Lucille Horsley collection
10 boxes, 1 oversize folder (7.5 linear feet)
(1931 – 1996)
Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland
| Identifier | 1997.015 |
|---|---|
| Creator(s) | Horsley, Lucille |
| Acquisition | DONATED BY LUCILE H. HORSLEY. |
| 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 Emily R. Novak, February 1998. |
| Related Materials |
Somerset County Rent Roll (1744) Michael Owen Bourne papers (1960 – 2020) |
| Separated Materials | Oversize folder (32/12/12) |
The Horsley collection is primarily composed of materials collected, copied, and transcribed by Horsley as a product of her research on Pemberton Plantation, located just outside of Salisbury on the Eastern Shore. Notebooks, genealogy charts, research papers, newspaper clippings, duplications of maps from Maryland’s Colonial period to the present, as well as a personal “vertical file” of information relating to area historical sites, events, and peninsula history, are united to compose a collection of personal papers reflecting Horsley’s interests and life’s work. Horsley’s papers will be of interest to those seeking guidance to primary source materials relating to Pemberton plantation (three miles from Salisbury), and its chain of ownership within the Handy family; her extreme diligence in recording her sources and compiling her transcriptions makes this an excellent starting point for unseasoned researchers of Somerset County. The bulk of Horsley’s research was conducted in the 1980's.
Lucile H. Horsley was born July 13, 1914 to Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland Hamilton in Franktown, Va. She was one of three children, having two sisters, Gertrude (Pearson) and Nancy (LeCato). She received her BA from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and a Master in Librarianship from George Peabody University in Nashville, Tennesse. On June 23, 1943, Lucile was married to Fred Horsley and both took up residence in Salisbury, Md. From 1947 to 1949 Horsley worked as a libraian at Wicomico High School. In 1949 she joined the Wicomico county library system as a cataloguer and in 1950 she was named administrator of the Wicomico County Free Library, which had become headquarters for the Eastern Shore regional Library and the Maryland Materials System. She held this position until her retirement in 1978. A historian, Horsley performed extensive research on Salisbury history, Pemberton genealogy and was instrumental in assembling the Maryland Room collection found at the Wicomico Library.
Series I: Notebooks, Horsley’s notebooks contain transcriptions, notes from books and essays, references to the Maryland Hall of Records, the Delmarva Archives, published guides, and newspapers. They document the steps Horsley took in performing her research on Pemberton and the families associated with it.
Series II: Genealogies, This series is composed of family charts Horsley constructed on a number of Peninsula families (Handy, Dashiell, etc.) and contains references to where she found her primary source materials. This series also contains “summary” information prepared by Horsley on what she had found.
Series III: Records Transcribed for Genealogy, This series, somewhat overlapping with Series II in content, contains photocopies and transcriptions of primary source materials used by Horsley to compile genealogies.
Series IV: Pemberton, Contains a history of Pemberton Hall and the property it was constructed on, as well as information on Pemberton obtained from the Wicomico County Free Library in Salisbury and a rough floorplan.
Series V: Land Records: Plats, Land Petitions, Patents, and Unpatented Certificates of Survey, Contains copies of plats taken from surveys, a land petition filed by Isaac Handy in 1730, copies of patents for a selection of land parcels of interest to Horsley and an unpatented certificate of survey of Robert Lemmon’s.
Series VI: Trial Papers, Trial papers relating to His Lordship vs. Isaac Handy (1745-1746), John McCuddy against Christopher Dominick Jackson (1741), and agreement between Jane Ker and Edward Horsey (1805) and Robert Lemmon vs. George Parsons (1814).
Series VII: Wills, Wills of selected individuals appearing in Horsley’s genealogies.
Series VIII: Misc. Records, Contains Somerset tax lists, land grants, shipping records, Horsleys’ transcription notes on the rent roll of 1744, photocopies of rent rolls and information on marriages in Worcester County 1795-1865. The Center has not separated each record type into a separate series as the material falling into these categories is not extensive.
Series IX: Collected Genealogies, Genealogies that Horsley retained copies of that she herself did not generate.
Series X: Print Materials, Publications owned by Horsley which relate to Eastern Shore genealogy, history, architecture. Includes published inventories and a guide to genealogical research in Maryland.
Series XI: Promotional Material, Contains “non-book” material such as postcards and a schedule to a Sequi-Bicentennial celebration in Salisbury.
Series XII: Photographs, Photographs taken in 1980 of Handy Hall, Hitch House, Pemberton Hall.
Series XIII: Finding Aids, Finding aids retained by Horsley to sources she used in her research.
Series XIV: Pemberton News (Newsletter), A quarterly newsletter of the Pemberton Hall Foundation. Issues from July 1980 to January/April 1996. Horsley was not involved with Pemberton News, only a subscriber.
Series XV: Essays, Contains one essay from the Journal of Economic and Business History, v. 2 (1929-1930) entitled, “Anthony Bacon, M. P., an Eighteenth Century Merchant,” by L. B. Namier.
Series XVI: Maps, Contains photocopies of maps from all stages of Maryland’s development (e.g. Salisbury maps from the 19th century), including some contemporary, late twentieth century maps.
Series XVII: Vertical File, An assortment of newspaper clippings, magazine clippings and brochures relating to historic sites on the Delmarva Peninsula; miscellaneous information on genealogy, genealogical sources, and articles pertaining to the history of the Delmarva Penisula.
Series XVIII: Research Status Reports, Details Horsley’s research results as of 1985.
Series XIX: Horsley Research Reports, Reports put together by Horsley organized around particular topics researched. Includes discussions of Somerset properties, senatorial and congressional candidates, and research notes on inventories.
Series XX: Research Reports, Reports not generated by Horsley retained for reference purposes. Topics include Wicomico County, Presbyterianism in Wicomico, and colonial economy in Maryland.
Series XXI: Newspapers, Contains Newspapers from Wicomico County’s Centennial Edition of the Daily Times, 1967 and three copies of the Daily Times’ Supplement celebrating Salisbury's Sesqui-Bicentennial in 1982.
Series XXII: Scrapbooks, Horsley’s scrapbooks dating from around 1931 to 1967. Contains newspaper articles documenting Eastern Shore life during this period.
Subject Terms
- Topical Terms
- Genealogy
- Handy Family
- Corporate Names
- Pemberton Historical Park
- Pemberton Hall
- Personal Names
- Handy, Isaac (1706-1762)
- Handy, Samuel ( )
- Location Terms
- Somerset County (Md.)
Inventory List
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Box 1
Series I: Notebooks
1-3. Samuel Handy
4-6. Handy Family Charts
7-8. Isaac Handy
9-11. Isaac Handy Family
12-14. Inventories
Box 2
1-6. Land Records
7-8. Land Surveys
9. Handy Family Charts
Series II: Genealogies
10. John Caldwell / John Handy
11. Dashiell
12. John Dennis
13. Gale
14-19. Handy Family
Box 3
1-4. Handy Family
5. Rev. Isaac W. K. Handy
6. Isaac Handy of Muddy Hole
7. Col. Isaac Handy
8. Isaac Handy, Slave Taxation
9. Capt. John Handy
10. Capt. John Handy and his Descendants
11-14. Bellean, John Handy, Upper Ferry
15. Charles Handy
16. Levin Handy
17. Levin Handy of R.I. and Pemberton's Good Will
18. Hearn
19. Capt. Thomas Hooper
20. Huston
21. Jackson
22. Johnson
23. Lamee
24. Parsons, Parsons-Taylor
25. Polk
26. Purnell
27. Rider
28. Winder
Series: Records Transcribed for Genealogy
29. Handy Family
30. Handy Inventories
31. Land References by Family Name
Box 4
1. Somerset County
Series IV: Pemberton Hall
2-3. Inventories of Pemberton Owners
4. Pemberton Hall
5. Pemberton
Series V: Land Records
6-7. Misc. Plats
8. Eden Quadrangle
9. Land Petition, Isaac Handy, 1730
10. William Layton, Friends Choice, 1672
11. William Layton, Friends Choice, 1674
12. William Layton, Friends Choice, 1710
13. Thomas Pemberton, 1680
14. Isaac Handy, 1742
15. Handy's Discovery, 1742
16. George Handy, Surveyor’s Mistake, 1752
17. Purnell Johnson, Mulberry Landing, 1755
18. John Handy, Bellain, 1759
19. Capt. Thomas Handy, 1764
20. George Handy, Handy's Meadow, 1768
21. William and Henry Handy, Pemberton, 1775
22. George Handy, Handy's Neck, 1775
23. Henry Handy, Pardnership, 1776
24. Henry Handy, Last Addition to Pemberton, 1786
25. Unpatented Certificate of Survey, Robert Lemmon
Series VI: Trial Papers
26. His Lordship Vs. Isaac Handy, 1745-1746
27. John McCuddy against Christopher D. Jackson, 1741
Series VII: Wills
28. Stephen Bond, 1678
29. John Winder, 1668
30. John Windner, 1716
31. Isaac Handy, 1763
32. William Handy, 1791
33. Thomas Handy of Annamessex, 1793
34. Samuel Handy, 1721
35. Stephen Handy, 1724
36. Thomas Handy, 1727
37. William Handy, 1734
38. Samuel Handy, 1734
39. John Handy, 1745
40. Samuel Handy, 1754
41. John Handy, 1756
42. Thomas Handy, 1766
Series VIII: Misc. Records
43. Tax Lists, Somerset County, 18th Century
44. Land
45. Wicomico / Somerset County Land Grants
46. Port, Ships, and Shipping
47-48. Rent Roll Notes, Somerset County, 1744
49. Marriages, Worcester County, 1795-1865
Series IX: Collected Genealogies
Box 5
1. Handy of Somerset County, Nannie Bell
2. Handy Record,Joseph B. Handy
3. Handy Genealogy, Charles A.W. Handy
4. Samuel Handy and Mary Sewell, L. P. Handy, Jr.
5. Wilson Family, Joseph Breckinridge Handy
Series X: Print Materials
6. Collection of Wicomico County Histories, Anne K. M. Clay
7. Sketch, Pemberton Hall, William Wilson
8. Eastern Shore Society, 1939-1943
9. Surveyor's Conversion Tables
10. Historic Sites Inventory, Vol. 2, Maryland Historical Trust
11. A Sketch of the Early History of Wicomico County and Salisbury, Md., Maria Louis Ellegood
12. An Inventory of the Contents of the Governor's Palace Taken after the Death of Lord Botetourt, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
13. Genealogical Research in Maryland, A guide, Mary Keysor Meyer
14. Somerset Images, Somerset County Historical Trust
Series XI: Promotional Material
15. Furnace Town Postcards
16. Sesqui-Bi-Centennial Celebration
Series XII: Photographs
Box 6
1. Photographs
Series XIII: Finding Aids
2. Hall of Records Index to References
3. Handy paper sat William L. Clements Library
4. Index to Dorchester County (Md) Wills 1669-1777
5. Index to Kent County (Md) Wills 1642-1777\
6. Index to Worcester County (Md) Wills, 1742-1777
7. Index to Somerset County (Md) Wills, 1666-1777
8. Newspapers in Talbot County Library, Md
9. Other Wills in the Prerogative Court for Somerset and Worcester Counties, 1664-1775
10. Reference Workbook of Lucile H. Horsley
11. Somerset County Records on Microfilm
12. Wicomico County records on Microfilm
Series XIV: Pemberton News, Essays and Maps
13-14. Newsletters
15. Essays
16-20. Maps of Maryland
Series XVII: Vertical File
Box 7
1. Genealogy Bib
2. Publishing Genealogies
3. Genealogy
4. 18th Century Costumes, Furniture and Gardens
5. 18th Century Architecture
6. Ships and Shipping
7. Transportation
8. Early Settlers
9. Piscataway Tribe, Native Americans on Delmarva
10. Colonial Money and Rate of Exchange
11. Military Records
12. Census and Tax
13. Wars
14. Eastern Shore
15. Delmarva Votes in the 1860 Presidential Election
16-17. Maryland History
18. Delaware
19. Virginia
20. Public Schools of Delmarva
21. Delmarva Churches
22. Delmarva in the Civil War
23. Wicomico County
24. Early Somerset Properties
25. Formation of Wicomico County
26. Wicomico County
27. Wicomico County Politics
28. Whitehaven
29. Worcester County
30-31. Princess Anne
32. Vienna
33. Mardela
Box 8
1. Mardela, Quantico
2. Wetipquin
3-4. Somerset County
5. Somerset-Wicomico Industry
6-7. Salisbury
8. Salisbury Fire
9. Historic Buildings
10. Wicomico County Free Library
11. Salisbury State University
12. Wicomico Presbyterian Church
13-14. Pemberton Hall
15. Green Hill Church
16. Furnace Town
17. Pemberton
18. Jackson Mansion
19. Dickinson Mansion
20-21. Poplar Hill Mansion
22. Mount Hermon Plantation
23. Newton
24. Patty Cannon House
25. Teackle Mansion
Series XVIII: Research Status Reports
26. 1985 Status Reports
Series XIX: Horsley Research Reports
27. Property, Corner of Main Street and Market
28. Research Notes Relating to Early Inventories
29. Definitions of Terms...
30. Senatorial and Congressional Candidates
Series XX: Research Reports
Box 9
1. Historical Notes
2. Presbyterian People in Wicomico County
3. The Economy of Colonial Somerset County
4-5. A Study of the Land Records of Pemberton’s Good Will...
6. Research Relating to Pemberton Hall...
7-9. Papers from the 45th Conference on Early American History
Series XXI: Newspapers
Box 10
1-3. Copies of the Daily Times’ Supplement, Salisbury’s Sesqui-Bicentennial, Thursday, August 5, 1982
4. Copy of the Daily Times Wicomico Centennial Edition, Saturday, June 10, 1967
Series XXII: Scrapbooks
Books 1-5.
Oversize Drawer
1. Pemberton Floor Plan, 1741
2. Patent, Pemberton, 1683
3. Patent, Pemberton, 1732
4. Patent, William Winder, 1756
5. Patent, John Helmes, 1773
6. Patent, John Helmes, 1776
7. Patent, Henry Handy, 1858
8. Plat, Widows Dower, 1805
9. Plat, A .C. parsons, 1865
10. Plat, B. F. D. and Surveyor’s Description, R. F. Bratton
11. Agreement between Jane Ker and Edward Horsey, 1805
12. Robert Lemmon vs. George Parsons, 1814
13. Rent Rolls, Pemberton, 1726
14. Rent Rolls, Pemberton, 1775
15. Map, Pennsylvania, 1794
16-28. Maps, Maryland
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