Bellefields Formerly Sim's Delight
Inscription
Bellefields Formerly Sim's Delight Built after 1720 by Dr. Patrick Sim, who fled Scotland after the 1715 Rebellion to settle in this county. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Barbara Dent Brooke of nearby Brookefield Manor, c. 1728. Colonel Joseph Sim, their oldest son, born here, died November 27, 1793.
He was a member of the Annapolis Assembly which, June 22, 1744, denounced the British closing of Boston Harbor. He represented his county in 1775 at the Annapolis Convention which framed the Association of Freemen of Maryland. He served in the Convention of Maryland which governed the state at the beginning of the revolution, and on the first privy council of the state, 1777.
He was also a member of the General Assembly, July 1779 - June 1781. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland State Highway Administration
Location
Sources
More markers in Prince George's
Site of Van Horn's Tavern
Vansville, MD
Site of Van Horn's Tavern An important stopping place in colonial days.
Lincoln
Buena Vista, MD
Lincoln A suburb established by progressive African Americans who worked in the District of Columbia.
T.b.
Brandywine, MD
A 19th century crossroads community named for a boundary stone with "T" on the web side and "B" on the east to mark the division of...
Brig Gen Leonard Covington
Aquasco, MD
1768-1813 War of 1812 hero born at nearby Covington Farm, Aquasco.
Croom
Croom, MD
Christopher Rousby patented Croome in 1671.