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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S2_maj-gen-edward-braddock-and-his-men_Rockville-MD.html
To commemorate the encampment in Maryland of Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock and his men at Owen's Ordinary, now Rockville, April 20, 1755. This stone is placed by the Janet Montgomery Chapter, Daughters of he American Revolution, Mrs. Morris L. Croxall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JY_the-prettyman-house_Rockville-MD.html
This house was built on a 13.5-acre lot on the outskirts of Rockville in 1842. A stone marking the southwest corner of the original 1803 Rockville Plan is between this house and the adjacent Rockville Academy grounds. Matilda Holland, widow of Mon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4HA_gettysburg-campaign_Rockville-MD.html
After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north throug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3VR_court-house-square_Rockville-MD.html
Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and an estimated 5,000 cavalrymen arrived in Rockville, the Montgomery County seat, on June 28, 1863, to a boisterous reception. One soldier described "a spectacle which was truly pleasing . . . It was Sunday, and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3T0_montgomery-county-court-house_Rockville-MD.html
There have been four court houses in Rockville since it was established as the County seat in 1776. Court was originally held at Hungerford Tavern. A frame court house existed in the late 18th century but was sufficiently outgrown by 1810 to neces…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Q5_1803-plan-of-rockville-and-boundary-stone_Rockville-MD.html
Rockville began when Owen's Ordinary, an inn and tavern, was established in this area around 1750. It functioned as the seat of lower Frederick County and in 1776 became the seat of Montgomery County when it was created. In 1784, William P. Willia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KQ_saint-marys-church_Rockville-MD.html
St. Mary's Church, built in 1817, is the oldest church still in use in Rockville. Rockville was chosen for the church location for its relatively large concentration of Catholics, it central location, and its prominence as the County seat. St. Mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3HW_rockville_Rockville-MD.html
County seat of Montgomery (formerly part of Frederick) County. Made the county seat in 1776. Created a town by act of assembly 1801. Site of Hungerford Tavern where in 1774 resolution of sympathy for Boston was adopted and severance of trade with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3FF_rockville_Rockville-MD.html
Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate Cavalry occupied Rockville June 28, 1863, and captured 150 U.S. wagons along the Washington Road. From here they marched to Gettysburg. In July, 1864, Gen. Jubal Early passed through Rockville on his way to and fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM32V_beall-dawson-house_Rockville-MD.html
Gettysburg CampaignIn April 1862, Congress abolished slavery in Washington, D.C. District slaveholders were eligible for monetary compensation when they manumitted (freed) their slaves. Because the Beall sisters held several slaves who worked in t…