Ellicott City is the county seat for Howard County
Cooksville is in Howard County
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On Roxbury Mills Road (Maryland Route 97) at Old Frederick Road (Maryland Route 144), on the right when traveling north on Roxbury Mills Road.
Site of a skirmish between confederate cavalry commanded by General J.E.B. Stuart, and Maryland militia on June 29, 1863. The Confederates easily defeated their opposition and continued northwardly towards Hood’s Mill and Westminster. — — Map (db m936) HM
On Roxbury Mills Road (Maryland Route 97) at Old Frederick Road (Maryland Route 144), on the right when traveling north on Roxbury Mills Road.
When Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led his cavalry division north across the Potomac River into Maryland in June 1863, about 400 Federals and civilians were captured and then paroled in Brookeville. At the same time, Confederate Gen. Fitzhugh . . . — — Map (db m937) HM
On Roxbury Mills or Washington Road (Maryland Route 97) 0.9 miles south of Old Frederick Road (Maryland Route 144).
Site of the first public high school for African Americans in Howard County. Original site of Warfield Academy, became Mount Gregory School in 1867 for African Americans and was the genesis of Mount Gregory Church. Was a public elementary school by . . . — — Map (db m938) HM
On Carrs Mill Road at Roxbury Mills Road (Maryland Route 97), on the right when traveling east on Carrs Mill Road.
The grave of this Revolutionary War patriot is near this site. A member of the Sons of Liberty, he participated in the burning of the brig “Peggy Stewart,” at Annapolis, October 19, 1774, and also served as a major in the Elkridge . . . — — Map (db m3184) HM
On Roxbury Mills Road (Maryland Route 97) at Old Frederick Road (Maryland Route 144), on the right when traveling north on Roxbury Mills Road.
After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m935) HM
On Roxbury Mills Road (Maryland Route 97) 0.1 miles south of Millers Mill Road, on the left when traveling south.
Mt. Gregory UMC was founded in the basement of an old-stone building known as Warfield Academy around 1867. In 1897 ground was broken to build the existing sanctuary that still serves as our place of worship today. This bell, which was mounted on . . . — — Map (db m188492) HM
On Frederick Road (Maryland Route 144) just west of Roxbury Mills Road (Maryland Route 97), on the right when traveling west.
Robert Inn is one of several 19th-century taverns still standing along Frederick Turnpike, also known as MD 144. Reaching here by 1808, the roadway connected Baltimore with Frederick and western Maryland. The new turnpike quickly became popular . . . — — Map (db m147265) HM
On Roxbury Mills Road (Maryland Route 97) 0.1 miles south of Millers Mill Road, on the left when traveling south.
Methodist churches were a source of inspiration for the budding African-American community as people moved westward along the Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike, part of the National Road system. Both enslaved and free African-Americans . . . — — Map (db m188490) HM
