History of Leitersburg district, Washington County, Md. : including its original land tenure, first settlement, material development, religious, educational, political, and general history, biographical sketches, etc

Front matter

HISTORY

OF

Lcitcrsburg District ,

CHAPTER I. Early Land Tenure and Settlement

Antietam — Prehistoric Remains— Longmeadows — Skipton-on-Craven — Deceit — Darling’s Sale — Lambert’s Park — Downing’s Lot — Chester— Well Taught— Allamangle — All That’s Left— Rich Barrens — Perry’s Retirement — Huckleberry Hall — Dry Spring — Burkhart’s Lot— Scant Timber — Father’s Good Will— Elysian Fields — The Farmer’s Blessing — Addition to Cumberland — Turkey Buzzard — Cumberland — Smaller Tracts— Adjustment of Boundaries— Mason and Dixon’s Line 19-60

CHAPTER II. Social and Material Development

Language, Dress, Etc. — Slavery — Erection and Boundaries of Leitersburg District— Politics — “In War Times” — Agricultural Development-Postal Facilities— Public Roads — Bridges — Turnpikes — Mills — Rock Forge— Distilleries — Tanneries, Textile Manufactures, Etc 51-101

CHAPTER III. Leitersburg

Early History — The Town Plot — The Village in 1830— Business Interests — Secret Societies — Municipal Incorporation — Population 102-112

CHAPTER IV. Churches

Antietam Lutheran Church — Jacobs Lutheran Church — St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Leitersburg — St. James Reformed Church, Leitersburg — Miller’s Mennonite Church — Longmeadows German Baptist Church — Reformed Mennonite — River Brethren — United Brethren Church, Leitersburg — Methodist Episcopal Church, Leitersburg 113-142

Contents

CPIAPTER V.

Schools.

“The Hollow House ’’—Martin’s School— Leitersburg Schools — The