Rich Hill
- Also Known As: Rich Hill Farm
- Address: Bel Alton-Newtown Rd
- Vicinity: NE of Bel Alton
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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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 |
Particulars for Rich Hill: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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