1865 Southern Maryland road and town map.

[mike86002000]

"Piney Church" was, and is St. Paul's Protestant Episcopalian church. I think it's the "P E Ch" shown on the map I mentioned above, on the boundary between Bryantown and Port Tobacco districts. On modern maps, it's on Piney Church Road off of Rt. 488. Until at least the 1970's a county road, "Brice Chapel Road", ran between 488 and Piney Church Road, in the area of St. Paul's. Brice Chapel was a black church. The county stopped maintaining Brice Chapel Road and it's disappeared from most maps. "Brice" is shown on the map once used by Ford's Theater as being on Booth's escape route. All of these places are on the West side of the swamp. One story I heard years ago was that Booth and Harold generally followed Dr. Mudd's instructions trying to find St. Paul's, and came across Brice Chapel instead. Of course I realize that's not the currently popular story.
Mike