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Talbot County is a county
located in the U.S.
state of Maryland. It is bordered by Queen
Anne's County to the
north, Caroline
County to the east, Dorchester
County to the south,
and the Chesapeake Bay to the west. As of 2000, the population
was 33,812. It was named for Grace, Lady Talbot, the wife of Sir Robert Talbot, an Irish statesman, and the sister of Cæcilius
Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Easton.
The founding date of Talbot County is not known. It certainly existed
by February 12, 1661, when a writ was issued to its sheriff. Founding Father John Dickinson was born in Trappe, as was Abolitionist Frederick
Douglass.
Talbot County, Maryland is one of the oldest centers of European
settlement in the New World. Talbot County's long history has always been
linked to the water that surrounds it. With over 600 miles of tidal
shoreline, the most of any county in the United States, it retains a maritime
flavor to an unusual degree. Like the Native Americans who moved through this
area many centuries ago, European settlers were drawn to Talbot County's
wealth of natural resources and profusion of waterways for ease in travel.
Its first English settlers, arriving by boat in the 1630s, established tobacco
plantations along the shores of the Choptank, Wye, Tred Avon, and St.
Michaels, (now Miles) rivers, on the long stretch of Chesapeake Bay coast
known as Bayside, and on its countless creeks and coves. By 1662, these
settlers had formally created Talbot County. Boundary adjustments were made
in 1706 with the establishment of Queen Anne's County to the north and again
in 1773 with the creation of Caroline County to the east, resulting in the
Talbot County of today.
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Talbot County
Register of Wills/ Clerk of Orphan's Court has Probate Records from 1668 and is
located at the courthouse, 11 N. Washington St., Easton, MD 21601 - 0816 ·
Talbot County Circuit
Court Clerk has Land Records from 1662 and Marriage Records from earliest to 1919 and is located at the courthouse, 11 North
Washington Street, Suite 16, Easton, MD 21601; ·
410-822-2611 ·
There are a few online databases for
Court, Land and Probate Records which include: Maryland Calendar of Wills, Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 and Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899. |
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Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum ·
Family History Library Holdings
(Source: Family History Library) ·
The
Maryland Room, Talbot County Free Library Local History
and Genealogy Special Collections ·
PERiodical Source Index Search
Talbot County, Maryland (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
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Talbot County Libraries
(Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
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USGenWeb Archives
(Source: USGenWeb) |
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General Perry Benson Chapter Easton (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution) ·
Historical
Society of Talbot County ·
The Kitty Knight Chapter
(Source: United States Daughters of 1812)
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Your LINK to the Historical Places
and Districts in TALBOT County |
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surnames
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The
following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died in this
location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding Link. |
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Eubanks; Vanderford |
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Easton
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LOCATION: Coordinates/Map:
38° 46′ 18″ N,
76° 4′ 14″ W |
Talbot County Court House, Easton, Maryland Click on
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DESCRIPTION: The county town of Talbot
County, first known as Talbot Courthouse and later as Easton, was known as
the "East Capital" of Maryland because the Eastern Shore's courts
and governmental offices were located there. Easton had the Shore's finest
bank, its first newspaper, its first Federal offices, its first brick
hotel. The Third
Haven Meeting House,
the oldest Quaker meetinghouse, and one of the oldest
places of worship in Maryland, is in Easton. |
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ANCESTORS
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INTERNET WEB
LINK(s): Easton
Main Street; Easton,
Maryland - Local Info; |
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The Red Star in the map
designates the location of the seat of government for this county. Yellow Stars designates
county seats in adjacent counties. A Purple Dot shows the location of identified ancestral
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The list below will
assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestor’s birth,
marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality at which these
events may have occurred. |
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Profiles for 176 cities, towns and other
populated places in Talbot
County Maryland Talbot
County Physical, Cultural & Historic Features Talbot
County ZIP Codes | Area
Codes Talbot
County Land - Property, Farms & Ranches |
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Populated Places Within This County |
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This county contains the following incorporated municipalities: ·
Easton (incorporated 1870) ·
Oxford (incorporated 1852) ·
Queen
Anne (incorporated
1953) (This town is
partly in Talbot County and partly in Queen
Anne's County.) ·
Saint
Michaels (incorporated
1804) ·
Trappe (incorporated 1827) The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated
places in the county: ·
Cordova
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Other unincorporated areas include: ·
Bozman ·
McDaniel
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Neavitt
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Newcomb
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Sherwood
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Wittman
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Fairbanks |
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includes but not limited to Cemeteries, Churches, Locales, Military
Installations; Populated Places, Post
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State-Wide Resources
For more information about the U.S. State in which this county is
located click on
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Resources
which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names. The
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Our Genealogy Reference Library (USA Locations) ·
Genealogy Forum: U.S. States ·
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research
works about military units and personnel during America’s wars, in addition
too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who may have settled
in this locality. |
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our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general
interest to a variety of localities.
Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they
tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the
understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
The Oxford – Bellevue Ferry at Oxford, Maryland |
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photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location, we
would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any
images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
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