Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Oakley Cabin (built circa 1820)
MSA SC 5496-047812
Constructed in Brookeville, Cracklin District, Montgomery County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

BOARD OF HEALTH, (Death Record, Counties),  03/1904, Description: MO, Location: 00/70/13/025, MdHR Number: 50,274-1559, MSA Citation: MSA S1178-1609. Hackett, Wesley, March 3, 1904, Montgomery County.

LAND OFFICE, (Patent Record), 1759-1763, Liber BC & GS 15, Folio 348. Location: 01/23/03/022, MdHR Number: 17,426, MSA Citation: MSA S11-113. James Brook, "Addition to Brooke Grove," 1762.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS, (Slave Statistics), 1867-1868, C1140, Date: 1867-1868, Location: 1/18/13/001, MdHR Number: 9876, MSA Citation: MSA C1140-1. Josiah W. Jones, May 2, 1867.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Liber Y, Folio 339, 1825-1827, MSA CE 148-26. Richard Brooke to Ephraim Gaither, January 10, 1826.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Liber BS 5, Folio 432, 1832-1833, MSA CE 148-31. Richard B. Dorsey to Ephraim Gaither, November 10, 1832.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Liber BS 7, Folio 490, 1834-1836, MSA CE 148-33. Ephraim Gaither, Richard B. Dorsey, and Anna Eliza Dorsey to William B. Magruder. March 18, 1836.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 11, Folio 133, 1873-1874, MSA CE 63-21. William E. Magruder and Zachariah D. Waters, executors of William B. Magruder's estate, to Josiah W. Jones, June 17, 1873.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 11, Folio 489, 1873-1874, MSA CE 63-21. Josiah W. Jones and Mary E. Jones to Josiah J. Hutton, February 14, 1874.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber CKW 3251, Folio 266, 1964-1964, MSA CE 63-3209. Elizabeth L. Miller Hutton, Josiah J. Hutton, and Mathilda W. Hutton to Suburban Homes, Inc., July 31, 1894.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for William B. Magruder, Slaves, 1850, Cracklin District, Montgomery County, Page 4, Line 13.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for W. B. Magruder, Slaves, 1860, Cracklin District, Montgomery County, Page 12, Line 1.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for David Dorsey, 1870, District 1, Montgomery County, Page 20, Line 13.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Wesley Hackett, 1870, District 1, Montgomery County, Page 22, Line 23.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Resin Wallace, 1870, District 1, Montgomery County, Page 22, Line 18.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for David Dorsey, 1880, District 118, Mechanicsville District, Montgomery District, Page 6, Line 5.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Westley Hackett, 1880, District 118, Mechanicsville District, Montgomery District, Page 6, Line 7.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Resin Wallace, 1880, District 118, Mechanicsville District, Montgomery District, Page 6, Line 21.

Newspapers and Journals -

"Sheriff's Sale." Montgomery County Sentinel 17 February 1860: 2. MSA SC 2813, Reel M 476-01. Maryland State Archives.

Foster, Lisa. "Rebuilding a Sense of History: In Renovations, County Society Reaches Out to Youths, Immigrants." The Washington Post. 16 September 1993, final ed.: M.08. Proquest Databases. www.proquest.com.

Johnson, Darragh. "Retracing the Road North to Freedom: In MD. as Elsewhere, Many Slaves Did Not Wait for Emancipation." The Washington Post 11 November 2004: 16. Final Edition. Proquest Databases. www.proquest.com.

Books -

Cavicchi, Clare Lise. Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County, Maryland. Silver Spring, MD: The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 2001.

Farquhar, Roger Brooke. Old Homes and History of Montgomery County, Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Monumental Printing Company, 1862.

Holland, Jesse J. Black Men Built the Capitol. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot, 2007.

Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington Including the County of Montgomery, Maryland, 1879. Philadelphia, PA: F. Bourquin, 1879. Mechanicsville District, No. 8. Available in the Maryland State Archives.

Kulikoff, Allan. Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1988

Sandy Spring Museum. Sandy Spring Legacy. Sandy Spring, MD: The Sandy Spring Museum, 1999.

Internet Sources -

"Oakley Cabin." Montgomery County Department of Parks. www.oakleycabin.org.

"Oakley Log House, Brookeville, Montgomery County, M: 23-60." Inventory of Historic Properties, Maryland Historical Trust. www.mdihp.net.

"Log Cabin Restoration to be Subject of Montgomery County Historic Preservation Program." Montgomery County Department of Parks. 20 May 2008. http://mncppc.typepad.com/news/2008/05/log-cabin-resto.html.

"Oakley Cabin" The Historical Marker Database. http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=5415.


 

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