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Howard County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1854-1860
Volume 814, Page 390   View pdf image
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to be nul and void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue
Signed sealed and delivered                  Littleton Maclin      (seal)
in presence of                                          James Walters     (seal)
Joseph J Maclin                                       Philip Smallwood   (seal)
Thomas B Hobbs                                          W Welling        (seal)
witness to the signature                                   Henry Forsyth  (seal)
of H Forsyth
                      November 14th 1859
                                   Approved by the board of commissioners
                                                                   Thos. H. Hood
                                                                   Amos Earp
                                                                    Martin H Batson
Filed to be recorded on the 14th day of November 1859.  Same
day Recorded and Examined per
                                                             W. W. Watkins clk



Act of Incorporation
of the
    Westwood Chapel
Methodist Episcopal Church
in the County of Howard
        State of Maryland
Instituted August 8th 1859
 To all whom these presents shall
come Greeting:
Know ye, That the male members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
above the age of twenty one years
and residing within the County of
Howard and attached to the
congregation or church commonly
and at present worshipping in a school house know as the "Mt
Pleasant School House" situate on the lands of Mr Reuben Ridgely
being desirous of electing certain of their members to be constituted
a body politic under and in pursuance of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland Entitled "An Act to incorporate certain persons
in every christian church or congregation in this State" and of the supplement
thereto did assemble together on the eighth day of August
in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty
nine at the aforesaid Mt Pleasant School House in the county of
Howard (being the place ordinarily used for Public meetings for
said church or congregation agreeably to public notice given
the preceeding sabbath and with the Rev Henry C Westwood minister
did duly elect according to law and the common usuage of the
Church the following nine sober and discreet persons to wit:
Reuben Ridgely, Lloyd W Linthicum, James L Parsley, James
Harban, Tilghman P Iglehart, Edward Day, Evan T Ridgely,
Basil D Solters and John C Colliflour to act as trustees of the
said church together with the said Henry C Westwood or
the minister for the time being regularly appointed according
to the Rules and discipline which from time to time may be


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