 1972 by the National Society of . . . — — Map (db m62460) HM
In the 18th century, enslaved African Americans were housed in outlying barns and buildings of the plantation, as well as in the passageways of the manor house. By the 19th century, approximately ten slave cabins were constructed between the ravine . . . — — Map (db m62593) HM
Sotterley and other nearby plantations paid a heavy price in the War of 1812. British blockades impeded trade of their principal cash crop -- tobacco -- and enemy raids plundered the region.
In June 1814 British forces landed near Sotterley, . . . — — Map (db m62610) HM