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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M7_st-johns-episcopal-church_Ellicott-City-MD.html
A chapel of ease of Queen Caroline parish, established 1728. Incorporated by Maryland General Assembly, 1822. Consecrated 1823 by Bishop James Kemp. Original land, "Dorsey's Heaven," deeded to church by Caleb and Elizabeth Dorsey. Present church b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JK_trinity-white-oak_Elkridge-MD.html
(Seedling in 1768)Prayer of DedicationO glorious God, Whose perfect beautyThe wonderful design of all Thy work proclaimBless, we beseech Thee, this beautiful white oak,Which we now name "The Trinity Oak"And accept as Your gracious gift to this lan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JH_trinity-on-the-pike_Elkridge-MD.html
Consecrated by Bishop Whittingham March 26, 1857, as chapel of ease for Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. Protestant Episcopal Convention approved separation from Christ Church in 1866. Trinity Parish admitted by Convention two years later. Be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JG_spurriers-tavern_Elkridge-MD.html
George Washington stopped here at least twenty five times between 1789 and 1798. On July 18, 1795, his diary says: "Dined and lodged at Spurrier's where my sick horse died."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JF_spurriers-tavern_Elkridge-MD.html
In 1771 William Spurrier opened a tavern at the intersection of the main routes linking Baltimore, Washington and Annapolis, now US 1 and MD 175. As traffic increased, it served as the first horse changing station for stages southbound from Baltim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I2_friends-meeting-house-and-graveyard_Ellicott-City-MD.html
After founding the town of Ellicotts Mills in 1772, the Ellicott brothers established this burying ground in 1795 and built the adjacent Friends Meeting House in 1800.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1_ellicotts-upper-mills_Ellicott-City-MD.html
Joseph Ellicott (who with his brothers Andrew and John had established Ellicott's Lower Mills, now Ellicott City, on the Patapsco River in 1772) built the Upper Mills and his home on "Fountaindale" near this spot in 1775. Remaining gravestones of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I0_dr-charles-alexander-warfield_Woodbine-MD.html
The grave of this Revolutionary War patriot is near this site. A member of the Sons of Liberty, he participated in the burning of the brig "Peggy Stewart," at Annapolis, October 19, 1774, and also served as a major in the Elkridge Battalion during…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HZ_christ-episcopal-church_Columbia-MD.html
Original log chapel of ease, Queen Anne's Parish, erected on "New Years Gift," a present from the Proprietary to Edward Dorsey and Charles Carroll. Improved and made Queen Caroline Parish Church, 1728. First rector, James McGill, served 1730-1776.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H4_elk-ridge-landing_Elkridge-MD.html
An important colonial port for shipment of Tobacco. Here in 1765 Zachariah Hood, Maryland's "Stamp Act" agent, was hanged in effigy. Lafayette's troops camped here April 17-18, 1781 on the way to engage Cornwallis in Virginia. George Washington pa…