Charles E. Fenwick Collection--Documents Associated with Tracts of Land Near Morganza

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

Name/Title

Charles E. Fenwick Collection--Documents Associated with Tracts of Land Near Morganza

Entry/Object ID

1995.001.1500

Scope and Content

13 documents ; various sizes 1. No date 8"h x 5"w buff paper with light blue lines. This is likely an estate valuation, listing livestock, wagons, furniture, and improvements. On the verso are a few lines about 3 lots of land. There are no names or dates on the piece. 2. January 1816 3 5/8"h x 6"w buff paper with handwritten courses of land of 53 3/4 acres sold by Enoch Bryan to Wilfred Thompson. [See 1995.001.1499 for drawing] On the verso: "Courses of Wilfred Thompson's land" 3. August 2, 1838 7 1/2"h x 7 3/4"w buff paper with faint blue lines. This is a contract between Jeremiah Alvey and George S. Mattingly in which Alvey agrees to sell Mattingly 3-400 acres of land for $2400 over 5 years. The lands include part of Mattingly's Hope, Mattingly's Hope with additions, and part of St. John's. 4. December 21, 1840 2 7/8"h x 7 3/4"w buff paper receipt for George S. Mattingly's payment of $250 to Jeremiah Alvey's executors Joseph L. McWilliams, John H. Turner, and James McWilliams. 5. 8 7/16"h x 7 11/16"w buff sheet with a promissory note dated November 14, 1843 for $1,245.72 from George S. Mattingly to James McWilliams to be paid on demand. On the verso, a note of October 30, 1844 says James McWilliams received $350 from George S. Mattingly and a second note says George S. Mattingly paid $360 to James McWilliams on November 15, 1845. 6. 12 1/2"h x 7 3/4"w buff sheet with a Bond of Conveyance draft. The only name mentioned is that of Joseph Morgan who devised the unidentified tract of land. The document would transfer ownership to a new person. 7. 12 1/2"h x 15 3/4"w folded in half to form 4 pages dated January 1, 1856. There is an embossed crest in the upper left corner of the first page. This document finalized the sale of a piece of property on the road from Chaptico to St. Joseph's Church in the amount of 48 acres more or less from James T. Hayden and his wife Mary A. to George S. Mattingly. The transaction was recorded in Liber J.T.B. No. 2 folio 211 & 212 by James T. Blakistone, Clerk 8. 9 3/4"h x 15 1/2"w folded in half to form 4 pages dated January 31, 1865. There is a blue tax stamp for 50c nearly centered on the upper edge of the first page. This deed is for a tract of land of about twelve acres adjoining the lands of Aquilla Burroughs and George S. Mattingly. Burroughs sold the land for $275. The transaction was recorded in Liber J.A.C. no. 1 folio 27 by John A. Camalier, Clerk. 9. 5 1/8"h x 8"w buff four square paper torn from a larger sheet receipt for $600.00 and two promissory notes for an additional $600 on each note to pay for real estate owned by Francis Mattingly, deceased, sold by trustees Francis L. Mattingly and James A. Mattingly to George S. Mattingly on September 17, 1872. The location of the land is not stated. 10. 12 9/16"h x 16"w cream blue lined paper with a small embossed motif in the upper left corner is a deed made on August 12, 1874 by Francis L. Mattingly selling Hayden's Discovery, Cleever, Blackman's Delight, and Suttle's Rest to George S. Mattingly, as witnessed by George W. Goddard and Thomas C. Edwards. C.S. Russell notarized the document. 11. 3 1/8"h x 8"w cream ledger paper receipt dated August 5, 1879 from James [?] H. Wilson to Ignatius E. Mattingly who, as trustee in a case, paid $10 on behalf of the respondent. 12. 3 3/4"h x 6 1/2"w commercial receipt form showing that Mary Mattingly paid $11.40 for fire insurance on December 27, 1880. 13. February 25, 1894? Hand-written in pencil on the verso of St. Mary's County Commissioners memo form listing the acreage of St. John's, Suttle's Rest, Part of Cleever, Haydens Discovery, Black Man's Delight, and Fenwick's Gain with the lands' worth and the worth of the improvements. The "Home Place" was considered to be worth $4,768 and "George's" was considered to be worth $1,585 for a total of $6,153. The land of St. John's and Suttle's Rest was worth $8/acre, Cleon, Hayden's Discovery, and Black Man's Delight was worth $5/acre, but Fenwick's Gain was only worth $4/acre. There is more figuring on the verso of the sheet. The date is written in ink and may not relate to the figuring.

Collection

Charles E. Fenwick Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1800 - 1894

Location

Container

Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Box 28

Shelf

Rack 08, Shelf 2

Rack

Rack 08

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Alvey, Jeremiah

Person or Organization

Blakistone, James T.

Person or Organization

Bryan, Enoch

Person or Organization

Burroughs, Aquilla

Person or Organization

Dunbar, Joseph

Person or Organization

Edwards, Thomas C.

Person or Organization

Goddard, G. W.

Person or Organization

Hayden, James T.

Person or Organization

Hayden, Mary A.

Person or Organization

Mattingly, George S.

Person or Organization

Mattingly, Ignatius E.

Person or Organization

Mattingly, Mary

Person or Organization

McWilliams, James2

Person or Organization

McWilliams, Joseph L.

Person or Organization

Morgan, Joseph

Person or Organization

Russell, C. S.

Person or Organization

Thompson, Wilfred

Person or Organization

Turner, John H.

Person or Organization

Wilson, James H.