This book provides an overview of the Maryland militia in the Revolutionary War and a compilation of the names of the officers and men from surviving records. It describes events and major aspects of the militia, with over 15,000 men, most of whom did not

This work contains Alexandria Quaker records, 1802-1827 (minutes, certificates of removal, marriages, births, deaths); extracts from the Vestry Book of Christ Church Fairfax, 1765-1806 with burial plot owners in 1812; burial permits, 1787-1795 (support payments, apprenticeship of orphans, pew owners); extracts from Truro Parish Vestry Book, 1732-1765 with references to orphans and burials (from which you can estimate the year of death), the needy for whom payments were made, and other payments; and the register of baptisms, marriages and funerals during the ministry of Rev. James Muir, 1802-1815 at Presbyterian Church of Alexandria.

These abstracts were gleaned from the earliest newspapers of Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland. Vital records; legal notices; property sales; runaway wives, apprentices and slaves; and local events are preserved on these pages. These abstracts also contain names of persons in Western Maryland and adjoining parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania.