Chronicles of St. Mary’s Table of Contents Volumes 1 – 47 (1953 – 1999) Consolidated by Richard T. Nelson, Jr. _______________________________________________________________ This document can be searched by: 1. Select Edit Find or enter Ctrl F on keyboard. 2. Enter the word or phrase in the search window of Adobe Reader. 3. Click the search window menu arrow. 4. Select any options. 5. Click on Find Next in Current PDF Proceed to next page for index or Use Bookmarks Panel for Navigation Chronicles of St. Mary’s Table of Contents Volumes 1 – 47 (1953 – 1999) Consolidated by Richard T. Nelson, Jr. Page No. 1 CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY'S Page No. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK VOL ISS MO/SEASON YEAR TITLE AUTHOR/TRANSCRIBER/SUBMITTER PAGE 1 1 1 June 1953 An Early Fire Record (An Account of Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Dept. 1 the County Court House Fire at Leonardtown in 1831) 1 1 2 July 1953 July 4, 1776 (St. Mary's County in Beitzell, Edwin & Pickrell, Eloise 4 the Revolutionary War) 1 1 3 August 1953 Ancient Mannors of Saint Maries Fenwick, Charles and LaVerne 8 1 1 4 September 1953 Enemy in the Chesapeake (War of Coad, J. Allen 13 1812) 1 1 5 October 1953 The Confederate Raid on the Beitzell, Edwin W. 17 Blackistone Island Lighthouse 1 1 6 November 1953 Part of De La Brooke Manor Fenwick, Charles E. 20 1 1 7 December 1953 Indentured Servants Lalley, Jos.(Mrs.) &Pickrell, Eloise 25 1 2 1 January 1954 St. Mary's Savings Institution Fenwick, Charles E. 29 1 2 2 February 1954 First Libraries in the Colony Pickrell, Eloise N. 33 1 2 3 March 1954 Point Lookout, Maryland (Part 1) Beitzell, Edwin W. 36 1 2 4 April 1954 Point Lookout, Maryland (Part 2) Beitzell, Edwin W. 44 1 2 5 May 1954 Point Lookout, Maryland (Part 3) Beitzell, Edwin W. 55 1 2 6 June 1954 Address by Hon. Theodore McKeldin on McKeldin, Theodore (Hon. Governor) 61 Geo. Calvert (Maryland Day Celebration at St. Mary's City) 1 2 7 July 1954 St. George's Island, Maryland Gough, Fanny Combs 67 1 2 8 August 1954 St. George's Island, Maryland Beitzell, Edwin W. 70 1 2 9 September 1954 The Second Hospital in the Colonies, Pleasants, J. Hall (M.D.) 78 The "Coole Springs of St. Maries", Maryland, 1698 1 2 10 October 1954 St. Mary's County Militia - 1794 Hamersley, F. 87 1 2 11 November 1954 Rose Hill Fenwick, Charles E. 97 1 2 12 December 1954 Tudor Hall Poole, Martha Sprigg 105 1 3 1 January 1955 Sotterley McKenna, Marian 108 1 3 2 February 1955 St. Andrew's Parish Register of Poole, Martha Sprigg 112 Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1833-1859 (Abell - Groves) 1 3 3 March 1955 St. Andrew's Parish Register of Poole, Martha Sprigg 120 Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1833-1859 (Hammett - Norwood) 1 3 4 April 1955 St. Andrew's Parish Register of Poole, Martha Sprigg 125 Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1833-1859 (Owens - Yates) 1 3 5 May 1955 All Saints Episcopal Church (Part 1) Beitzell, Edwin W. 130 1 3 6 June 1955 All Saints Episcopal Church (Part 2) Beitzell, Edwin W. 139 1 3 7 July 1955 All Saints Episcopal Church (Part 3) Beitzell, Edwin W. 145 1 3 8 August 1955 All Saints Episcopal Church (Part 4) Beitzell, Edwin W. 149 1 3 9 September 1955 All Saints Episcopal Church (Part 5) Beitzell, Edwin W. 153 (King and Queen Parish) 1 3 10 October 1955 All Saints Episcopal Church (Part 6) Beitzell, Edwin W. 157 (King and Queen Parish Birth Records) 1 3 11 November 1955 All Saints Episcopal Church (Part 7) Beitzell, Edwin W. 161 (King and Queen Parish Marriages) 1 3 12 December 1955 What Price Tobacco (Part 1) Poole, Martha Sprigg 164 1 4 1 January 1956 What Price Tobacco (Part 2) Poole, Martha Sprigg 169 1 4 2 February 1956 General William Smallwood (Part 1) MacCartee, Enid V. 173 1 4 3 March 1956 General William Smallwood (Part 2) MacCartee, Enid V. 178 1 4 4 April 1956 Honorable Benjamin Gwinn Harris Beitzell, Edwin W. 184 (Part 1) 1 4 5 May 1956 Honorable Benjamin Gwinn Harris Beitzell, Edwin W. 192 (Part 2) 1 4 6 June 1956 Honorable Benjamin Gwinn Harris Beitzell, Edwin W. 200 (Part 3) 1 Page No. 2 CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY'S Page No. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK VOL ISS MO/SEASON YEAR TITLE AUTHOR/TRANSCRIBER/SUBMITTER PAGE 1 4 7 July 1956 Subscribers to the Oath of White, Frank F. &Edelen, Crolian Wm. 208 Allegience 1778 - St. Mary's County, Maryland (Revolutionary War) 1 4 8 August 1956 Mattapany - Sewall Manor Fenwick, Charles E. 216 1 4 9 September 1956 The Maryland Assembly of 1649 Beitzell, Edwin W. 225 1 4 10 October 1956 The Maryland State Flag - Its Origin Cooper, Gordon F. 233 1 4 11 November 1956 Some Notes on a County Landmark Wilfong, James C., Jr. 237 (Christ Church, Chaptico, Maryland) 1 4 11 November 1956 Some Additional Notes on Christ Beitzell, Edwin W. 243 Church, Chaptico (Subscription Lists, etc) 1 4 12 December 1956 Father Andrew White, S.J., The Beitzell, Edwin W. 249 Apostle of Maryland 2 5 1 January 1957 Reminiscences - A Trip to Kentucky; Coad, J. Edwin 1 Leonardtown in 1846 2 5 1 January 1957 The Migration to Kentucky Beitzell, Edwin W. 7 2 5 2 February 1957 Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Poole, Martha Sprigg (Miss) 9 Church 1744-1816 (Part 1) (Abell - Craigg) 2 5 3 March 1957 Early Schools of Southern Maryland Beitzell, Edwin W. 29 2 5 4 April 1957 Annals of St. Mary's - May Day 1690 Unknown 40 2 5 5 May 1957 Some Notes on "Mulberry Fields"; St. Wilfong, James C., Jr. 50 Mary's County Place (Sotterley) 2 5 5 May 1957 Kentucky Kin - Mary Eliza Simpson Huggins, Mary Lowry Smith 56 Owsley, Centenerian (1857- ) 2 5 6 June 1957 Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Poole, Martha Sprigg (Miss) 58 Church 1744-1816 (Part 2) (Craigg - Greenwell) 2 5 7 July 1957 The Confiscation of British Property Fenwick, LaVerne M. 68 in Maryland (Revolutionary War) 2 5 8 August 1957 Two Colonial Churchmen (John Carroll Wilfong, James C. 82 and Thomas John Claggett) 2 5 8 August 1957 John Carroll, Founder of Georgetown Beitzell, Edwin W. 83 2 5 8 August 1957 How Old is the Oldest (Buildings) ?; Wilfong, James C., Jr. 86 Tudor Hall and Some Parallels 2 5 9 September 1957 Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Poole, Martha Sprigg (Miss) 90 Church 1744-1816 (Part 3) (Greenwell - Hutchins) 2 5 10 October 1957 The Chesapeake Bay Crab Beitzell, Edwin W. 100 2 5 10 October 1957 Mulberry Fields and the Somerville Fenwick and Johnson 106 Family 2 5 11 November 1957 Maryland - Courts, Crimes and Rowe, Warren B. 114 Punishments 2 5 12 December 1957 Christmas in Southern Maryland; Old St. Mary's Beacon clippings 127 Tom White's Ghost; Devil's Ball Yard 2 6 1 January 1958 Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Poole, Martha Sprigg (Miss) 133 Church 1744-1816 (Part 4) (Hutchens - Mareman) 2 6 2 February 1958 Porto Bello (Part 1) Fenwick, LaVerne M. 143 2 6 3 March 1958 Porto Bello (Part 2) Fenwick, LaVerne M. 152 2 6 4 April 1958 Father Haddock's Chalice Beitzell, Edwin W. 165 2 6 4 April 1958 The Romance of Southern Maryland's Cockrell, James Knox (Mrs.) 172 Tobacco 2 6 4 April 1958 Recipes for Southern Maryland Fenwick and Loker 173 Stuffed Ham 2 6 4 April 1958 Two Colonial Churchmen (A different Van Leer, Blake R. (Mrs.) 174 view) 2 6 5 May 1958 Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Poole, Martha Sprigg (Miss) 176 Church 1744-1816 (Part 5) (Mareman - 2 Page No. 3 CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY'S Page No. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK VOL ISS MO/SEASON YEAR TITLE AUTHOR/TRANSCRIBER/SUBMITTER PAGE Payne) 2 6 6 June 1958 A Salute to Charles County (Part 1) Beitzell, Edwin W. 186 2 6 6 June 1958 Two Colonial Churchmen (Reply to Wilfong, James C. 186 Mrs. Blake Van Leer comments) 2 6 6 June 1958 Some Notes on a Neighboring Area Wilfong, James C., Jr. 187 (Chimney House, Rose Hill, Habre de Venture, Linden) 2 6 6 June 1958 Some Notes on "Dent's Palace" in Wilfong, James C., Jr. 189 Charles County 2 6 6 June 1958 Some Notes on Old Durham Wilfong, James C., Jr. 191 2 6 7 July 1958 A Salute to Charles County (Part 2); Mudd, Richard D. & Roberts, Ethel J. 196 Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd 2 6 8 August 1958 A Salute to Charles County (Part 3); Wilfong, James C., Jr. 207 A Charles County River House (Chapman's Landing) 2 6 8 August 1958 Some Notes on Marshall Hall Wilfong, James C., Jr. 209 2 6 8 August 1958 Mount Republican Wilfong, James C., Jr. 211 2 6 8 August 1958 Two Colonial Churchmen (More Jones, J. Webster 213 comments) 2 6 9 September 1958 The Guns of St. Mary's Howard, Frank L. 217 2 6 10 October 1958 Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Poole, Martha Sprigg (Miss) 232 Church 1744-1816 (Part 6) (Payne - Stone) 2 6 10 October 1958 Two Colonial Churchmen (Mrs. Van Van Leer, Blake Ragsdale (Mrs.) 241 Leer's Reply) 2 6 10 October 1958 The Plains - Another Landmark Wilfong, James C., Jr. 242 Destroyed 2 6 11 November 1958 Meeting on Historic St.