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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1714/00/00 Gustavus R Brown Home Mary Contee sells Rich Hill plantation for 21,000 lbs of tobacco to Gustavus Brown. Dr Brown builds the mansion in the early to mid 18th century.
1730/00/00 Cecilia Brown Key Bond Born Frances Fowke Brown, the wife of Gustavus Richard Brown, gives birth to a daughter, Cecilia Brown, at Rich Hill, Province of Maryland.
1747/10/17 Gustavus Richard Brown Born Margaret Black Boyd Brown, the second wife of Gustavus Richard Brown, gives birth to a son, Gustavus Richard Brown, in Port Tobacco, Maryland.
1751/00/00 Margaret Brown Stone Born Margaret Black Boyd Brown, the wife of Gustavus R Brown, gives birth to a daughter, Margaret Eleanor Brown, in Port Tobacco, Province of Maryland.
1762/04/00 Gustavus R Brown Died Dr Brown dies of apoplexy at Rich Hill. He was buried at Rich Hill, although the location of the grave is unknown.
1865/04/16 John Wilkes Booth Conspiracy leader, assassin Oswell Swann leads John W Booth and David Herold across Zekiah Swamp to Rich Hill, the home of confederate sympathizer, Col Samuel Cox. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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Particulars for Rich Hill:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 75000885
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: c 1825, c 1850, 1865
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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