Charles Heard's survey book C

Object/Artifact

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

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2014.015.0010

Description

Survey book C is a brown buckram book with maroon corners ledger 12 1/8"h x 7 1/2"w x 5/8" thick. Only 2 1/2" of buckram spine remains near the top of the book. A single stitch at the bottom has failed. The usual stamped black decoration outlines the front and back covers. On the front, a diagonal banner with saw tooth decoration proclaims this to be a single entry ledger. Mr. Heard wrote a large black ink C in the rectangle above the banner and also a red ink 3. NO NAMES OR LAND PARCELS ENTERED Cover p. 1 See above description Cover p. 2 A sheet of information is pasted there: Presidents of the United States, in case of accidents, antidotes for poison, legal weights Mr. Heard wrote a C in pencil at the top of the page Fly leaf More information: quantity of seed for an acre, domestic weights and measures, business law Mr. heard wrote 1918 to 1921 at the top of the page Fly leaf verso More information: Interest laws and statutes of limitations, weight per bushel of grain, carrying capacity of a freight car, method for calculating interest, compound interest on a dollar Mr. Heard wrote in cursive "This record begins with 1918 and ends with 1921" in ink Index A-D Index E-H Index I-L Index M-P Index Q-T P. O-OO Beau's Purchase with a note to see index for U-Z on page 183 P. OOO Lot No. 3 owned by Anne Greenwell P. 1 Part Frost Berg Plains P. 2 Part Cedar Point P. 3 Part Cedar Point [not same as p. 2] P. 4 Part Cedar Point [not same as p. 2 or 3] P. 5 Part Cedar Point [not same as p. 2, 3 or 4] P. 6-7 Part Pontiuers Oversight [Portney's?] P. 8 Part Rosedale, part Buzzard's Point P. 9 Part Elizabeth Manor P. 10 Part Resurrection Manor P. 11 Poplar Hill Glebe P. 12 Part Hope P. 13-15 Coopers Creek P. 15 At the bottom of the page, a note is scrawled over the text referring the reader to p. 144 in book C for the correct survey P. 16 more of the incorrect survey for part of St. Elizabeth's Manor P. 17 Jarrah Legrand tract P. 18-19 Division line between Cedar Point and Part Cedar Point with a drawing on p. 19 P. 20-21 Part Green Hills P. 22 Wood land property P. 23-26 Part Fresh Pond Neck, lots 1-4 P. 27 Benjamin Delozier's part of woodland, but the bottom of the page and a few lines on p. 28 are crossed out P. 28 Fox Grape Barron or California P. 29-31 Old Jack Ballenger estate P. 31 Part Bushwood Lodge P. 32-35 Kirby's Choice & Bachelor's Comfort P. 35-37 Willow Bottom known as Part G[illegible] Hills, Part Forest of Deane, Maidens Pools or Mt. Pleasant and Riversides P. 37 South Chesapeake View, etc. all crossed out P. 38-40 Top half of page 38 crossed out, then South Chesapeake View with Additions (Part Milburn's Purchase), with a few lines at the top of page 40 crossed out P. 40-42 Bowles Separation, part Resurrection Manor with a chart on p. 41 and 42 of numbered courses P. 42 Part Forrest House P. 43-45 Part Milburn's Purchase P. 45 Part Bowles Separation & Resurrection Manor, Part Piney Hill P. 46 Part Bushwood Manor, Part Hawley and Elizabeth Manor P. 47-48 Part Netherton P. 49-51 Part Milburn's Choice, Part Forrest Hall P. 51-52 Part Charles' Chance, Part Bush Neck and Taylor's Chance P. 52-53 Part Forrest Hall P. 53 Part Fishing Point crossed out P. 54-56 Turkey Neck P. 56-59 Milburn's Purchase P. 59-60 Portobello P. 60-61 Swanns Hill & Neales Hill or Neales Desert P. 62-64 Part St. Georges Island [several parcels] P. 64 Part of John S. Guyther's land in Piney Point P. 65 Part Elizabeth Manor P. 66-67 Part Walkers P. 68-69 Part Mattapini P. 69-71 Part White Plains P. 71 Fish Commission Farm or Part Fresh Pond Neck P. 72-75 Part Great Mills Lots 1-4 P. 75 Part Piney Point P. 76-77 Part Wills Swamp all crossed out P. 78 Part White Plains, Part Piney Point P. 79 Piney Point Post office P. 80-81 Part Wills Swamp P. 81 Two Brothers P. 82 Part Parish Beedle & Flower of the Forest P. 82-83 Parcel Mr. Heard sold to Charles Harle P. 84 Unnamed parcel surveyed in 1917 P. 85 Part Great Mills Lot no. 4 and 5 P. 86 Part Blue Stone P. 87-88 Part Glebe [7th district] P. 88-89 Part Fishing Point P. 89-91 Part Wheatleys Meadows P. 91 Part Bardfield & Part Condon Estate P. 92-93 Part Forest of Dean, Browns Woodhouse, Green Hills P. 93 Scotch Neck divided P. 94 Nan Hopewell & Hickory Hills division line P. 95-96 Unnamed property surveyed in 1919 P. 96-97 Part Hamstead P. 97-98 Buck Park, Wise town, Better for Worse, Calebs Lot P. 99-100 Part Parish Beedle P. 100-102 Part Buck Park P. 102 Hanover with drawing P. 103-104 Part Hanover or Mill Land P. 104 Part Wolsey Manor (Clocker Tract) P. 105 Part Piles Discovery P. 106-107 Forest of Dean, Browns Woodland, Green Hills woodland P. 107-108 Part St. Johns P. 108 Part Erie Dele P. 109-114 Fresh Pond Neck P. 115-116 Wild [illegible], Stiles Fancy, Mill Pond, Brothers Dread, Hopewells, Styles Chance, Wild M[illegible] P. 116-117 Part Red Gate P. 117-118 St. Nicholas Church Lot P. 119-120 Part Mattaponi P. 120-121 Part Baileys Risk P. 121 Lots in Leonardtown P. 122 Towne House Between pages a single sheet with courses for an unnamed property P. 123 Part Micham Meadows P. 124-125 Part Flower of the Forest P. 125-126 Part Coltons Point subdivision P. 126-127 Part Dynard or Stones Rest P. 127 Part Fishing Point P. 128-133 Cornfield Harbor P. 133 Public landing at Sandgates P. 134 Part Mattaponi P. 135 Part Ford Town P. 136-137 Part Miller Packing Co. Lot or Part Mannings Hold P. 138-139 Charlotte Hall School property [purple ink] P. 140 Bailey property, Part Charlotte Hall estate P. 141 Part Elizabeth Manor P. 142-144 Line of Charlotte Hall property and Lot no. 6 P. 145 Part Red Gate, Part Wolsey Manor P. 146-147 Long Purchase division line P. 147 Part Hancock Farm P. 148-149 Part Hancock Tract P. 149-150 Bossie Farm P. 150 Part Archie Tract [purple ink] P. 151-152 Part Stratford and Larborough P. 152 Part Two Brothers P. 153 Part Red Gate P. 154-157 Mannings Hold P. 157-159 Clarke's [illegible] P. 159 Belvedere, Town Hill, part Mulberry Fields P. 160-161 Our Lady's Chapel Hall Lot P. 161 Part Ellenborough P. 162 Part Colton's Point P. 163-168 Part St. George's Island P. 169 Part Boothe's Purchase P. 170 Alms House Farm P. 171-173 Part Chaptico, Part Seminary Lot, but this was entirely crossed out P. 173-175 Part Cross Manor P. 175-177 Part Ridge P. 177-179 St. Mary's Female Seminary P. 179 Part Piney Point P. 180-182 Part St. George's Island P. 182 Part Hickory Bottom, Stephen Hayden farm P. 183 Index page for V-W P. 184 Mary Vale or Lee's Crest P. 185 More information: Population of the United States, postal information P. 185 verso More postal information Cover P. 3 Parcel Post regulations Cover P. 4 no text, but the buckram cover is peeling back in the upper right corner

Collection

Heard Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1918 - 1921

Dimensions

Height

12-1/8 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Depth

5/8 in

Location

Container

Unknown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Heard, Charles A.