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Chain of Title for Dent-Brooks House
APPENDIX: CHAIN OF TITLE FOR DENT-BROOKS HOUSE
Date
Grantor
October 5, 1983 Alice Brooks, Sylvia E. Brooks, Kenneth Brooks, Joan Brooks and Gail Brooks
Grantee
Alice Brooks, Fannie and Joseph Graham
Acres Liber/Folio
Notes
4.1940 5792:928 Same as previous; includes all the interest
October 5, 1983 Sylvia E. Brooks, personal representative of the estate of Jeremiah Brooks October 14, 1983 Thomas F. Graham, personal representative of the estate of Peter Brooks
April 23, 1957 Peter Brooks, Alice Brooks, Anderson Butler, Estelle Butler Sylvia E. Brooks, Kenneth Brooks, Joan Brooks and Gail Brooks 4.1940 5792:924 Same as previous; this is Sylvia Brooks’ undivided 1/4th interest
Fannie Graham, 1/4th interest; Alice Brooks, ½ interest and Sylvia E. Brooks, personal representative of the estate of Jeremiah Brooks, 1/4th interest
4.1940 5792:920 Parcel I: 3.5-acre tract described in JWB2:247 (August 4, 1883). Parcel II: 1 acre described in 66:317 (May 2, 1910). Parcel III: .75-acre tract described in 66:318 (September 13, 1910). Saving and excepting 1.056-acre parcel and right-of-way described in 2095:555 (April 23, 1957). Jeremiah and Sylvia Brooks 1.056 2095:555 Includes right-of-way to Aquasco Road
November 16, 1936 George T. Burroughs, Trustee Peter Brooks
July 26, 1912 Albert Dent, Sarah Dent (AKA Sallie S. Gross) Carol V. A. Wilson and Elizabeth S. Wilson 5.25 467:394 $500; References deeds 66:317;318 and JWB2:247; sold per a court case. 86:33 Mortgage of $350 on Parcel I, Parcel II and Parcel III (released July 16, 1921 86:36)
Date Grantor Grantee
PARCEL III
September 13, 1910 Charles L. Turner, administrator of Mary E. Morris Sarah Dent and Albert Dent .75
October 3, 1894 John T. Moland and Eliza E. Moland Mary E. Morris 6 +
September 29, 1894 Andrew J. Schwartz, Sr., and Mary A. Schwartz John T. Moland 9
Acres Liber/Folio Notes
66:318 Parcel III near Odd Fellows Hall. The sale was contested in Equity 3169. JWB31:229 $65. “Assessed in the name of Mrs. Jane R. Tubman” JWB31:227 “Assessed in the name of Mrs. Jane R. Tubman”
March 10, 1892 F. Nelson Jarboe, late Treasurer of Prince George’s County Andrew Schwartz
July 3, 1878 Joseph K. Roberts, Jr., Trustee Jane R. Tubman Dec. 2, 1873 Peter Wood and Harriet E. Wood Jane R. Tubman
PARCEL II
May 2, 1910 Lydia Louis, Samuel Grey [sic], and wife Elizabeth Grey [sic], Edward B. Grey and wide Matilda Grey, Anne Rebecca Magruder and Rinaldo Magruder, her husband Sarah Dent 9
12 6 acres one rood and 39 perches
1 JWB20:748 Tax sale. “Two lots of land assessed in the name of Jane R. Tubman.” 14:2 Tax Sale; $310; land of John Estep. HB9:165 $156.85. “Part of Dove’s Nest” or “Dove’s Perch.”
66:317 “Same property sold by Harriet E. Wood to the late Richard Douglas[s of Henry], husband of Lydia Louis” [HB 12:26]
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Date
Grantor
January 6, 1897 Lidia Douglass, widow of Richard Douglass (of Henry), Samuel Gary and Martha A. Gray his wife, Sallie Dent and Albert Dent her husband, Rebecca Magruder and Rinaldo J. Magruder her husband July 24, 1876 Harriet Wood
Grantee Acres Liber/Folio Notes
Wheeler Tabernacle Mt. Pisca No. 14 Sons and Daughters of Israel jointly with the SeaTone Society N. 4079 Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of Woodville .25 acre JWB 40:99 References incorrectly the earlier deed of HB12:26 in 1876 as “HB13:26 in 1887.” Although the deeds consistently refer it being “one-fourth of an acre, more or less” the actual land area is 3,920 square feet, or .089 acre.
Richard Douglass (of Henry) 1.25 acres HB12:26
PARCEL I
August 4, 1883 James Gray, Richard Douglass, Littie Douglass, Samuel Gray, E.B. Gray, Lizzie Fowler, James Fowler, Anne Rebecca Glascoe, Leonard Glascoe, George W. Gray, Jennie A Gray Nov. 8, 1879 Richard Douglass, Littie Douglass (his wife), Edward B. Gray, Lizzie Fowler, James fowler (her husband), Sallie S. Gross and Albert B. Gross (her husband) [sic], Anne Rebecca Glascoe and Leonard Glascoe (her husband), June 4, 1877 Harriet Wood [Sarah Dent, née] Sallie S. Gross 3.5
Matilda Gray 3.5
Stephen Gray 5.5 JWB2:247 $75
WAJ1:175 $75. “Three and one-half acres which a certain Stephen Gray purchase from Harriet Wood on June 4, 1977.” The remaining two acres were sold to Henry Contee WAJ1:176.
HB12:369 $105. The description includes mention of ravines and streams that border the property.
