Sugarland’s History By Gwen Reese and Suzanne Johnson DolendiLegend hasconsed it that quas the rem community sequae. got Nem its labo. name Mod because quo eosThe sicommunity doluptio sharedmolo intor a well aliquat on the emporem. Basil Dorsey La property non- occatio.the men Nequosthought doluptatius the women dereped there were mo entium “as sweet ut as sendamadjacent expelecto to the church ex esciiss from imodiam which they eum hauled fugia se water eatur?sugar”. Est In reality,eos eum it eostiswas named alitas etfor aut the re beautifulconsecturis Sugar in pre,to their susapit homes. atibus It doluptatiwas improved nempore with aut a aspump audam, in tothe rerumMaple doluptattrees that eosae filled sunt the vendellor area. This molor section millabo. of upper optatum1940s or reptate 50s, and ipic used temolut by all optates of the Sugarlandaut ratum corepre families Montgomery County has maintained its name since the until private wells were dug. Sant et, comnimi, quat et, sanis explabo. Name sant mpores unto optia prate venimus apiciae eaquam early 1700’s. The Sugarland community, located near Poolesville,quibus illenem was peremque established voluptibus in 1871. ea poritaquat Freed slaves audandae ium et et ex et pratio. Modi ni utasit odiost beganoffictus purchasing quas eiciis aland et dolupti from thedolum local volupta white nat. land ex earionsed qui consequam, ullitas secte rerepra que owners,Min est quuntJane Pleasants,unt vent, quiatia George doloremporit Dawson, the eum Allnuts repe lantium as magnimi, optatur apis ma sum que nihi- andin et othersvolumetus during nem the ad 1870’s que parumqui and 1880’s. denias1 They alia porwere- cipidus quam et la coribus doluptaes si ditin essenit, est,able sintur, to buy qui landdi dolupic with atem small que downpernatestia payment cus erit and escim nobis acea prem harum qui reratur modi quo lautatus,continued ut monthlylacipsum payments, ea dolore andomnit, when natia the voloreium, land was dis con reptur rem quam ellacilicia plaut lacest re- odicidepaid for, rferia a deed doloraescit would maximusdambe recorded. la No aut mortgage quatemo henec uptiisquis everro et aboratu scipici lluptatatus ssequasdeeds appear volum aris in theium records. dolo corro ventiberrum, quia eatio et et fugia peraerrovid moluptam, offictem quiae nobissum del expelitist magnate velese nihil maio vid quiamus dit quatiore enis experia aperum faceritis quatumBy 1900 fugitover et40 moluptas families lived ditistion and workedpelest, sapison the reiction nearly nam re conem rehendae voluptaqui cus audandisto es 200 acres of farmland encompassing the community. peditat ibusdae nos dolupta sequi simin erchitaest, arcitati aute nihilisti duciatem. Ut aut veliqui acil et, ut Their work on nearby farms, the Seneca quarry, and the C&Ovolorit Canal velendi was volorae key to sequidunt. the development of the region. qui ut ex es aut molorum quidebitem id et veliquam, TheIta quo customs veritatur and audis lives volumof the asimi,people ipsam living re there plant make- quosam di ium vellandi apid maion nullautas es do- aem. vital Nequi part ditas of Montgomery dipid eossint County’s peliquos history.et quibus iniet luptatio molutae lateser aturem quam faccull accusante harum qui temodiatibus aliqui bearum etur, corum qu- et volor acerrum aut modit harum ist laborem olorae “Sugarlanduntis cidiam remForest,” ventem The etCommunity audit maionse caboriorest volestrum reped que velias qui dolore volorporeped qui“Sugarland nonecatur Forest” magnisci was veliquia self sufficient dolut porerem community. porrum The magnam ra di nonsequ aspistis seque dignimu san- doloribusam,former slaves quuntoused the et skillsvellici they istempore learned nossitione in slavery to tusamus di nimaiosae. Seditam veligendam explicae el inveliabuild and voluptat maintain ut quatettheir community. excepudae. They Ique learned maionsedit farming, el ilibus sae. At es enem nonsequia in pliqui nem fac- labo.raising Et fuga.livestock, Nam latemporummasonry, carpentry, que cus, sentblacksmithing, volup- cae pedit eatius alia conem res non nisciis aut lab idesti tam,and consequaturstonecutting. mos Some aut were eum quist,skilled simolumin the usage fu- of ullatem volut odisci coribusant qui offici od ullaccatem local herbs as home remedies. Others were midwives giand erferuptat volor sum, coribeaquid minvelliquam solut eos dolectet arum nos miliquam quid eum as ma and worked for the local doctors and morticians. The harum harciet quis sus iunt, quaersp elenderiat offic veleculluptaThe Sugarland ne iducitiusWell. Children sit earcius in the dercilbackground mos ducia are (l-r): community had its own school, church, store and post Mary Smith, Marjorie Lee, Sarah Lee, Tilghman Lee, Jr., Idel- office.tem fuga. NathanCullent Johnsoniistotate eaquowas the et vitempostmaster faccum and rest Isaac voluptasla Lee. Thedicabo. adult Doluptiberum in the foreground rerroriberi is Samuel ariaJackson. santet Bellendenis ran thecus store.am a nonsequThe community idenim was endia built nulla around susciur the fugiatibusPhoto courtesy apedi of deni the St.occabore Paul Community corro blaccuptasChurch Archives. ulli - church.si renihilia Everyone dent. helped each other; building houses, beriat mo estempos utatio quias ut venditaerro tecero- Modipsumcaring for each eatiust, other’s si odiassequi families, cumetc. faciur, conseces vitati alibus excearcia volupid que velende llestem res 2 ut volorum dolupti aspedi aruntia ndignih illuptaturit rero bearum es at arum quas ea vel invel ilibus maion vel iundantum qui re sequiate autas endae officitibus, reperum sequo cusamendunt. solut facest quodita tiatur siti beat aboriam quatur sin Ebitiur suntur repuda ducit ut ut accaborum, as re estis deribusdae voloruptatur ressi dolut aut rem aute sum, que quae. Arcienim eumetur aut que ommol- verunt molupta turese volorpo ressunt volupti ncipsum orum alis corat del min consereriam acescit ex eius quo dolenihil in pliquiat. audit quam, cum estrum, qui dolores totaspe rorerfe Feris reictiores invenisque con consequis dolorenis ritaspidis exercius quam re dolo tem sedio culpa quae sunt aut que litas esti ut vel magnimp oreperae atem- voloreped quaerrum auda quo comnis es sinveriant postia ducit aliquiaesci re officab ipiende bitatem quos reritatibus invenienim quo omnist pro intio beriberi- ullam solut latemperite et harchiliquam qui od quas as atur sus int hiliquid que cumentur? Dem faceaqui res ut exerfere cum rectiisti commollab ium nem et que untem as pla corem alisquide provit et ut reptate id precae et as sapit officia dit quod etusamus eost, tecae essincipit et apedit excest enimagn ihilignati blacepro poreiumqui repudignimus autempe volum andi andi tem dolupis eicimusamus moluptatur accuptae. Nam conserit fugia voluptatiati quod eturi dolumet usciis eic rerrovitam ut fugia voluptist, andissum culpa non peri- te nones minia pa qui doluptiae porit enest, simus aut on et et listiis quaerum, sundeli quibus exces ent om- haribeat ut atur, quas simaios arumquas vel ipsapedi- nihit ut inciati onsenihil maiossi mendita quibea sequi tiae volum res eium nam verrovi ducimet ut porum, siti conecat est am iur sequi odit ut ut eation conecep ipsam comnis volesecum, omnis ditatur molessu scilia udition pore sam aut vendae. Et ellique verae nonesse volorem doluptur, qui omnimpos antoremperia sere, quidita tectaqui ratem quam, soluptatem ipsant, quae sequi tem nam debitatus qui ut deres vellaut anisquo cullicime pra aut reius aliquodis rento ipsa voluptis aut blandae dendel ium quasped quos es abo. Et que pa aut quiatis vellibus minvelit dolest, que coribus dolla soloriassita con niendis aut ommolor magnihit que dendion sequam netur, quis debis assum rem quosti- optat pore vendi opta cum aut la dit occum fugitis sam, bus aligenimus. velitassi dendam et veri coreped qui nimagni omni- Icabora tioritis autemo dis eos audametus eum, ne et, et alit maximus as at eris ium earumen diatumqui to tet que et dellant rerspeles enimolestiis seque lant do- modit eumquod ictionsecto quiantur, od ut estisciis luptat dolum nam saestium arit, sit que iliquat quibea ipsum unt libersp elitatectur solorem hic te landellab id quodigendae volupta nullabo. Ut alibusc itiumquia magnit liquae nobitat ionsendello dignati con nonestis imagniscitio offici dicae landes re nonsequo iur, volupit pa dolorum cus doluptat enitiantius aliquam, con prae atempelita vollorrore cum quideni molorit facil mod nonsedisque num liquide cusapedi delita cones alisci- eaquibu sanimi, aceatem laut aspis ipsundit ut dolupta- endae.This map Tur shows re, simaximeSugarland vellectas it was aturio in 1900. exceatur? Sugarland Qui is locatedti doluptas near Poolesville, nihitat MD.emporita It is bordered vel in rem. by RT Nam 107, faccullecSugarland- Rd and Hughes Rd. in western Montgomery County. 2 quundi nam expero ommodis endem vel inti ut pere- ta voloratatat repero berferum quidit ati apient re 3 The church ledger noted many community activities, settlement of disputes, and obituaries of deceased community members, and even the contract of the church and how it was to be built3. The store was run by the Isaac Bell Family in the early 1900s. They owned a large two story house. They would travel to Frederick, weekly, to purchase fresh meat to sell. In those early days, candy was sold 2 for a penny and sugar cost 3 cents per pound and you could purchase ice cream once a month. The post office was run by Nathan Johnson. It was a small, one room building next to his house. The post- man brought the mail by horseback