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Historical
List of Land Records
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Kent
County's Land Records date back to 1636, with the General Indexing starting
with 1656. The first 8 Libers are comprised of transcriptions from
the original records that can be found in the Hall of Records in Annapolis.
The copying was done by Sarah Elizabeth Stuart, beginning July 3, 1928
and ending February 13, 1929. The typing was done by Bernice Chrisfield
Scotten, Kathryn M. Nickerson, and Sue Smith Winkler, and checked by Sarah
Elisabeth Stuart between January 15, 1934 and February 15, 1934.
The work was started under Robert
A. Shallcross, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County. It was
discontinued for lack of funds and later taken up under Marion deK. Smith,
Jr., Supervisor of the Civil Works Administration, Kent County, Maryland,
Project #15, approved January 11, 1934. |
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| Liber "1" consists of the following: |
Liber
A - 1636 - 1679
Liber B - 1674 - 1692
Liber C - 1688 - 1706
Liber No. 4 - J.D. (John Dowdall,
Clerk) No. 1, 1687 - 1704
Liber No. 5 - G.L. (George Lumley,
Clerk) No. 1, 1691 - 1707
Liber No. 6 - J.S. (James Smith,
Clerk) No. N, 1708 - 1708 |
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Liber
"2" - J.S. (James Smith, Clerk), 1707 - 1720
Liber "3" - 1719 - 1726
Liber "4" - J.S. (James Smith, Clerk),
1730-1734
Liber "5" - J.S. (James Smith, Clerk),
1737-1740
Liber "6" - J.S. (James Smith, Clerk)
1742 - 1744
Liber "7" - J.S. (James Smith, Clerk),
1747 - 1751
Liber "8" - J.S. (James Smith, Clerk),
1754 - 1758 |
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Original records consist of: |
| BOOK(S) |
INITIAL |
YEARS |
CLERK |
| 20-24 |
D.D. |
1761-1780 |
Dennis
Dulany |
| 25-26 |
E.F. |
1781-1790 |
Ben
Chambers |
| 27-28 |
B.C. |
1790-1798 |
Ben
Chambers |
| 29-31 |
T.W. |
1798-1806 |
Thomas
Worrell |
| 32-35 |
B.C. |
1807-1816 |
Ben
Chambers |
| 36-38 |
W.S. |
1816-1822 |
William
Scott |
| 39-40 |
T.W. |
1822-1827 |
Thomas
Worrell |
| 41-52 |
J.N.G. |
1827-1849 |
Joseph
N. Gordon |
| 53-54 |
J.R. |
1849-1852 |
Joseph
Redue |
| 55-59 |
J.F.G. |
1853-1857 |
James
F. Gordon |
| 60-71 |
J.K.H. |
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Jesse
K. Hines |
| 72-76 |
D.C.B. |
1874-1879 |
D.C.
Blackiston |
| 77-91 |
S.B. |
1880-1891 |
Samuel
Beck |
| 92-97 |
S.G.F. |
1892 |
Samuel
G. Fisher |
| 98-129 |
J.T.D. |
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James
T. Dixon |
| 130-138 |
A.P.R. |
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A.
Parks Rasin |
| 139-148 |
R.R.A. |
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Robert
R. Ayres |
| 149-189 |
R.A.S. |
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Robert
A. Shallcross |
| 190-266 |
W.H.G. |
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W.
Henry Gsell |
| 267-351 |
E.H.P. |
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Earl
H. Pinder |
| 1-299 |
E.H.P. |
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Earl
H. Pinder |
| 1-167 |
M.L.M. |
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Mark
L. Mumford |
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Books
168-M.L.M. (Mark L. Mumford, Clerk) to the present can be accessed by computers. |
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