Charles A. Heard's survey book A

Object/Artifact

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2014.015.0006

Description

Minimal SUBJECT/NAME ENTRIES 2/11/2015 The book is 12 7/8"h x 7 1/2"w x 1/2" thick. It has a brown cloth cover with black stamped decoration, a brown cloth spine almost completely gone, and well worn maroon leather corners. The cover is completely separated from the text bloc and only attached to the back cover by the top strip. 4" from the top of the cover in the center rectangle in very faint pencil "Record," 5 inches from the top in quite visible pencil "A," 6 5/8" from the top a red ink blot, and 7 1/4" from the top a poorly delineated red ink "1." Cover p. 2 is lined with pale green paper. There is bleed through at the left corners from the maroon corner covers. There are remnants of mastic on the right edge. At the top in faint pencil "I served the first late mass in the basement of the new church of Our Lady's Chapel Medley's Neck Nov. 5, 1911. C.A. Heard" Farther down the page in a vertical orientation is an illegible scrawl, a vertical pencil line, and "40" to the right of the line. Cover p. 3 is also covered in light green paper. The hinge between the cover and the text bloc is intact, but loose. There is a large black in stain in the upper left corner and ink ran all the way to the bottom of the hinge. Pasted just above the center of the cover is a small newspaper clipping about the marriage of Charles Heard and Mary Bean. There is a partial circle of black ink around the printed text and "Married Jan. 16, 1905," is handwritten below that text and within the circle. Cover p. 4 is the same brown cloth and stamped black decoration as the front cover. It has a couple of small ink blots, but no other writing or marks. Text bloc: Endpaper 1 is pale green. It is torn right at the left bottom edge for about an inch and a half. Written in pencil at the top of the paper "The courses and distances of the Glebe farm, now owned by R. M. Bennett, can be found in liber J.T.B. No. 3 folio 623 in a deed from E. Les Spalding to Henry Jones." In very faint pencil "Randolph Bre[?]er & [?]ila [?] Heard were married on the 9th? day of Sept. 1919 at nuptial mass in Washington D.C." In black fountain ink "This Record from 1907 to 1913" and below that in red ink "1." Unnumbered page with A and B entries Unnumbered page with very shaky B entries Tab for A B at top says Liber 1 then full page of entries, some in blue ink Unnumbered page with bleed through, but no entries Tab for C D E F with a full page of entries in black and blue ink Unnumbered page with 2 H entries Tab for G H I J and nearly a full page of entries Unnumbered page with only bleed through Tab for K L M Mc and about 2/3 of the page with entries in black and blue ink Unnumbered page with only slight bleed through Tab for N O and [P Q], with half a page of entries Unnumbered page with bleed through and five entries Tab for R S T U with a full page of entries in black and blue ink Unnumbered page with slight bleed through Tab for V W Y Z with a third of a page of entries P. 0 description of a survey done in 1908 P. 1 Part of Piney Hill P. 2 Part of Piney Hill, part of Sarah's Retreat and Scuffle P. 3 Part Forrest Hall as surveyed in 1904 by George B. Dent P. 4-6 Culpeper P. 6 New Design P. 7 Forrest Hall P. 8 Clocker's Marsh, James Burll 1 lot P. 9 1 lot each for Henry Bush, John Morgan, and Henry Johnson P. 10 Part of Leachburg or Leachville P. 11 Downsville, Styles Chance P. 12-13 Waveley P. 13 Part Broad Neck now Maycroft P. 14 Park Hall P. 15-16 Part Michum Meadows part Fish Pond P. 16-17 Vineyard P. 18 for Wm. A. Barnes P. 18-20 Part Cox's Endeavor P. 20 for Robert H. Taylor P. 21 Forest Home or Bachelor's Hope and part of Piney Point P. 22 Part Trent Marsh and part Hickory Bottom P. 23 Part Forest Hall P. 24 Division line between E.S. Griffin and Sam Hammett and part of Oakland P. 25 John E. Hall's land and Susie Greenwell's land P. 26 Susie Greenwell, cont. and Comb's Chance and Boothe's Purchase P. 27 Part Chester P. 28 H. W. Thomas tract P. 29 Waring tract and compromise between Oscar Miles and Lewis E. Turner P. 30 Willow Hill P. 31 Factory Mill land P. 31-32 Part Fresh Pond Neck P. 32-35 Hencoop P. 35-36 Forest Home crossed out in red ink P. 36-37 Sanner tract for John H. Fenwick P. 37-38 A. E. Cole land [folded sheet with a drawing on one side and figuring on the other] P. 38-39 James land P. 39-40 Forest Home P. 40-41 Forrest Hall P. 41-42 McKay property P. 42-43 Part Porto Bello P. 43 Log Hall P. 44-45 St. John's P. 45-46 Clouded Level P. 46 Tit for Tat P. 47 Salisbury Plain P. 47-48 Part Chester P. 48-49 Micham Meadows P. 49-50 Chingville P. 50-51 Captain's Point P. 52 Margaret E. Watt's land P. 52-53 Compromise line between Roy W. Bell and Charles E. McKay P. 53-55 Mary Comb's land P. 55 Capt. James' land and Chesapeake View P. 56 Part Hawley's Manor P. 57-58 Part Green's Rest P. 59 John Morgan's purchase and Colored School lot [small sheet with a drawing of Chestnut Hill and part of Brambly surveyed by George b. Dent in 1905] P. 60-61 Mulberry Hall P. 61 Frog's Marsh P. 62 West St. Mary's and part Neal's Lot P. 63 Part Fair View in St. Richard's Manor P. 64-65 Hencoop P. 66 Confederate Cemetery and part West St. Mary's P. 67 Part Oak Farm P. 67-68 Part Green's Rest P. 68 Heard's Purchase P. 69-71 Part Culpeper P. 71-73 Beckwith's Lodge P. 73-74 Dunkenson's Quarter P. 75 Bardfield P. 76 Part South Amp[?] and part Saturday's Choice P. 77-78 Langley's Rest crossed out in black ink P. 78-80 Langley's Rest P. 80-81 Charles E. James' land P. 81 Forest Hall P. 82 Forest land P. 82-84 Chesapeake View P. 84-85 Part Deep Point p. 85-86 Capt. G. George James' land P. 86 Ella L. James' land P. 86-87 Cross Manor P. 88 Division line between River Springs and Little Hackley P. 88-89 Beckwith Lodge P. 90 Alexander Ferrell's land P.91 Big Woods P. 92 Correction of a surveyor's error P. 92-93 Disputed line between George B. Watts and Mrs. [?] V. Bean P. 93 Methodist Campground P. 94 Part Bard Field [3 loose sheets, one with a drawing] P. 95 Timber or forest land P. 96 R. H. Garner's purchase P. 96-97 Birch Manor P. 98 Part Locust Grove P. 99 Part Fox Grape Barron for James Cardinal Gibbons and part St. Clements Manor P. 100 Part Culpeper P. 100-101 Part St. Jerome's Manor P. 101-102 Part Hawley's's Manor P. 102-103 Part Hopewell P. 103-104 Cedar Heights P. 105 Part Flower of the Farm P. 106 Line between Lyla Hutchins and Sotterley P. 106-107 Philip Hutchins' land P. 107-109 Part William's Fortune and part Long Neck P. 109 Part Locust Grove P. 110 Part Netherland P. 110-111 Part Cross Manor P. 111-112 Part Resurrection Manor P. 112 Part Bushwood Manor P.112-113 Salesberry P. 113-114 Nellie Barnes' land P. 114 Part Old Fields P. 115 Part Hunter's Retreat P. 116 Maiden's Lot P. 117 Line between Bloomsbury and Willow Bottom P. 117-119 Part Park Hall P. 120 Tennyson's Lot P. 120-122 Bushwood Manor with some cross outs P. 122-123 Part Sanner Tract with cross outs P. 123 Forrest Home P. 124 Part Hickory Hills P. 124-125 Bar Neck Woodland P. 125-127 Benville property P. 128 Drawing of four contiguous properties P. 129 Line between Woodlawn and Cross [Manor?] P. 129-130 Part Della Brook P. 130-131 Part Woodlawn P. 131 Mary Ridgell's land P. 132-133 Part Clocker's Marsh P. 133-134 Part Margaretsville and Green Valley P. 135 Examples of form of deed P. 136 Example of a disputed line Endpaper Light green with no text Endpaper with a trademark stamp in the upper left corner and lists of Mr. Heard's children and a grandchild with dates

Collection

Heard Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1907 - 1938

Dimensions

Height

12-7/8 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Depth

1/2 in

Location

Container

Unknown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Heard, Charles A.