History of Kent County, 1630-1916 by Fred G. Usilton

History of Kent County Maryland 1630-1916 by Fred G Usilton

  • Introduction
  • Civic Information
  • Kent County (poem) by Frank H Ruth
  • Chapter 1 - Events Leading up to the Founding of Kent County
  • Chapter 2 - The Isle of Kent
  • Chapter 3 - To be known as Kent County
  • Chapter 4 - Tench Tilghman's Ride Through Kent
  • Chapter 5 - The Battle of Chaulk's Field
  • Chapter 6 - Burning of Georgetown and Fredericktown on the Sassafras
  • Chapter 7 - Freedom of Religious Thought and Worship - Ancient Shrewsbury
  • Chapter 8 - Old St. Paul's Church, Kent County, Maryland
  • Chapter 9 - Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church - Chestertown
  • Chapter 10 - The Friend's Meeting House
  • Chapter 11 - Methodist Records - Catholic Church - First Sunday School - Colored Churches
  • Chapter 12 - Schools, Public and Private - Founding of Washington College
  • Chapter 13 - Record of First Sailing Vessel and Early Steamboating on Chester - The First Railroad
  • Chapter 14 - Financial institutions and their official boards
  • Chapter 15 - First military organization - Musical organizations
  • Chapter 16 - Kent in the War of 1812-14
  • Chapter 17 - Four United States Senators from Kent - Other notable men
  • Chapter 18 - Old records showing transfers of land in old Kent
  • Chapter 19 - Some weather records of other days
  • Chapter 20 - Women vote in Still Pond, first place in State
  • Chapter 21 - Some records on the farm
  • Chapter 22 - Old-time Christmas in Kent
  • Chapter 23 - Chestertown - The County Town - Its early history
  • Chapter 24 - The White House Farm, on a part of which Chestertown stands
  • Chapter 25 - Throwing tea overboard in the Chestertown harbor - Plays - Racing events - Novel ordinances...
  • Chapter 26 - The noted Chester Bridge-Lovers and fishermen - Some noted events
  • Chapter 27 - Notable houses in Chestertown - Newspapers - First hotels
  • Chapter 28 - Rock Hall - Its early history - Great oyster centre
  • Chapter 29 - A noted resort - Tolchester Beach - Founded 1877
  • Chapter 30 - Fish Hall, Betterton's first house-A lonely place
  • Chapter 31 - Shell banks made by Indians - Happy council places
  • Chapter 32 - Monomac - An Indian tale
  • Chapter 33 - Some recollections - Old residenters - Kent's silver mine-Vote on local option - A great prize fight - Negro superstition - Crow Hill
  • Chapter 34 - The old Court House
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