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