1796 Maryland broadside NEWSPAPER "EXTRA" w Sale of MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANTATION

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1796 Maryland broadside NEWSPAPER "EXTRA" w Sale of MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANTATION
1796 BALTIMORE Maryland broadside NEWSPAPER "EXTRA" with a detailed AD for the SALE of a MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANTATION
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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL single sheet NEWSPAPER blank back BROADSIDE "EXTRA" , the "Supplement to the (Baltimore, MARYLAND) Federal Gazette" dated Sept 2, 1796. This blank back broadside extra contains a 3/4 column long detailed ad offering
for sale a PLANTATION in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland
.
Great display item for framing in a museum or fine home in present-day MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland.
Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland, located adjacent to Washington, D.C. As one of the most affluent counties in the United States, Montgomery County also has the highest percentage (29.2%) of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate degrees. The county has been ranked as one of the wealthiest in the United States. Like other inner-suburban Washington, D.C. counties, Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses, which provide a significant amount of revenue for the county.
By 1776, there was a growing movement to form a new, strong federal government, with each colony retaining the authority to govern its local affairs. Member of the Maryland Constitutional Convention Thomas S. Wootton thought that dividing large Frederick County into three counties, each governed by elected representatives, would result in greater self-government.
When Wootton discussed his idea with the residents of southern Frederick County, the residents supported his idea for a different reason.[22] At some point, almost everyone had needed to travel to the courthouse in Frederick Town, and the travel cost and time was prohibitive. The residents wanted a county courthouse to be located closer to them.
On August 31, 1776, Wootton introduced a measure to form a new county from the southern portion of Frederick County.
Resolved, That after the first day of October, next, such part of the said county of Frederick as is contained within the bounds and limits following, to wit: beginning at the east side of the mouth of Rock Creek, on the Potomac River, and running thence with the said river to the mouth of Monocacy, then with a straight line to Parr's Spring, from thence with the lines of the county to the beginning shall be and is hereby erected into a new county called Montgomery County.
Wootton proposed naming the new county after the well-known Major General Richard Montgomery, who had served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Eight months prior, Montgomery had died in Quebec City while attempting an ultimately unsuccessful invasion of the Province of Quebec. Montgomery had never actually set foot on the land that would bear his name.
Wootton also proposed forming a new county from the northwestern portion of Frederick County, named Washington County, named after another well-known leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, General George Washington.
Several members of the Maryland Continental Convention opposed Wootton's proposal, and it was tabled. Six days later, Wootton pressed for his proposal again, and it passed by a slim majority. As a result, Montgomery County came into existence on October 1, 1776.
In 1777, the leaders of the new county chose as their county seat an area adjacent to Hungerford's Tavern near the center of the county, which became Rockville in 1801. When deciding its name, the original idea was to call it Wattsville, after Watts Branch, a stream that runs through the land. Because Watts Branch is a small stream, the idea was reconsidered, and the area was ultimately named Rockville after the nearby and larger Rock Creek.
The first court was held at Hungerford's Tavern on May 20, 1777. Court was held by Charles Jones, Samuel W. Magruder, Elisha Williams, William Deakins, Richard Thompson, James Offutt, and Edward Burgess, with Brook Beall as clerk. Clement Beall served as the county's first sheriff. The county's first courthouse was built soon thereafter, and the court was held at the new courthouse beginning in 1779.
According to the 1790 census, the county's first, 18,000 people lived in the county, of which about 35 percent were black.
Montgomery County supplied arms, food, and forage for the Continental Army during the Revolution, in addition to soldiers.
In 1791, portions of Montgomery County, including Georgetown, were ceded to form the new District of Columbia, along with portions of Prince George's County, Maryland, as well as parts of Virginia that were later returned to Virginia.
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