| Title Page |
|
| Introduction |
xi |
| Sources and References |
xiii |
| Contents |
xv |
| Formation of Caroline County |
1 |
| Organization of the County |
3 |
| Caroline County Courts |
7 |
| The Hundred-Election Districts |
18 |
| Land Grants |
23 |
| The Mason and Dixon Line |
25 |
| Roads, Ferries, Bridges, Fences and Gates |
28 |
| Indians of the Eastern Shore |
35 |
| When Indians Lived in Our Land |
41 |
| Foreword to the Trial of Poh Poh Caquis |
45 |
| Erection of the Court House and Jail |
50 |
| Revolutionary Period |
54 |
| Caroline's Military Activities |
70 |
| Colonel William Richardson |
76 |
| Colonel William Whiteley |
80 |
| Matthew Driver |
82 |
| The Potters of Potters Landing |
85 |
| Life in Caroline Following the Revolution |
88 |
| Early Brick Dwellings in Caroline |
94 |
| The Hughletts |
100 |
| William Frazier - Methodist Organizer |
103 |
| Early Churches and Societies |
105 |
| Caroline County Alms Houses |
120 |
| When Tobacco Was King |
123 |
| The Duel Between Dickinson and Jackson |
126 |
| War of 1812 |
129 |
| Captain Joseph Richardson |
133 |
| Thomas Culbreth |
134 |
| Early Postal Service |
137 |
| The Plantation |
139 |
| Slavery |
141 |
| An Old Time Maryland School (1838) |
152 |
| The Public Schools |
156 |
| Early Factories |
165 |
| The Civil War |
168 |
| Marydel Vicinity,
The Marydel Duel, Edinburg |
175 |
| Henderson Locality |
181 |
| Goldsboro (Old Town), Bridgetown, Bee Tree, Barcus |
187 |
| Moore's |
191 |
| Greensboro (Choptank Bridge), Whiteley's and Lowe's, Dr. Henry Rousset |
194 |
| Burrsville (Punch Hall, Union Corner), Central, Camp Grove |
218 |
Denton (Pig Point, Edenton)
Garey's Oaks, Willoughby's, Andersontown
Lidens, Hickman, Williston, Williamson's
The Bureau |
224 |
| Harmony (Fowling Creek), Grove, Laurel Grove, Friendship |
251 |
| Preston (Snow Hill), Linchester, Choptank |
256 |
| Bethlehem, Smithson, Hubbard's |
263 |
| Federalsburg (North West Fork Bridge), Hickory Hill, Nichols, Houston's Branch |
267 |
| Concord, Howard's, American Corners |
281 |
| Smithville and Community, Chestnut Grove, Nabb's |
284 |
| Hillsboro (Tuckahoe Bridge), Thawley's, Tuckahoe Neck |
289 |
| Ridgely, Furman's Grove, The Plains |
299 |
| Spanish-American War |
314 |
| County Newspapers |
316 |
| The World War |
320 |
| The Floods of 1919 |
347 |