From Deakins' Survey 1788
List of families who settled on lots included in the survey
before the lands were set aside as military lots
Record of the Settlers entitled to preemption’s on the reserved land westward of Fort Cumberland in Washington County containing the numbers and valuation of their lot as determined by the Commissioners arguably to an act of the General Assembly passed November, 1788. Act also directs that a preference should be Given to those settlers to purchase 636 lots by them respectively settled , to be discharged in three equal annual payments in the years 1789, 1890 and 1791: in default of any payment the land should be liable to proclamation by any citizen of Maryland.
Commissioners.
David Lynn
Dan Cresap
Benjamin Brookes
The General Assembly in 1777, as is shown elsewhere, enacted that a bounty of fifty acres should be granted to every able-bodied recruit who should serve three years in the American army, and one hundred acres to each recruiting officer who enlisted twenty men. By the act of 1781 these lands were to be located in the State west of Fort Cumberland. By the act of 1787, Francis Deakins was appointed to survey these lands, and his report showed that forty-one hundred and sixty-five lots of fifty acres each had been laid off, and that three hundred and twenty-three families were settled on six hundred and thirty-six of said lots already improved and cultivated. By the act of 1788 these settlers were allowed to purchase their lots at prices varying from five to twenty shillings per acre, in three equal payments of one, two, and three years. By subsequent acts the Maryland officers and soldiers were secured in the lots to which they were entitled for military services.
The following is from the Maryland Journal of Friday, July 3, 1789
" Notice is hereby given to the officers and soldiers of the Maryland Line, that a distribution of land will be made to them at Upper Marlborough, in Prince George's County, on the let and 2d of August next, agreeably to an act of Assembly, and at the same time and place will be offered at public sale about one thousand lots of land, of fifty acres each, for ready money, or specie certificates of the State of Maryland. This land lies to the westward of Fort Cumberland. For a particular description thereof, apply to Capt. Daniel Cresap or Mr. John Tomlinson, who lives near the same.
" David Linn,
" Daniel Cresap,
" Benjamin Brookes,
"Commissioners."
For further information, visit the Maryland Archives online.
Land Office (Settlers and Purchasers Lots)
| Name | Valuation /Each | Lot #s |
| Anthony Able | 5 / " | 3625 |
| Ralph Adams | 5 / " | 149 |
| George Anderson | 5 / " | 258 |
| John Arnold of A. | 5 / " | 3364-3366 |
| John Arnold of Joseph | 5 / " | 3373-74 |
| Anthony Arnold | 5 / " | 3624 |
| Anthony Arnold | 6 / " | 3625 |
| William Ashby | 5 / " | 1540-42 - 2566 |
| Moses Ayers Sr. | 7 / 6 | 3724-25 |
| Moses Ayers Jr. | 5 / " | 3761-62 |
| Thomas Baker | 5 / " | 2769-70 |
| Matthew Ball | 5 / " | 3733-34 |
| George Barkus | 5 / " | 3417-3562 |
| Thomas Barkus | 6 / " | 3399-3400 |
| William Barnes | 5 / " | 3763-64-65-66 |
| William Barnes | 6 / 6 | 3862-63 |
| Mathias Barnstredder | 5 /6 | 2809-10-11 |
| Samuel Barrett | 5 / " | 3584-3693 |
| Samuel Barrett | 12 / 6 | 3692 |
| Jacob Beall | 5 / " | 3357 |
| John Beall | 5 / " | 3387 |
| Michael Beem | 7 / 6 | 3827-28-29 |
| Ben. John Biggs | 5 / " | 3858 |
| John Blair | 7 / " | 3418-19 |
| Jeriah Bonham | 5 / " | 3808-09 |
| Josiah Bonham | 5 / " | 3803-04 |
| Peter Bonham | 5 / " | 3717-18 |
| Robert Boyd | 5 / " | 3726-27 |
| Charles Boyles | 5 / " | 96-97 – 2561-62-63-64-65 |
| Benjamin Brady | 5 / " | 3839 |
| Frederick Bray | 5 / " | 300 |
| Philip Bray | 5 / " | 356-357 |
| Andrew Bruce | 5 / " | 3363-3668-69-70 |
| Norman Bruce | 5 / " | 3623-3648-4005-6 |
| Norman Bruce | 6 / " | 4013-14-15 |
| John Brufly | 5 / " | 3740 |
| John Buckholder | 6 / 6 | 3707-08-09-10 |
| John Buhman | 5 / " | 3805 |
| Frederick Burgett | 5 / " | 3741 |
| John Brumage | 6 / 6 | 3497-3499 |
| Patrick Burnes | 5 / " | 69 |
| Micajah Burnham | 5 / " | 54-66-67 |
| Mathias Burnstredder | 5 / 6 | 2809-10-11 |
| Ely Clark | 5 / " | 2510-11-12 |
| William Coddington | 7 / 6 | 3289-90-91 |
| William Coddington | 5 / " | 3292-93 |
| Benjamin Coddington | 5 / " | 2789-2791 |
| Godfrey Corbus | 5 / " | 3850-51 |
| Thomas Cordray | 6 / " | 3573 |
| Nathan Corey | 5 / " | 263 |
| Michael Corn | 5 / " | 3356 |
| Peter Crawl | 5 / " | 3637 |
| Daniel Cresap Sr. | 5 / " | 3530-31-32-33-34 |
| Daniel Cresap Jr. | 5 / " | 3538-37-23-70 |
| Robert Cresap | 5 / " | 3535 |
| James Cresap | 5 / " | 3536 |
| Joseph Cresap | 5 / " | 3567 |
| Henry Crosley | 5 / " | 3719 |
| John Cruise | 5 / " | 3757-58-59 |
| Edmund Cutler | 5 / " | 257 |
| Name | Valuation /Each | Lot #s |
| Ebenizer Davis | 5 / " | 3438-39 |
| Joseph Davis | 5 / ‘ | 85 |
| Joseph Davis | 7 / " | 260 |
| Steven Davis | 5 / " | 1835-1839 |
| Levi Davis | 5 / " | 2011-3857 |
| James Dawson Jr. | 7 / 6 | 3460 |
| William Dawson Sr. | 7 / 6 | 3464 |
| William Dawson Sr. | 5 / " | 3465 |
| William Dawson Jr. | 5 / " | 3466 |
| Edward Dawson Sr. | 5 / " | 3491-3493 |
| Thomas Dawson | 10/ " | 3468 |
| Thomas Dawson | 5 / " | 3469 |
| James Dawson Sr. | 20/ " | 3448 |
| James Dawson Sr. | 5 / " | 3457 |
| Edward Dawson Jr. | 15/ ‘ | 3467 |
| James Denison | 5 / " | 14 - 15 |
| Peter DeVecmon | 5 / " | 3435-32-33 – 803-804-806 |
| Barney Dewitt | 5 / " | 3891-92 |
| John Domer | 5 / " | 3638 |
| Peter Doogan | 5 / " | 264 |
| Aaron Duckworth | 5 / " | 3820-21 |
| Samuel Durbin | 5 / ‘ | 3375 |
| Samuel Durbin | 5 / " | 3379-80 |
| Nicholas Durbin | 5 / " | 3653 |
| John Durbin | 5 / " | 3671 ? |
| William Durham | 5 / " | 661 |
| Jacob Duttro Sr. | 5 / " | 2790-92-93-94-95 |
| Jacob Duttro Jr. | 5/ " | 2808 |
| Terrance Dyal | 5 / " | 3831-32-33-34-3903 |
| Joseph Dye | 5 / " | 3797-98-3801 |
| David Eaton | 5 / " | 3560 |
| Adam Eckhart | 5 / " | 3644-45-46 |
| John Eckhart | 5 / " | 3647 |
| George Eckhart | 5 / " | 3694 |
| John Elbin | 5 / ‘ | 3870 |
| Samuel Elliott | 5 / ‘ | 3875-74 |
| Samuel Ellison | 5 / " | 3723 |
| John Ervin | 5 / " | 3873-3881 |
| George Fezenbaker | 5 / " | 3869 |
| George Fiddler | 10/ " 5 / " |
3436 3437 |
| John Firman | 5 / " | 3701-02-03-04-05-06 |
| Harry Franks | 5 / " | 3796 |
| Herman Frazee | 6 / " | 3319-20-21-22 |
| Hezekiah Frazier | 5 / " | 1633-34 |
| John Friend | 5 / " | 1471-72 |
| John Friend | 5 / " - 7 / " | 3281-82-83 |
| Gabriel Friend | 5 / " | 4117 |
| Joseph Friend | 5 / " | 4118 |
| Charles Friend | 5 / " | 874-928-940 |
| Josiah Frost | 5 / " | 3639-3640 |
| Briant Gaines | 5 / " | 247-348-349 |
| John Garey | 5 / " | 3430-3868 |
| John Glasman | 5 / " | 3641-42-43 |
| John Glaze | 6 / " | 3845-46-3852-53 |
| James C. Goff | 5 / " | 2513-14-19 |
| John T. Goff | 5 / " | 2505-06-07-08-09-15-16-17-18 |
| Salathiel Goff | 5 / " | 1227-28-24 |
| John Grate | 5 / " | 3353 |
| Richard Green | 6 / " | 3830 |
| Daniel Green | 5 / " | 3868 |
| Benjamin Green | 7 / 6 | 3866-67 |
| Thomas Greenwade | 5 / " | 3581 |
| Paul Grim | 5 / " | 3148-3277-78 |
| Edward Grimes | 6 / " | 3388-89-90-91 |
| Evan Guym | 5 / " | 3412-13-14-15 |
| Name | Valuation /Each | Lot #s |
| Elisha Hall | 5 / " | 3674-75 - 3679-80-81 |
| Moses Hall | 5 / " | 2921-2932-33 |
| Richard Hall | 5 / " | 2948 |
| Richard Harecoat | 5 / " | 3582-83 - 3699-3700 |
| George Harness | 5 / " | 805-818-819 |
| John Harshan | 5 / " | 4150 |
| Samuel Hatton | 5 / " | 3860-61 |
| George Haver | 6 / 6 | 3711-12-13 |
| Jacob Hazlewood | 5 / " | 3800 |
| James Henderson | 5 / " | 3410 |
| ? Hendrickson | 5 / " | 1850-51-52 |
| Adam Hicksenbaugh | 6 / 6 | 3592-93-94-95 |
| Abraham Hite | 5 / " | 3287-88 |
| Nicholas Holsbury | 5 / " | 3855 |
| Andrew House | 5 / " | 3146-47 |
| John House | 5 / " | 3555-56 |
| William Howell | 5 / " | 3877 |
| Paul Hoye | 5 / " | 4091-92-93-94 |
| Christian Huddy | 5 / " | 3849 |
| Benjamin Hull | 5 / " | 3539-40-41 |
| Samuel Humphreys | 5 / " | 2937-38 |
| Edward Huston | 5 / " | 3354 |
| Samuel Jackson | 7 / " | 3781-82 |
| William Jacobs | 5 / " | 3795 |
| Evan James | 5 / " | 3542-44-66 |
| Robert Johnson | 5 / " | 346-3754 |
| ? Johnson | 5 / " | 200 |
| Conrad Joleman | 5 / " | 3749-50 |
| John Jonas | 5 / " | 2771-72 |
| William Jones | 5 / " | 2840-41 |
| John Kelly | 5 / " | 3301 |
| Henry Kemp | 5 / " | 838-840-866-935-1878 |
| John Keyser | 5 / " | 3777 |
| Leonard Kimble | 5 / " | 2105 |
| Henry Kite | 5 / " | 3755 |
| Jacob Koontz | 5 / " | 3714-15-16 |
| Jacob Kreger | 5 / " | 3598-99 |
| George Laporte | 5 / " | 3822-23-24 |
| David Lee | 5 / " | 3814 |
| Jacob Lee | 5 / " | 3818-19 |
| Joseph Lee | 5 / " | 3812-13 |
| Breton Levit | 5 / " | 3864-65 |
| Daniel Levit | 7 / 6 | 3735-36 |
| Zachariah Linton | 5 / " | 3760 |
| John Liptz | 5 / " | 3790 |
| William Logsden | 5 / " | 3381-82 |
| Ralph Logsden | 5 / " | 3359 |
| Elisha Logsden | 5 / " | 3377-3384-85 |
| William Logsden | 5 / " | 3371-72 |
| Rosemond Long | 5 / " | 3788-89 |
| John Lowdermilk | 5 / " | 68 |
| Jacob Lower | 5 / " | 3682 |
| John Lynn | 10 / " | 3574 |
| Name | Valuation /Each | Lot #s |
| John Magomery | 5 / " | 3844 |
| Nathaniel Magruder | 20 / " | 3578 |
| Josiah Magruder | 20 / " | 3579-80 |
| Elias Majors | 5 / " | 3367-68 |
| Stephen Masters | 5 / " | 3140-41-44-45 |
| Thomas Matthew | 5 / " | 3683 |
| John Matthew Sr. | 6 / 6 | 3398 |
| John Matthews Jr. | 5 / " | 3673 |
| Henry Mattingly | 5 / " | 3666-67 |
| Moses McKinsy | 5 / " | 3416 |
| Daniel McKinsy | 6 / 8 | 3552-54-69 |
| Josiah McKinsy | 5 / " | 3352 |
| Gabriel McKinsy | 5 / " | 3365 |
| Samuel McKinsy | 5 / " | 3370 |
| James McMullen | 5 / " | 2835-36 |
| James McPipe | 5 / " | 2191-93 |
| John Metz | 5 / " | 3799 |
| Philip Michael | 5 / " | 3751-52-53 |
| Conrad Miller | 6 / 6 | 3440 |
| Jacob Miller | 5 / " | 3767-68 |
| Joseph Montain | 5 / " | 2201-03-04 |
| Alexander Moore | 5 / " | 3791-92 |
| Daniel Moore | 5 / " | 3878 |
| William Moore | 5 / " | 2838-39 |
| Moses Munro | 5 / " | 3871 |
| Solomon Munro | 5 / " | 3872 |
| Henry Myers | 5 / " | 3626-27-3636 |
| Christian Myers | 5 / " | 3628-29-30 |
| John Neff | 7 / 6 | 3585-86-87-88-89-90-91 |
| John Nepton | 5 / " | 3748 |
| Peter Nimire | 5 / " | 3355 |
| George Paine | 5 / " | 3358 |
| Robert Parker | 5 / " | 3350 |
| Michael Paugh | 5 / " | 268-270-71 |
| Johannes Paugh | 5 / " | 261-62 |
| Henry Peters | 5 / " | 3784-85-86-87 |
| Stephen Pierson | 5 / " | 2786-2788 |
| Nicholas Pittinger | 5 / " | 3404-05-06 |
| Henry Pittinger | 5 / " | 3405-06 |
| Margaret Poling | 6 / " | 3843 |
| Samuel Poling | 5 / ‘ | 3729-30 |
| Martin Poling Sr. | 10/ " | 3841-42 |
| Richard Poling | 5 / " | 3856 |
| Martin Poling Jr. | 5 / " | 3840 |
| Peter Poling | 5 / " | 3859 |
| John Porter | 5 / " | 3401-02-03-3678 |
| Henry Porter | 5 / " | 3362 |
| Moses Porter | 5 / " | 3395-96 |
| Samuel Postwright | 5 / " | 1650-51-52-53 |
| Hezekiah Pound | 5 / " | 3731 |
| Gabriel Powell | 5 / " | 2526-27 |
| George Preston | 5 / " | 3649-50 |
| John Price | 5 / " | 3838 |
| John Purguson | 5 / " | 3802 |
| Charles Queen | 5 / " | 1 - 2 |
| Name | Valuation /Each | Lot #s |
| John Ragan | 5 / " | 3575 |
| John Ratton | 6 / 6 | 3284-85-86 |
| Michael Raway | 5 / " | 2787 |
| Enoch Read | 5 / " | 3806 |
| Daniel Ricknor | 5 / 6 | 3890 |
| Adam Rhoades | 9 / " | 3737-38-39 |
| John Rhoads | 5 / " | 3769 |
| Aaron Rice | 5 / " | 65 |
| Godfrey Richards | 6 / " | 3695-96-96 |
| Godfrey Richards | 5 / " | 3698 |
| John Richards | 5 / " | 3756 |
| William Resiford | 5 / " | 3685-86-87-88 |
| Roger Robertson | 5 / " | 3835 |
| David Robertson | 5 / " | 3294-95-96 |
| John Rubart | 5 / " | 3815-16 |
| Benjamin Rush | 5 / " | 2172-73-74 |
| John Ryan | 7 / 6 | 7 – 8 - 9 |
| George Sapp | 5 / " | 3386 |
| James Schimer | 5 / " | 3728-3732 |
| Joseph Scott | 5 / " | 3444-45 |
| Joseph Scott | 15/ " | 3446 |
| Joshua Scutchfield | 5 / " | 3351 |
| Adam Seigler | 10 / " | 3825-26 |
| Jacob Seigler | 6 / " | 3879-80 |
| Able Serjeant | 5 / " | 852-53-54-55 |
| John Seyler | 10/ " | 3745-46-47 |
| William Shaw | 5 / ‘ | 3392 |
| John Sibley | 5 / " | 848-49 - 851 |
| John Simpkins | 5 / " | 2639 |
| ? Singleman | 5 / " | 3776 |
| Garrett Snedeger | 5 / " | 3631-32 |
| Mathias Snooke | 6 / " | 3742-43-44 |
| Simon Speed | 5 / " | 3596 |
| Moses Spicer | 6 / 6 | 3783 |
| Moses Spicer | 5 / " | 3854 |
| William Stagg | 5 / " | 3810-11 |
| John Steyer | 5 / " | 3409 |
| Jacob Storm | 5 / " | 2816-17-18-19-20 |
| John Streets | 5 / " | 13 |
| John Strickler | 5 / " | 3676 |
| Peter Stuck | 5 / " | 2814-15 |
| John Stuck | 5 / 6 | 2806-07 |
| Michael Tedrick | 5 / " | 3847-48 |
| Frederick Thaxter | 5 / ‘ | 816 – 828 – 841 - 843 |
| Moses Tilsonel | 5 / " | 1879-80 |
| Richard Tilton | 6 / " | 3550 |
| Richard Tilton | 5 / " | 3568 |
| Peter Tittle Jr. | 5 / " | 3407-08 |
| Peter Tittle Sr. | 7 / 6 | 3620-21-22 |
| John Tomlinson | 6 / 6 | 3431 |
| Jesse Tomlinson | 5 / " | 2100 |
| Ezikiel Totten | 5 / " | 3434 |
| John Trimble | 5 / " | 3393-94 |
| John Trotter | 5 / " | 2812-13 |
| David Troxell | 5 / " | 3447 - 3453 |
| Jacob Trullinger | 5 / " | 3793-94 |
| Name | Valuation /Each | Lot #s |
| Charles Uhl | 5 / " | 3360-61 |
| Thomas Umbertson | 5 / " | 3597 |
| William Utter | 5 / " | 3807 |
| James Utter Sr. | 5 / " | 3779-80 |
| James Utter Jr. | 5 / " | 3778 |
| John Vanbuskirk | 5 / " | 3720-21-22 |
| David Vansickle | 5 / " | 3142-43 |
| John Vincent | 5 / " | 254 |
| George Waddle | 5 / " | 3633-34 |
| Jesse Waller | 5 / " | 3549 |
| Joseph Warnich | 7 / " | 3836-37 |
| Arthur Watson | 7 / 6 | 3297-98 |
| Arthur Watson | 10/ " | 3323-24 |
| William Wells | 5 / " | 3770 |
| James Wells | 5 / " | 3771 |
| Peter Wells | 5 / " | 3772-73-74-75 |
| Archibald White | 5 / " | 2120-21 |
| John Whiteman | 5 / " | 115 - 116 |
| Alpheus Wigwire | 5 / 6 | 3299-3300 |
| Samuel Wicoff | 5 / " | 3411 |
| John Wicoff | 5 / " | 3654-55 |
| Peter Wicoff | 5 / " | 3690 |
| Jacob Wicoff | 5 / " | 3691 |
| Alexander Wilhelm | 5 / " | 3664 |
| George Wilhelm | 5 / " | 3665 |
| Moses Williams | 5 / ‘ | 265 |
| Thomas Williams | 5 / " | 3817 |
| George Winters | 5 / " | 3677 |
| Henry Woodger | 5 / " | 17 – 18 - 19 |
| Joseph Woodringer | 7 / 6 | 3441-3443 |
| Joseph Woodringer | 5 / " | 3442 |
| John Workman | 5 / " | 3657 |
| Isaac Workman | 5 / " | 3656 |
| Andrew Workman | 5 / " | 3658-59 |
| Jacob Workman | 5 / " | 3660 |
| Stephen Workman | 5 / " | 3661-62 |
| William Workman | 5 / " | 3651-52 |
| Omitted on original, added Nov. 3,1789 | ||
| John T. Goff | 5 / " | 2555 |
Transcribed for the Allegany County, Maryland USGenWeb Project by Joe Robertson.
© Copyright 2000, Joe Robertson < jod32@erols.com