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Census Elias Delashmut Frederick, MD 1790
ELIAS DELASHMUTT MD Frederick County Frederick Town 1796
Elias Delashmit District 3, Frederick, MD 1800
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ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE GEORGE WILLARD HOUSE (18FR696) A federal farm house in southern Frederick County, Maryland by James R. Beall, Ph.D., Stacey Streett, A.A., and Guy Whidden, M.Ed
Note: Originally published in Maryland Archeology, Volume 31, 9-24, March- September 1995.
Land records of Frederick County were traced through past owners to George Willard who, with his wife Susannah, built the house on land he had purchased from Elias Delashmutt Jr. in 1802
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Archives of Frederick County, MD 1795 Deed, Elias Delashmutt to G. Willyard. Liber WR13 Folio 39.
Archives of Frederick County, MD 1798 Deed, Elias Delashmutt to G. Willyard. Liber WR17 Folio 46.
Archives of Frederick County, MD 1802 Deed, Elias Delashmutt to G. Willyard. Liber WR22 Folio 466.
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GEORGE WILLARD HOUSE Site 18 FR 696 James R. Beall, Program Director
RECORD OF OWNERSHIP 1775 Elias Delashmutt to George Wilyard, land near Spring: including water rights
1798 Elias Delashmutt to George Willard Land and Tanyard near spring 1802 Elias Delashmutt to George Willard 31 Acres Land around tanyard: includes spring
1818 House Built by George & Susannah Willard
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BICENTENNIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE FREDERICK, MD., NEWS-POST, OCTOBER 20, 1975
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About 1795, Elias DeLashmutt laid out another community, New Freedom, to the west, adjacent to New Town. New Freedom, inspired by the apparent success of New Town, contained at least 22 lots bearing a 00-foot Irontage on Main Street and a depth ot 182 feet. But the twin villages entered the 19th century with the reputation of being a tough place on the north-south turnpike It was said to be a dangerous place for travellers to tarry, due greatly to the reputation of the two taverns situated at the northern and southern ends of the town that by then was called "Traptown" or "Newtown Trap." It is said that in 1800 there were only four dwellings to be found in the tough town on the turnpike, but this did not keep the town from becoming a focal point for local residents interested in discussing news of the day. In 1799 an Irish immigrant, James Torrence, arrived in New Town and opened a general store on Ridge Road (Main In addition to supplying the local residents with the materials they needed from time to time, his store soon became a gathering place where neighbors could tarry and discuss local gossip and news. It was natural, then, that Torrence's general store should become the site of the Newtown Trap post office on Sept. 23, 1801, with Torrence being appointed post master. In 1832, during the term of Frederick County Commissioners William Lynch, Levy Williss, and John W. Pratt, and due largely to the efforts of state legislator William Cost Johnson, the twin communities of New Town and New Freedom (or Newtown Trap or Traptown) were merged into the single town of Jefferson.

Birth	Abt 1741	Frederick County, Maryland
Marriage	1769	Maryland - Catherine Waugh
Death	Abt 1809	Frederick County, Maryland
Census (family)-shared	9 Aug 1870	(Peter Lindsay DeLashmutt and Esther Barlett Hunt) Lyons, Mills County, Iowa

Spouse	Catherine Waugh (1745 - 1782)
Child	Van William Waugh DeLashmutt (1771 - 1840)
Child	Sarah Ann Delashmutt (1773 - 1856)

Father	Elias DeLashmutt (1712 - 1778)
Mother	Elizabeth Nelson (1718 - 1785)

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