BAKER FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

BAKER FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND LAND AND TAX RECORDS

LAWRENCE OWEN

Recorded 3 MAY 1757 Recorded marks of cattle and hogs

Recorded 27 DEC 1757 Lawrence Owen took up a stray and recorded it.

Laurence Owen, of Edward. Friends Advice, pt. 100 acres MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 15, MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

14 NOV 1769 Edward Owen, Jr., executed a deed conveying 200 a. Resurvey on Friends Advise to Lawrence Owen, for 100 pounds. FC Deeds M, f. 615

23 MAR 1771 Lawrence took Inventory of his brother Edward Owen’s estate, Frederick Co., Maryland

2 SEP 1772 Lawrence Owen and Sarah, his wife, executed a deed to John Stull conveying, for 30 pounds, 84 a. of the tract called "Rubbish."

Event: Witness 24 NOV 1783 Will of Edmund Riggs, Montgomery Co., MD.

The tract Resurvey on Timber Neck, patented to George Cullum in 1773, lay on Bennett Creek in the area around present-day Hyattstown, which would have been Linganore Hundred. Friends Advice lay on a branch of Little Seneca Creek, northeast of present-day Poolesville.

November 1774, Lawrence Owen executed a deed conveying to Mary Owen, Robert Carlisle Owen, Edward Carlisle Owen and David Owen, heirs of Edward Owen, Jr., deceased, for 100 acres of resurvey on "Friends Advise," which Edward had paid for in his lifetime. Sarah Owen, wife of Lawrence Owen, relinquished her dower right to the land*. (Frederick Co. Deeds, folio 290)

The 1777 tax list for Montgomery County, which was a head tax on white males over age 18 and slaves, male and female, over age 18, listed:

Upper Newfoundland Hundred Robert Owen 4 taxables

John Owen Senior 3 taxables

Sugarloaf Hundred Lawrence Owen 1 taxable

Sugarland Hundred John Owen 1 taxable

Rock Creek Hundred Robert Owen 9 taxables

Thomas Owen 4 taxables

At that time Montgomery County was divided into twelve hundreds, rather than numbered election districts. Linganor Hundred lay in the northwest corner of the county, and below it along the Frederick County line lay Sugarloaf Hundred and then Sugarland Hundred. Upper Newfoundland Hundred lay along the Patuxent River southeast of Linganore, with Rock Creek Hundred just southeast of Upper Newfoundland.

During the Revolutionary War, Maryland established a militia of all able-bodied white males between the ages of 16 and 50 to serve as a home guard and to be called out if the British threatened the area. "The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War" by S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright, lists in Montgomery County:

Upper Battalion 1777 Lawrence Owen

Richard Owen

Thomas Owen

Lower Battalion 1780 Edward Owen

Middle Battalion 1777, 1780 John Owen

1777-, 1780 William Owen

1777, Robert Owen

1780, Thomas Owen

These records indicate that there was only one Lawrence Owen in Montgomery County, yet the 1783 assessment shows two in Linganore Hundred. Perhaps the following provides a clue to the Lawrence/Laurence Owen count.

1780

Minister's returns list a marriage performed by Reverend Joseph Threlkeld:

Laurence Owen married Sarah Hardy 22 June 1780, in Montgomery County, Maryland.

1783 Tax Assessment for Real Estate Listed in Montgomery Co., Maryland:

Laurence Owen of Edward

Friends Advise 100 acres value 112 pounds 10 shillings

**Friends Advise lay on a branch of Little Seneca Creek, Northeast of present-day Poolesville, probably in Sugarland Hundred.

2 small log dwelling houses 35 miles from George Town

25 acres arable land remainder wooded all level

Personal Property:

4 horses

5 black cattle

Other personal property--valued at 11 pounds 10 shillings

Total Value of Property--146 pounds

Number of White Inhabitants: 6

Lawrence Owen is a witness in the Will of Edmund Riggs, Nov. 24, 1783, Montgomery Co., Maryland

1784

15 October 1784, Laurence Owen sold to John Belmear, for 275 pounds, 100 acres of resurvey on Friends Advise. Sarah Owen, wife of Laurence, relinquished her dower right. Montgomery Co Deeds B, Folio 280

p. 15, MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

1783 Maryland tax assessment for Montgomery County listed in Linganore Hundred:

On 15 October 1784, Laurence Owen sold to John Belmear, for 275 pounds 15 shillings, 125 acres of Resurvey on Timber Neck. No wife was mentioned in the acknowledgement to the deed. (MC Deeds D, f. 204)

No Lawrence Owen is listed in the 1790 census in Montgomery County.

Montgomery County 1793 tax assessments lists Edward Owen, Mary Owen, and the heirs of Robert Owen with land and Hezekiah Owen with personal property only, no land.

In 1796 a case was filed in Circuit Court for Montgomery County Sitting as a Court of Equity entitled James Gordon, et al. v. Laurence Owen, et al. The index indicates that the equity case involved the sale of the real estate of Samuel Hardy, was decided during the November 1799 Term, and was recorded in the 1795-1801 Equity volume. Th bill of complaint or other papers copied into the record book would very probably have shown where Laurence Owen was living at that time but, regrettably, the county's existing Equity volumes begin in 1801.

Land records show a deed, dated 2 August 1800 from Benjamin White Jones, sheriff, to Robert Furgusen which states that judgment was obtained by James Gordon and other, surviving partners of John Glassford & Co.,

Against:

Elias Hardy Jesse Philips and Mary his wife

Kinsey Hardy Henry Weeler and Rebecca his wife

Samuel Hardy Frederick Burns and Barbara hiswife

Laurence Owen and Sarah his wife

Samuel Allison and Fielder his wife

And Elizabeth Holland,

Who were co-heirs of Samuel Hardy, late of Montgomery County. The sheriff seized a tract of land called Grandmothers Good Will, the property of Samuel Hardy, which wwas sold at public sale to Robert Furgusson, the highest bidder, for 6100 poiunds of tobacco. Grandmother Good Will had been patented by James Grove in 1756, 60 acres which lay on the west side of a branch of Broad Run. (MC Deeds I, f. 223) Broad Run lies west of present-day Poolesville and flow into the Potomac River southwest of it.

The 1777 tax list for Mongomery County, which was a head tax on white males over age 18 and slaves, male and female, over age 18, lited:

Upper Newfoundland Hundred Robert Owen 4 taxables

John Owen Senior 3 taxables

Sugarloaf Hundred Lawrence Owen 1 taxable

Sugarland Hundred John Owen 1 taxable

Rock Creek Hundred Robert Owen 9 taxables

Thomas Owen 4 taxables

WILLIAM ROBEY OWEN

Liber W f 196 26 Nov. 1774

Matthew Pigman to William Robey Owen "Pleasant Plains of Damascus" - 66 a. Dorcas, wife of Matthew Pigman, agrees.

Liber A f. 75 Rec. Nov. 5, 1777 dtd. Sept. 26, 1777

Richard Shekels of Prince George's Co, MD, planter to William Roby Owen for two tracts called "Kent" and the addition "Mount Pleasant" lying on the head of the Seneca in Montgomery Co., 312 ac. for the consideration of for 250£.

Wit: Chris. Lowndes, Richard Thompson

Mary Sheckell concurs

Signed; Richard Shelkell

Liber A f. 230 Rec. Jan. 26, 1779 dtd. Jan. 16, 1779

William Robey Owen of Mongomery Co. to John Owen, Jr. of same part of tract called “The Pleasant Planes of Damascus”, 211 ac. for 225£ part of "Pleasant Planes of Damascus on the Branches of Putuxson [Patuxent?] River

Wet: Edward Burgess, Henry Gaither

Lucey OWEN, wife of William Robey Owen, concurs

Signed: William Roby Owen

Liber A f. 232 Rec. Jan. 29, 1779 dted. Jan. 16, 1779

William Robey Owen of Montgomery Co. sells to Henry Nelson of sd. 60 for 125£ pt.of "Pleasant Plains of Damascus" on the branch of Purtuckson* River

83 ½ (eaty three) a.

Lucy, wife of Wm. Roby Owen, agrees

Wit: Edward Burgess, Henry Gaither

Lucey Owen, wife of William Robey Owen, concurs

Signed: William Roby Owen

Deed 15 OCT 1784 Lawrence Owen sold to John Belmear, for 275 pounds, 100 acres of resurvey on Friends Advise. Sarah Owen, wife of Laurence, rel. her dower rights. Montgomery Co Deeds B, f. 280.

p. 15, MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

f 387 11 Oct 1779 - 12 Nov 1779

George CULLOM to Lawrence OWEN Part of tract called “The Resurvey on Timber Nick” on Bennett's Creek 147 ac for 394 pds.

Wit: Charles JONES, Samuel W. MAGRUDER

Margaret CULLOM, wife of George CULLOM, concurs

Liber C f. 530 Rec. May 21, 1787 dtd. Mar. 13, 1787

William Roby Owen of Montgomery Co., Planter sells Thomas Trundell, Junior of Prince Georges Co. for 250 a of land in the Red Stone Settlement in Pennsylvania and 100 £, 2 tracts known as "Kent" and the addition known as "Mount Pleasant" in Montogmery County 312a. with dwelling house, out houses, orchars … (etc)

Frances, wife of William Roby Owen, agrees

Liber D f. 211 Rec. May 18, 1789 dtd. Mar. 28, 1789

William Roby Owen of Montgomery Co., planter, sells Allen Bowie & Co., merchants, of said County for 150£ 15 s pt. of "Pleasant Plains of Damscus" on a Branchthat empties into the Patuxant River known as Swan harbour. The original tract was granted Matthew Pigman for 667 a, - this contains 200 a.

Frances, wife of William R. Owen, agrees.

Liber D f. 215 Rec. May 18, 1789 dtd/ A[r/ 7. 1789

William Roby Owen of Montgomery County sells Charles Penn of ds. Co. for 169-7-6 part of "Owens Recovery" on Seneca of 135 1/2 a.

Francis, wife of William R. Owen, agrees

Liber D f. 217 Rec. May 28, 1789 dtd. Apr. _, 1789

William R. Owen of Montg. Co., Planter, sells John Duvall of sd Co., planter for 1-15-6 all of Owen's clain to tract called "Owen's Resurvey" with all improvements - 10 a.

Francis, wife of William R. Owen, agrees

Liber D f. 260 Rec. Sept. 2, 1789 dated. Mar. 28, 1789

William R. Owen of Montg. Co. sells John Owen for 485£ 'Pleasant Plains of Damascus" - 97 a. with all bldgs and improvements.

Frances, wife of William R. Owen, agrees

Liber D f. 673 Rec. Aug. 20, 1794 dtd. Nov. 6, 1779

Bond of conveyance

William Starr of Montgomery Co., farmer, is bound to William Roby Owen for 500£ Tract "Blazing Starr" of 10 a. held in obligation.

Liber H f. 18 Rec. Dec. 28, 1797 dtd. Sept. 6, 1797

William Roby Owen of Bullett Co., Ky. To John Clarke of Montgomery Co.,

William Roby Owen on Jan. 16, 1779 sold and executed a deed of conveyance to John Owen for tract "Pleasant Plain" in Montgomery Co. and John Owen on Apr. 4, 1791 sold the land to John Clarke. This is to convey it to Clarke,

Frances, wife of William Roby Owen, agrees.

During the Revolutionary War, Maryland established a militia of all able-bodied white males between the ages of 16 and 50 to serve as a home guard and to be called out if the British threatened the area. "The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War" by S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright, lists in Montgomery County:

Upper Battalion 1777 Lawrence Owen

Richard Owen

Thomas Owen

Lower Battalion 1780 Edward Owen

Middle Battalion 1777, 1780 John Owen

1777- 1780 William Owen

1777 Robert Owen

1780 Thomas Owen

1777

Tax List of Montgomery Co., Maryland

Upper Part of Newfoundland Hunderd:

Robert Owen, 4

John Owen, Sr., 3

Linganore Hundred

William Owen, 2

Sugar Loaf Hundred

Lawrence Owen, 1

Sugarland Hundred

John Owen, 3

Rock Creek Hundred

Robert Owen, 9

Thomas Owen, 4

Neither of these records indicates that there was more than one Lawrence Owen in Montgomery County, yet the 1783 assessment shows two in Linganore Hundred.

"The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War," by S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright, lists in Montgomery Co.:

Upper Battalion 1777:

Lawrence Owen, Pvt. 2nd Co.

Richard Owen

Thomas Owen

Lower Battalion 1780:

Edward Owen

Middle Battalion 1777 and 1780:

John Owen

William Owen

Middle Battalion 1777:

Robert Owen

Middle Battalion 1780:

Thomas Owen

Maryland State Archives

Maryland Indexes

(Assessment of 1783, Index)

1783

Montgomery County

MSA S 1437

William Robey

Value of Real Property 117 pds,1 Female Slave ages 14-36, 1 Male/Female Slave ages 8-14, 1 Male/Female Slave under age 8,

4 Horses, 8 Black cattle, Value Other Personal Property 27 pds. Total Value 265 pds, White Inhabitants 6.

Maryland State Archives

Maryland Indexes

[assessment of 1783, Index]

1783

Montgomery County

MSA S 1437

5 Horses, 7 Black cattle, Value of other Personal Property 75 pds, Total Value 42 pds, White Inhabinants 8

Thomas Owen. MO Upper Newfoundland and Seneca Hundred, p. 19 MSA S 1161-8-5 1/4/5/51

Maryland State Archives Maryland Indexes:

Assessment of 1783, index

Montgomery County

MSA S 1437

Value Real Property 104 pds, 1 Male/Female Slave under age 8,

3 horses, 4 Black cattle, Value Other Personal Property 7 pds Total 142 pds 1 White Inhabitant.

On our cross-country trips sometimes documents stashed in the trunk of the car get separated from their sources and in the cases below there no longer were dates attached.

Edward Owen. MO Lower Newfoundland, Rock Creek, and North West Hundred, p. 4 MSA S 1161-8-2 1/4/5/51

Edward Owen. Batchelors Forest, 210 acres. MO Lower Newfoundland, Rock Creek, and North West Hundred, p. 13 MSA S 1161-8-2 1/4/5/51

Edward Owen. Mount Arratt, 30 acres. MO Lower Newfoundland, Rock Creek, and North West Hundred, p. 19 MSA S 1161-8-2 1/4/5/51

Hezekiah Owen. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 6. MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

Hezekiah Owen. Pleasant Plains of Damascus, pt, 98 acres. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 20. MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

John Owen, Jr. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 6. MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

John Owen, Jr. Pleasant Plains of Damascus, pt, 208 acres. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 20. MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

William Owen. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 6 MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

William Owen. Kent, 50 acres. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 18. MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51

William Owen, Mount Pleasant, 262 acres. MO Linganore and Sugar Loaf Hundred, p. 19 MSA S 1161-8-1 1/4/5/51