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From: "John W. Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 10-10
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:18:12 -0400


On October 10, 1750, Richard Smith had 44 acres of
land he purchased from Notley Thomas surveyed. His
plat showed he named it after himself - Smithfield.
Middletown was laid out on this same land 16 years
later by Michael Jesserong.

On October 10, 1858, John Oliver Fisher, 16, was
stabbed to death by Samuel Francis in front of the
Bethel AME Church on East Third Street. Francis was
later convicted of second degree murder and sentenced
to 17 years and five months in the Maryland Penitentiary.
The church is now called Quinn Chapel AME.

On October 10, 1860, The Examiner reported that
William H. Daley, the local census marshall, had counted
8,054 residents of Frederick City: 2,980 white males;
3,377 white females; 558 free Negro males; 696 free
Negro females; and 443 slaves of both sexes. This
represented an increase of 2,464 people in the 10 years
after the 1850 census. (That's a 44 percent increase.
And local folks today are complaining about the rapid
growth of Frederick County.)

On October 10, 1866, a tornado caused destruction
at the west end of Patrick Street in Frederick. Damages
was estimated at between $4,000 and $5,000, huge in
that day.

On October 10, 1972, John R. Cheatham sold Key
Chevrolet to Merle L. Wise and Klare S. Sunderland.
The franchise was later sold to the Fitzgerald group of
dealership.

If anyone can add information to these History Moments,
or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day,
please contact me privately.

John W. Ashbury
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