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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J2G_john-ozmon-captain-of-the-sea-and-entrepreneur_Centreville-MD.html
Born in Denton, Caroline County on June 1, 1828, Captain Ozmon was already a well-known sea captain by the time he established his business in Centreville in 1858. In the 1860's he began purchasing properties in the wharf area and continued to do …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J26_carmichael-house_Centreville-MD.html
Built in 1804 by William Carmichael (1775-1853), attorney and state senator who freed more than 120 of his family's slaves, 1811-1839. One of the largest manumissions in the state's history. Birthplace of Richard Bennett Carmichael (1807-1884), me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J22_chesterfield-avenue-river-to-railroad-connection_Centreville-MD.html
These 20th Century tickets for Centreville, while portraying a sense of the excitement of the circus coming to town do not represent the impact of those first circuses that came by boat up the Corsica, and up this street. The Aron Turner's Circus …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J21_centreville-wharf_Centreville-MD.html
Site of Marlborough, a port town laid out in the early 18th century with the creation of Queen Anne's County. The wharf was a trade center, with a tobacco inspection warehouse administered by William Hopper. The "Captain's Houses" were c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J20_shuttled-by-ship_Centreville-MD.html
Before the automobile, boat transportation was the only efficient way of moving goods in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Throughout the 19th century, Centreville Landing was a prosperous commercial area serving the schooners that carried grain, lumber an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16HP_centrally-located_Centreville-MD.html
Although Centreville wasn't incorporated until 1794, colonial settlement of the county dates back to the 1630s.
When officials decided to move the county seat and its supporting government functions, they chose a name that reflected its locati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16BA_the-brass-pin_Centreville-MD.html
The brass pin in the adjoining sidewalk marks the former location of the stone known as "P.G. No. 1", recognized since 1791 as the beginning point of the "Public Ground" now occupied by the Court House and the reference point for all of the origin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME5G_marylands-eastern-shore_Centreville-MD.html
Although isolated from Maryland's largest population centers, the Eastern Shore was important to the state's role in the Civil War and exemplified the citizens' divided loyalties.
In the years before the war, enslaved African-Americans here beg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GB_birthplace-of-charles-willson-peale_Centreville-MD.html
First Free School of Queen Anne's County erected near here 1724. Its sixth master was Charles Peale, father of the distinguished portrait painter and museum founder—born 1741 in living quarters near the school.&…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9_site-of-goldsborough-house_Centreville-MD.html
By that year, a 2-story brick house, measuring 40 by 24 feet and described as "not yet fully complete," was built on a 4-acre lot of "Chesterfield," deeded in 1792 from Mary Nicholson to her daughter Henrietta. Henritta's husband, Dr. John Bracco,…