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From: "Cathy Berger" <>
Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Cecil County Court
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:45:36 -0500
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Irene Rutter is on this maillist I believe, and if anyone can help you she
can. I sent you all the Cresswell names I had, since it is not my family
but only married into my families.

Cathy
----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa Dugan <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Cecil County Court


> Cathy,
>
> Regarding the Cresswells, do u or anyone else have a John Cresswell b. abt
> 1819 that Married Hester Rutter 21 Dec 1840 Cecil Co., MD?
>
> Lisa
>
>
> At 09:28 AM 11/12/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Don't know quite how to reply to you. Did you ask at the courthouse for
> >this particular item and they told you they didn't have it? Or did you
ask
> >for all circuit court records? I only checked for a criminal court
record
> >once and they let me look through vrious indices, but I didn't find what
I
> >wanted because it had been transferred to Harford Court because of the
> >publicity given in Cecil Co. Yours has a Harford reference and it might
> >have been held there. Darlene McCall, treasurer of Cecil Co Genealogical
> >Society works at the courthouse, in the land records office. She wrote a
> >booklet on GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH GUIDE FOR CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND, and it
> >doesn't not have circuit nor criminal court records in table of contents.
> >Her address is:Box 57, Charlestown, MD 21914.
> >
> >The Criswells married several times into my lines and so I notice the
name.
> >Criswell and Cresswell seem to be the same name. John ran a ferry over
the
> >Susquehanna River in the 1700's. I imagine George Washington crossed on
it
> >many times. I recently saw an ad for a book on the Cresswell Family.
Check
> >with WillowBend Publ (has webpage) to see if they have it, can get it.
> >
> >In my cross reference files I have: 1. Charles Henry Creswell m Rachel
> >REbecca Simpers 1868. 2. Elizabeth Creswell m Robt Cameron 1796. 3.
James
> >Justice Cresswell b 1845 - see Creswell-Gatchell Bible Records in MD
Hist.
> >Soc, Balt. 4. John Cresswell gfives mortgage to Arthur Alexander Jr
1798.
> >5. John Cresswell m Talitha Gatchell 1807 or 8. 6. Thomas A Creswell m
> >Mary T Tyson 1889
> >
> >Cathy
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 12:33 PM
> >Subject: [MDCECIL] Cecil County Court
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 11/11/2001 11:02:11 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > <> writes:
> > >
> > > << I've worked in that courthouse for years >>
> > >
> > > Sorry about the previous email, I held a button down too long and it
ended
> >up
> > > sending mail before I was ready!!
> > >
> > > Cathy,
> > > My husband has been trying to find information on his ggrandfather
> >Samuel
> > > Creswell. At the CCHS, in "The Cecil Democrat" April 9, 1859, page 2
> >col.
> > > 3, Local Affairs, we found the following:
> > >
> > > "Cecil County Circuit Court - Hon. John H. Price, Juge; Wm. J. Jones,
> >Esq.,
> > > State's Attourney; Wm. H. Ricketts, Clerk. The following cases have
been
> > > tried this week.
> > >
> > > "State vs. John C. Ford, Harford Co., record from Harford county;
indicted
> > > for an assault and battery on Samuel Creswell. Verdict - guilty;
> > > State vs. Same, record from Harford, indicted for an assault and
battery
> >on
> > > Mary Ann Creswell. Verdict - guilty."
> > >
> > > The CCHS does not have those Circuit Court records and we went to the
> > > Courthouse and were told they didn't have them. We checked at the MD
> > > archives and they didn't have them either. Would you have any idea at
all
> > > where they might be??
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Jayne
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