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Volume 5 describes the decline of old Port Tobacco, which happened so quickly that in 1909 the Baltimore Sun newspaper described it as a ghost town. After about two decades of political and social strife marked by great bitterness, the promoters of La Plata as the new county seat brought victory to their cause. The Charles County courthouse in Port Tobacco was destroyed in a sensational fire in August 1892. All records stored in the main block of the courthouse, such as county commissioner's minutes, school board records and the law library, were reduced to ash. Fortunately, many of the records were duplicated in the newspapers, and are preserved in these abstracts. Here you will find marriages, births, deaths, court records, real estate transactions, election results, names in the news, business notices and important local events. A full name index completes this work.Product Identifiers
PublisherHeritage Books
ISBN-100788410482
ISBN-139780788410482
eBay Product ID (ePID)5307219
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Number of Pages354 Pages
Publication NameAbstracts from the Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser Vol. 5 : Volume 5, 1885-1893
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGenealogy & Heraldry, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year1998
TypeNot Available
AuthorRoberta J. Wearmouth
Subject AreaRéférence, History
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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