Queen Anne's

Queenstown, MD

Battle of Slippery Hill August 13, 1813 American Videttes skirmished with approximately 300 British troops under the command of Col. Sir...

Centreville (vicinity), MD

Birthplace of Charles Willson Peale First free school of Queen Anne's County erected near here 1724.

Queenstown, MD

"Bloomingdale" Patented 7 June, 1665, by Captain Robert Morris as "Mount Mill.

Queenstown, MD

Bowlingly Surveyed 15 September, 1658, for James Bowling as "Bowlingley.

Queenstown, MD

Bowlingly Estate patented to James Bowling, 1658, and present manor house built 1733.

Crumpton, MD

Callister's Ferry Near this spot Henry Callister, merchant, operated a rope and raft ferry across the Chester River during the 1750's and...

Centreville, MD

Built in 1804 by William Carmichael (1775-1853), attorney and state senator who freed more than 120 of his family's slaves, 1811-1839,...

Centreville, MD

Site of Marlborough, a port town laid out in the early 18th century with the creation of Queen Anne's County.

Wye Mills, MD

Chesapeake College This first regional college in Maryland and first two-year community college on the Eastern Shore was founded December...

Carmichael (vicinity), MD

"Cheston on Wye" Surveyed as "Cheston" 1659 for John and William Coursey containing 800 acres - six generations of Courseys (who adopted...

Stevensville, MD

Christ Church Town of Broad Creek First Christian congregation in Maryland organized 1632 by the Reverend Richard James at Kent Fort,...

Wye Mills, MD

Built by Philemon Hemsley (1670-1719) and expanded by his descendants, Cloverfields is one of Maryland's oldest and architecturally...

Sudlersville, MD

Dudley's Chapel Built in 1783 on land donated by Joshua Dudley The first Methodist meeting house in Queen Anne's County, it is one of the...

Carmichael, MD

Governor Robert Wright Born in Queen Anne's County, 1752, educated at Washington College.

Grasonville (vicinity), MD

Governor William Grayson Born near this site in 1788.

Stevensville, MD

Kent Island "The Isle of Kent" William Claiborne of Virginia established a trading post, settlement and fort at the southern end of this...

Queenstown, MD

"Lord's Gift" 1050 acres.

Queenstown, MD

"Morgan's Neck" "Morgan's Neck" (300 acres) was patented by Cecil Calvert on January 26, 1658, to "Henry Morgan, of the Isle of Kent,...

Queenstown, MD

Richard Bennett III 1667-1749 His Wife Elizabeth Rousby 1682-1740 Bennett's will (1749) ordered 250 pounds sterling to be "expended in a...

Carmichael, MD

Site of Stagwell Land patented in 1659 to Thomas Stagwell, English immigrant and member of the Maryland General Assembly (elected 1661).

St. Luke's Episcopal Parish Founded 1728, when the Provincial Council in Annapolis granted a petition to establish the present parish.

Queenstown, MD

St. Peter's Church (Roman Catholic) Congregation first organized c.1639 on nearby Kent Island by Rev. John Altham, S.J. St Peter's was...

Centreville, MD

The Courthouse Queen Anne's County Oldest courthouse in continuous use in the state of Maryland, the building was authorized by Acts of...

Centreville, MD

Wright's Chance Early plantation house with original paneling.

Carmichael (vicinity), MD

Wye Island Patented to Col. Philemon Lloyd as "Lloyd's Insula" 1682 a combination of four earlier patents.

Carmichael, MD

"Wye Plantation" Home of William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence and twice Governor of Maryland.