History of Kent County, 1630-1916 by Fred G. Usilton
History of Kent County Maryland 1630-1916 by Fred G Usilton
- Introduction
- Civic Information
- Kent County (poem) by Frank H Ruth
- Chapter 1 - Events Leading up to the Founding of Kent County
- Chapter 2 - The Isle of Kent
- Chapter 3 - To be known as Kent County
- Chapter 4 - Tench Tilghman's Ride Through Kent
- Chapter 5 - The Battle of Chaulk's Field
- Chapter 6 - Burning of Georgetown and Fredericktown on the Sassafras
- Chapter 7 - Freedom of Religious Thought and Worship - Ancient Shrewsbury
- Chapter 8 - Old St. Paul's Church, Kent County, Maryland
- Chapter 9 - Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church - Chestertown
- Chapter 10 - The Friend's Meeting House
- Chapter 11 - Methodist Records - Catholic Church - First Sunday School - Colored Churches
- Chapter 12 - Schools, Public and Private - Founding of Washington College
- Chapter 13 - Record of First Sailing Vessel and Early Steamboating on Chester - The First Railroad
- Chapter 14 - Financial institutions and their official boards
- Chapter 15 - First military organization - Musical organizations
- Chapter 16 - Kent in the War of 1812-14
- Chapter 17 - Four United States Senators from Kent - Other notable men
- Chapter 18 - Old records showing transfers of land in old Kent
- Chapter 19 - Some weather records of other days
- Chapter 20 - Women vote in Still Pond, first place in State
- Chapter 21 - Some records on the farm
- Chapter 22 - Old-time Christmas in Kent
- Chapter 23 - Chestertown - The County Town - Its early history
- Chapter 24 - The White House Farm, on a part of which Chestertown stands
- Chapter 25 - Throwing tea overboard in the Chestertown harbor - Plays - Racing events - Novel ordinances...
- Chapter 26 - The noted Chester Bridge-Lovers and fishermen - Some noted events
- Chapter 27 - Notable houses in Chestertown - Newspapers - First hotels
- Chapter 28 - Rock Hall - Its early history - Great oyster centre
- Chapter 29 - A noted resort - Tolchester Beach - Founded 1877
- Chapter 30 - Fish Hall, Betterton's first house-A lonely place
- Chapter 31 - Shell banks made by Indians - Happy council places
- Chapter 32 - Monomac - An Indian tale
- Chapter 33 - Some recollections - Old residenters - Kent's silver mine-Vote on local option - A great prize fight - Negro superstition - Crow Hill
- Chapter 34 - The old Court House