(07-26-2013 10:43 PM)SSlater Wrote:  Ms Cawood. I don't like to be "picky-picky", but the information you provided is so critical to us - that we have to get it right. Your first reference said, He died 1871. Then your next four references said it was 1873. (the "Whig", the "Sun", then when you spoke of Cawood's son, and again in that same sentence). You are the only one who knows - which is correct?.

I am hunting for "Moxley's Point". I did find that it is on the Potomac, in Maryland, and somewhere between Washington and Marshall Hall, MD. That's getting close to his family home in the Piscataway area. I need to find a boating chart, for this area. Road Maps do not show that kind of information.

I'm betting that the 1871 date, is correct. (Thus, it will be easier to find the Newspaper obit.)

(07-26-2013 10:43 PM)SSlater Wrote:  Ms Cawood. I don't like to be "picky-picky", but the information you provided is so critical to us - that we have to get it right. Your first reference said, He died 1871. Then your next four references said it was 1873. (the "Whig", the "Sun", then when you spoke of Cawood's son, and again in that same sentence). You are the only one who knows - which is correct?.

I am hunting for "Moxley's Point". I did find that it is on the Potomac, in Maryland, and somewhere between Washington and Marshall Hall, MD. That's getting close to his family home in the Piscataway area. I need to find a boating chart, for this area. Road Maps do not show that kind of information.

I'm betting that the 1871 date, is correct. (Thus, it will be easier to find the Newspaper obit.)

(07-27-2013 02:59 PM)L Verge Wrote:  John,

I noticed the discrepancy also, but thought the 1871 date had to be a typo. Until I hear differently, I'm assuming that Cawood's death was in 1873.

(07-29-2013 12:36 AM)SSlater Wrote:  Where is Moxley's Point - where Cawood died? I have a problem. Either someone copied the name wrong, or the name has been changed. It appears that Moxley's Point is really Mockley Point, MD It is located on the South shore at the entrance to Piscataway Creek.
(The Creek runs in an East-West direction. The North side is Fort Washington Park. That will show on road maps).
This is very interesting, because Cawood's family home was at Piscataway, Md - just a wee bit east of the creek. I will do some more searching and pin-point his old home, on a readable map..
This suggests to me that when Cawood's marriage ended, between Dec. 1865 and 1867, he just went home.
Now my searching will concentrate on Prince Georges County - for a grave. I'll get a "Real Estate" map of that immediate area, and see where that goes.

(07-29-2013 10:42 PM)SSlater Wrote:  Laurie, Charles Hamilton Cawood. (1825 - 1871/73). His father: John Benjamin Fendall Cawood (1799- 1870). His mother: Catherine Hamilton Kendrick. (1801 - 1854). Her father: Zacharia Kendrick (1755 - 1870), Her mother: Chloe Hamilton (1779 - 1831)

The "Point". In 1880, the Maryland Fisheries Commission, moved their fish Hatchery from Fort Washington, MD (the north side, at the mouth of Pascataway Creek) to the south side (at the mouth) which was Moxley's Point. Today that point is Mockley Point. That clears up that.

If you choose - Google "Marshall Hall". Read the history. Marshall Hall fell into disfavor with the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, because they had a "Disney Land" operation with rides, swimming, etc. and SLOT MACHINES. This was a disgraceful view from Mount Vernon. If you have time, Google E. Pliny Bryan. Very difficult reading. But it tell of his history. {Laurie: When Pliny's father died, the family moved to the Surratt Tavern and stayed with friends _ where is that, I forget.}
Later,their home was on Piscataway Road in Clinton.

It is difficult to figure out who lived where, at what time. The Bryans lived further south, on the Potomac. The Manor Ruins are on the grounds of the Community College. That's almost LaPlata, MD, but they owned land up near Piscataway Creek. If anyone figures this out, please let me know. (At one time this land was owned by John Augustine Washington - from Mt. Vernon, across the river)

I'll work on this at another time. If I can, I will answer questions, now.

(07-30-2013 01:12 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Welcome to the wonderful world of days gone by in Southern Maryland, John. Up until tobacco allotments and then the buy-outs of farms which started in the 1960s, it was pretty standard for one family to own a number of non-adjoining farms. After the Civil War, my great-grandfather (yes, here we go again!), Joseph Eli Huntt, owned the home place in T.B. with about 400 acres adjoining it; about a quarter-mile north, he owned a second, smaller farm (I think it was called the Woodlands); and he owned a 300-acre farm a mile southeast that was named Mary & Martha. Not only did he own the store and casket shop directly in the heart of T.B., but he owned a 600-acre farm named Gwynn Park that abutted the village. Finally, there was a farm about five miles away called The Vineyard. This amount of land stretched over miles gives you a good example of why tenant farmers and sharecroppers were so important up through the mid-1900s.

My grandmother inherited the home place and 400 acres as well as the family store and shop (which became a rental home), the Mary & Martha farm, and another 300-acre+ farm in St. Mary's County that came to her via her husband. This woman had a sixth-grade education, but she sure knew how to manage property. My mother inherited from her, but had to sell the 400 acres of woodland and the St. Mary's County farm in order to pay the estate taxes - the Lord giveth, but the government taketh away. Except for the 4.5 acres that the home place sits on, the last piece of property left our hands in 1988.

I'm sure that many of you can share similar stories and also ones about the intermarriage among prominent families and the joining of properties that can confuse the heck out of researchers.

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I forgot to add: Locate Chapman's Landing near Indian Head in Charles County to see how near it is to some of these places on a nautical map. Years ago, there was a researcher from North Carolina who had a strong lead about Confederate agents using Chapman's Landing as one of their "go to" places.