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L.Q. Powell collection

2 boxes (3 linear feet)

(1724 – 1976)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 1984.001
Creator(s) See Nabb Center Staff
Acquisition

The collection was donated by L.Q. Powell, 1984. 
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Simone Myree, 2005.
Related Materials

Family Bible Collection (1700 – 1900s)
Separated Materials

Main Stacks (bound)

Commissioners of the Tax, 1793-1802

Commissioners of the Tax, 1798-1803

Assessment Records, District Two, Somerset County, 1817 – 1822

Commissioners of the Tax, Somerset County, 1823

Commissioners of the Tax, Somerset County, 1823 – 1829

Tax Receipts, Somerset County Residents, 1884 - 1887

With Benson maps

Benson Election District Map, Worcester County, MD 
Abstract

The L.Q. Powell collection contains early legal and political records pertaining to Somerset County, Maryland including tax lists, voters list, and court records as well as certificates for elections of Judge, Sheriff, and Surveyor. It details church activities through parish records, cemetery records and individual accounts of churches. One series is dedicated to genealogical histories of several families including the Powell family. Of interest to researchers may be the materials on the Civil War and Free Blacks in the final series.

Scope and Content Note

Series I. Legal, 1724 – 1802

              Sub Series A. Taxes, 1724 – 1796

              Sub Series B. Land, 1793

              Sub Series C. Court Records, 1734

              Sub Series D. Indentures, 1802

Series II. Churches, 1701 – 1976

              Sub Series A. Cemetery Records, nd

             Sub Series B. Individual Churches, 1892 – 1976

             Sub Series C. Parrish Records, 1701 - 1890

Series III. Census records

Series IV. Political, 1865 – 1872

Series V. Genealogy

Series VI. Miscellaneous, 1803 - 1960

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • African American History
    • Cemeteries
    • Court Records
    • Genealogy
    • Powell Family
  • Location Terms
    • Somerset County (Md.)

Inventory List

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Series I. Legal 

Sub Series A. Taxes 1724 - 1796

1 | 1      Somerset County Tax List                                                                                                   1724

1 | 2      Somerset County Tax List                                                                                                   1744

1 | 3      Somerset County Tax List                                                                                                   1748

1 | 4      Somerset County Tax List                                                                                                   1753

1 | 5      Somerset County Tax List                                                                                                   1757

1 | 6      Worcester County Tax List                                                                                                  1796

Sub Series B. Land

1 | 7      Plat for Old Princess Anne town w/ list of original owners                                                        

1 | 7      Plat for Snow Hill Town                                                                                                       1793

Sub Series C. Court Records

1 | 8      List of Early Somerset County Court Records                                                                      1734

Sub Series D. Indentures

1 | 9      Indenture Between Powell and Lockwood                                                                            1802

Series II. Churches

Sub Series A. Cemetery Records

1 | 10    All Saints Monie Church Cemetery                                                                                         

1 | 10    Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery                                                                            

1 | 11    Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery                                                                                         

1 | 11    Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery                                                                                 

1 |12     St. Andrews Episcopal Church Cemetery                                                                               

1 |12     St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church                                                                                   

1 |12     Ye Old St. Peters Methodist Church                                                                                       

Sub Series B. Individual Churches

1 | 13    St. Luke’s Church, Sermon                                                                                                  1892

1 | 13    Rehoboth by the River, Historical Sketch                                                                             1933

1 | 14    Rehoboth Presbyterian Church 1706 – 1956                                                                         1956

1 | 15    Rehoboth Presbyterian Church 1706 – 1956, Bicentennial Edition                                          1976

 

Sub Series C. Parrish Records

1 | 16    Stepney Parrish Marriages                                                                                                     nd

5 | na    Stepney Parrish Registry and Vestry Proceedings                                                       1701 -1890

5 | na    Stepney Parrish Registry and Vestry Proceedings                                                     1703 – 1890

5 | na    Stepney Parrish Registry Index to Register of Birth, Marriages and Death                                 nd

5 | na    Somerset County Parrish Vestry Accounts                                                                   1796-1818

5 | na    Somerset County Parrish Vestry Accounts                                                                1817 – 1829

5 | na    Somerset Parrish Register                                                                                        1696 – 1876

5 | na    Somerset Parrish Register                                                                                                1773 –

5 | na    Somerset Parrish Register                                                                                        1838 – 1890

Series III. Census

1 | 17    Dorchester County, Maryland 1800 Census, Maryland Genealogical Society                             

1 | 17    Somerset County, Maryland 1800 Census, Maryland Genealogical Society                                

Series IV. Political

1 | 18    Certificates for elections of Judge, Sheriff, and Surveyor                                                     1865

1 | 18    Somerset County Voters List                                                                                              1865

1 | 19    Somerset County Voter List                                                                                                1870

1 | 20    Somerset County Voters List                                                                                              1872

 

Series V. Genealogy

1 | 21    Adams Family Records

1 | 21    Foxwell Family Correspondence

1 | 21    Green Family Marriage Records

1 | 22    Descendents of William J. Jones

1 | 22    Descendants of John and Nancy McGrath

1 | 23    Miles Family Marriage Records

1 | 23    John Murrell, Cond. Records of the Descendents of

1 | 23    Outten Family

1 | 24    Powell Family Marriage Records

1 | 24    Powells Family

1 | 24    Genealogy of Samuel Powell's Descendents

1 | 25    Descendants of Whitty and Susan Pusey          

1 | 26    Riggin Family Bible Records

1 | 26    Sharpely Family Records

1 | 26    Sterling Family Marriage Records

1 | 26    Waters Family Bible Records

 

Series VI. Misc.

1 | 27    Somerset County History, Maryland Geological Survey                                                            nd

1 | 27    Wicomico County History, Maryland Geological Survey                                                            nd

1 | 27    Worcester County History, Maryland Geological Survey                                                            nd

1 | 27    Portion of a Map of Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware.                                                            nd

1 | 28    Somerset County Lists of Roads                                                                                            nd

1 | 28    Sheriffs of Somerset County                                                                                    1803 - 1899

1 | 28    Village herald Newspaper (reprint)                                                                                      1832

1 | 29    List of Free Black Males Residing in Somerset County (duplicates)                                  1832

1 | 30    List of Free Black Females Residing in Somerset Co. (duplicates)                                    1832

1 | 31    Civil War Somerset County Draft                                                                                         1862

1 | 31    Facsimile of the MD Ass. of 1775

1 | 31    A Brief History of Somerset County Physicians, 1960

 

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