Cecil

Octoraro, MD

A Susquehannock Indian Fort Located at this point was an important factor in the boundary line controversy between Lord Baltimore and...

Rising Sun (vicinity), MD

Bald Friar Ford & Ferry Near pilot, two and one-half miles northwest of this point, lies the site of a Susquehanna fording used by...

Blue Ball, MD

Blue Ball Tavern Established about 1710 on Lot No. 35 of the "Nottingham Lots" by Andrew Job who secured it from William Penn. Job's son,...

Hack Point (vicinity), MD

Bohemia Formerly Milligan Hall Home of George Milligan (1720-1783), Scotch trader.

Cayots Corner, MD

"Bohemia Mannor" Granted 1662 as 4000 acres in the "farr remote, then unknown wilderness" to Augustine Herman, native of Bohemia, "for...

Calvert, MD

Brick Meeting House William Penn set aside Lot No. 30 (500 acres) of the "Nottingham Lots" in 1702 for a "common" and site of a "Meeting...

Perryville, MD

Brookland Land grant by Lord Baltimore, 1732 To present log wing, believed built in 1735, George Gale added fieldstone section c. 1781.

Chesapeake City, MD

C&D Canal Built 1824-1829 this former 13-5/8 mile long lock canal connects the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays.

Calvert, MD

Calvert Village 40-acre grant from William Penn in 1701 on which present East Nottingham Friends Meeting House built, 1724, with stone...

Charlestown, MD

Capt. Michael Rudulph During Revolutionary War this daring officer commanded Cecil County troop of Lee's Legion, the Cavalry of Lt. Col....

Charlestown, MD

Charlestown Laid out and erected as a town by act of assembly in 1742 "there being as yet no such place settled at, or near, the head of...

Earleville, MD

Cherry Grove Ancestral home of the De Veazie (Veazey) family, patented to John Veazey ca.

Perryville, MD

Count DeRochambeau's troops crossed the Susquehanna River in five divisions and made their 23rd camp here at the end of August 1782 on...

Elkton, MD

Creswell Hall The home of John A.J. Creswell who nominated James Buchanan for President in 1856 and turned Republican in 1861.

Woodlawn, MD

Cummings Tavern Count de Rochambeau's heavy artillery and baggage train camped here September 9, 1781 before fording the Susquehanna at...

Elkton, MD

Elkton Originally called "Head of Elk" Lafayette embarked his troops March 8, 1781 to capture Benedict Arnold.

Elkton, MD

Elkton, Wedding Capital of the East In the early 20th century, Maryland had no waiting period for issuing marriage licenses, and couples...

Port Deposit, MD

Frank Donaldson Brown (1885-1965), a former Dupont and General Motors executive, developed the Dupont Analysis, a return on investment...

Elkton (vicinity), MD

Frenchtown Frenchtown, one mile west of this marker, was an important link in the north-south travel route during the 18th and 19th...

Georgetown, MD

Georgetown, Maryland Erected by Act of Assembly of Maryland, May 1736, on a tract called Tolchester.

Port Deposit, MD

Gerry House Built 1813, probably by Daniel Megredy.

North East (vicinity), MD

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge Built c. 1860, the bridge is one of the few covered ones left in Maryland and the only one on public ground...

Cecilton, MD

Greenfield Georgian manor house, built in the mid 1700's on a 750 acre tract patented to John and Mary Ward in 1674.

Earlville (vicinity), MD

Hazelmore Land originally granted to Phillip Calvert, Chancellor of Maryland, and wife, Anne in 1658.

Elkton, MD

Holly Hall Built c. 1810-1820 by James Sewall.

Port Deposit, MD

John A.J. Creswell Born at this house at Creswell's ferry, now Port Deposit, in 1828, John Creswell graduated from Dickinson College and...

Charlestown, MD

Lt. Col. Nathaniel Ramsay Member of Council of Safety and courageous officer of the Maryland Line in Revolutionary War.

Elkton, MD

Mitchell House Built in 1769 as the home of Dr. Abraham Mitchell, noted physician.

Earleville (vicinity), MD

Mount Harmon Plantation Tobacco Prize House and Wharf Originally owned by Godfrey Harmon, then by James Paul Heath; subsequent to 1760...

Earleville, MD

Mount Pleasant Built by Dr. John Thompson Veazey, 1825, "of Mount Harmon" as he was known, who, with Colonel Thomas Ward Veazey assisted...

Elkton (vicinity), MD

New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad 1832-1853 One of the earliest in the United States.

North East, MD

North East George Talbot of Susquehanna Manor renamed North East River, "the Little Shannon.

Earleville, MD

North Sassafras Parish (Episcopal) Established by Act of Assembly in 1692.

Perryville, MD

Old Post Road established 1666 Lower Susquehanna Ferry established 1695 Rogers' Tavern where George Washington frequently stopped between...

Elkton, MD

Old Post Road established 1666 where it crosses the Mason and Dixon Line, dividing the states of Maryland and Delaware.

Elk Neck, MD

Overlook of General Howe's Landing On August 25, 1777, after a month's voyage from New York, 15,000 British troops led by Sir William...

Elkton, MD

"Partridge Hill" Built c. 1760 Home of Henry Hollingsworth, merchant, legislator and Colonel of Elk Battalion of Militia in Revolutionary...

Rising Sun (vicinity), MD

Richards Oak General Lafayette and his army camped around this tree April 12, 1781.

Fair Hill (vicinity), MD

Rock Presbyterian Church Founded 1720 in North Milford Hundred, Cecil County, Maryland.

Port Deposit, MD

Rock Run Mill Built circa 1725 Owned by John Steel, this grist mill was in successful operation as early as 1731.

Earleville, MD

Rose Hill Home of General Thomas Marsh Forman (1758-1845), aide to General William Alexander, known as Lord Stirling, and a...

Port Deposit, MD

Site of Chapel-of-Ease To St. Mary Anne's church, North Elk-parish, North East, Maryland.

Charlestown, MD

Site of Charlestown Wharf Stone wharf and warehouse were built here by decree of General Assembly in 1744.

Elkton, MD

Site of Fort Defiance About one eighth mile south east on Elk River.

Elkton, MD

Site of Fort Hollingsworth About three tenths mile south at Elk Landing.

Woodlawn, MD

Site of Woodlawn Camp Meeting Established by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1871, the camp was a popular center of religious and...

Port Deposit, MD

Snow's Battery On August 30, 1861 Battery B of the Union Army under the command of Capt. Alonzo Snow was organized at Port Deposit.

St. Augustine, MD

St. Augustine's Church First called "Mannour Chappel" a chapel of ease of North Sassafras Parish.

Cecilton, MD

St. Francis Xavier Church "Old Bohemia" 2 Miles (right arrow) Founded 1704 by Rev. Thomas Mansell, S.J., one of the earliest permanent...

Warwick, MD

St. Francis Xavier Church "Old Bohemia" 2 Miles (right arrow) Founded 1704 by Rev. Thomas Mansell, S.J. one of the earliest permanent...

North East, MD

St. Mary Anne's Church North Elk Parish-1706 This building, erected 1742, is one of the oldest in Cecil County.

Cecilton, MD

The Anchorage Home of the Lusbys in the early 1700's. Ruth Lusby and Commodore Jacob Jones married in 1821, made The Anchorage their home...

Elkton, MD

The Hermitage Part of Friendship tract and home of Robert Alexander, Delegate to the Provincial Convention of 1774 and to Continental...

Principio Furnace, MD

The Principio Company A leading iron producer during the Colonial Period, Principio held Maryland's first blast furnace, operating 1725,...

Conowingo (vicinity), MD

The proprietors of the Susquehanna Canal The corporate title of the company authorized in 1783 to build one of the first inland waterways...

West Nottingham, MD

West Nottingham Academy Founded 1744 by Samuel Finley, Presbyterian Minister and a native of County Armagh, Ireland.

West Nottingham, MD

West Nottingham Academy Founded 1744 by Rev. Sam'l Finley a Presbyterian Minister and a native of Armagh County, Ireland.

Rising Sun (vicinity), MD

West Nottingham Academy Founded 1744 by Samuel Finley, Presbyterian Minister and a native of County Armagh, Ireland.

Childs (vicinity), MD

Wilna Boyhood home of William Whann Mackall.

Earleville, MD

Woodlawn Formerly "Neighbour's Grudge" The 305-acre farm of William Ward.