Welcome to the
Charles County Maryland
MDGenWeb Project
Welcome to the Charles County MDGenWeb Project. All Information we have is located on this site, and has been donated by researchers like you. If you have data to contribute: photos, wills, bibles, families records, or other information you would like to share, please contact the County Coordinator MaryAlice Schwanke.
A Brief History
The county as originally laid out included present day Charles Co. as well as parts of present day Calvert, Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties. The County was originally divided into Proprietary Manors, Zachia Manor, Pangiah Manor and Calverton Manor. Then smaller political subdivisions called "Hundreds" were carved from these manors. Charles County included the Wiccommico Hundred (1642), Pykawaxen Hundred (1649), Riverside Hundred (1653), Chingamuxen Hundred (1653), and the Nanjemoy Hundred (1657).
As of 1692 the boundaries of Charles are described as follows;
On the south and west by St. Mary's county and the Potomac River, on the east by Calvert County and on the north by the Maryland Pennsylvania line.
Charles County was divided into 4 parishes or 7 hundreds.
Lower part of William & Mary Parish Hundred.
Upper part of William & Mary Parish "
East Side of Portobacco "
West Side of Portobacco "
Lower part of Nanjemy Parish "
Upper part of Nanjemy Parish "
Upper part of King & Queen Parish "
*Nanjemy or Nanjemoy Parish later became Durham Parish*
As you can see from the description above the original or "Old Charles County" covered a great deal of the "Province of Maryland" in it's early days. This of course would soon change with the formation of other Maryland Counties.
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| Prince George's County MD (north) Fairfax County, VA (northwest) Calvert County MD (east) Stafford County, VA (west) Prince William County, VA (west) St. Mary's County MD (southeast) Westmoreland County, VA (southeast) King George County, VA (south) |
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MDGenWeb State Coordinator,
Rebecca Maloney
Assistant State Coordinator,
Ron Dailey