When it was created in 1661, the Eastern Shore county of Talbot embraced the whole of Queen
Anne's, all of Caroline east of the Choptank River, and the southeast part of Kent County.
This is a reprint of Oswald Tilghman's magnificent history of his native county, and it should be welcomed
by anyone wishing to obtain a full account of its beginnings, political contests, progress in education
and industry, and its notable citizens.
Volume I, which is subtitled The Worthies of Talbot County, contains biographical sketches
of notable citizens, among whom are represented the men of the Goldsborough, Tilghman, Benton,
Martin, Lloyd, Thomas, Kerr, Hambleton, Chamberlaine, Hollyday, Stevens, and other families.
Volume II relates the history of Talbot County from its early settlement
down to the beginning of the Civil War, with particular stress on the Colonial, Revolutionary,
and War of 1812 periods.
"Into its vast confines I invite my readers to journey with me and to hold converse with the early worthies
of Talbot County, the founders of this fair land, men who were prominent under proprietary rule and
colonial conditions, and men also who laid the foundations of our State Government and its best institutions.
We shall speak to them and they will answer us."
THE WORTHIES OF TALBOT
BEING BIOGRAPHICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
TO A HISTORY OF THAT COUNTY
Contents - Volume 1
Samuel Alexander Harrison, M.D 1
^Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman 4
Hon. James Hollyday, Jr 46
Francis Butler, gent 64
Robert Morris 66
Henry Callister 83
Wenlock Christison 103
Edward Lloyd, The Puritan, 132
Philemon Lloyd, Indian Commissioner 146
Edward Lloyd, The President 156
Philemon Lloyd, The Secretary 161
Edward Lloyd, The Councillor 164
Edward Lloyd, The Patriot 176
Edward Lloyd, The Governor , 184
Edward Lloyd, The Farmer 210
Edward Lloyd, The Senator 222
Governor Daniel Martin 228
Colonel Jacob Gibson 231
Dr. Ennalls Martin 257
Reverend Thomas Bacon, D.D 272
David Kerr 300
General Perry Benson 303
Jeremiah Banning 325
Hon. John Dickinson 352
Hon. William Tilghman 368
John Leeds Bozman, The Historian 375
Hon. John Leeds Kerr 388
Hon. Robert Henry Goldsborough 408
Hon. John Bozman Kerr 414
Hon. Matthew Tilghman 423
Dr. Tristram Thomas 432
Hon. William Perry 444
General Lloyd Tilghman 450
Purser Samuel Hambleton 455
Colonel Samuel Hambleton 476
N Captain William Claiborne 493
Alexander D'Hinojosa 521
Samuel Chamberlaine of Plain Dealing 531
Samuel Chamberlaine, Jr., of Bonneld 552
Dr. John Coats 575
Nicholas Hammond 3rd 578
Governor Philip Francis Thomas 583
Admiral Franklin Buchanan 587
Right Reverend Henry Champlin Lay, D.D 600
Reverend Henry Michael Mason 606
Thomas Beaston 607
Hon. Richard Carmichael Hollyday 614
James Lloyd Martin 617
Governor Samuel Stevens 622
General Tench Tilghman 624
Contents - Volume 2
The Founding of Talbot 1
The Hundred 5
The Publick Roads 8
Post Routes in Early Colonial Days 9
Election Districts 10
Ferries Kept in Talbot in Colonial Days 11
Earliest Land Grants in Talbot 11
Talbot's First Public School 13
First Admiral of the Maryland Province 15
How Elections Were Conducted in Provincial Times 16
List of Talbot Burgesses in the Provincial Assembly 17
Mails Carried by the County Sheriffs in Early Days 19
Colors of the Militia of Talbot County Provincial Times 20
Clerks of Talbot County Court from 1662 to 1915 21
The Commissaries General and Registers of Wills of Talbot County from
1692 to 1915 21
The First Agricultural Society in Talbot 22
The Indians in Talbot County 30
The Passing of the Nanticokes 33
An Incident at Troths Fortune, Trial of Poh Poh Caquia 35
The Stamp Act in Talbot 40
The Revolution in Talbot 48
An Incident of the Revolution in Talbot 133
List of Slave Holders in Talbot in 1790 who owned Ten or More Slaves.... 138
The War of 1812-15 in Talbot 141
General LaFayette and the People of Talbot 191
The Court House 200
The Story of Perdita 246
Old Parish Lines in Talbot County 271
Old Chester and Wye Churches 274
White Marsh Church, Saint Peter's Parish 285
The Old Chapel at Kings Creek 291
The Old Brick Church on Harrison Street, Easton 294
Methodism in Talbot 297
Saints and Shrines of Early Methodism in Bayside 302
Episcopal Churches in St. Michaels, the Old Church and the New 311
Earliest Catholic Churches in Talbot County 313
Origin of Talbot Geographical Names 316
Third Haven 321
The Town and Port of Oxford 332
The Town of Saint Michaels 375
Jacob Gibson's Bank 415
Jacob Gibson's Prank 425
The Schools of Talbot 435
Early Schools and School Masters 443
Quaker Schools 450
The Talbot County Free School 457
The Charity Working School of Parson Bacon 477
The Poor House 496
A Cargo of Convicts 514
The Friends or Quakers 521
The Islands of Talbot 531