Reflections on a Denton Journal memory from 1866
A reader recalls childhood in the Chinquapin area near Central Church and Garey mill pond. He mentions teachers Miss Sally Carter and Uncle Billy Harvey, early neighbors, and town life seventy-five years ago. He contrasts Sunday hard work with today’s sports culture, and muses on timeless sin and memory.
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Denton Journal
William Stevens
John
James
Bates
Chinquapin
Lister
Will
Edward
Alec Tuff
Alfred
Levy
George
Will Hardesty
Molly
George Webber
Frederick
Bob
Harry Sorden
Bakers
Cohees
Staffords
Sally Carter
Georgie Sorden
Laura Melvin
Billy” Harvey
Central Church
Garey'’s Mill Pond
Ramsdells
Morgans
Butlers
Johnsons
Wyatts
Central School House
F. C. Ramsdell
Edward Tubbs
Rudolph Graiser
Severty
Household goods and livestock sale near Denton by Grigsby
Sale at the Grigsby home four miles from Denton on Greensboro road at 2 30 p m rain or shine features a 1927 Buick sedan, oil range five burner electric washer stove ice box beds chairs rugs sewing machine and 100 Barred Rock chicks among many items. Proceeds benefit the owner W F Grigsby with many other articles too numerous to mention.
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Denton
Greensboro
Buick
Local Contact for Publication Inquiry
Rev. W. M. Lister at 328 18th Street Huntington West Virginia invites interested readers to contact him regarding the written materials. The message notes availability and location for potential engagement or inquiries.
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W. M. Lister
18Th Street
Huntington
W. Va
Slats Diary Week Notes from a Scrappy City Lad
Friday Jane mocks me and I joke about being a perfect dumb bell. Saturday Cliff Fudge hints at change after marriage and money finds. Sunday I nurture a garden failing to thrive despite planting lettuce, radishes, cabbage and weeds. Monday Mother plans curtains to hide watching neighbors. Tuesday Joe Hix tires under pension rules and contemplates quitting for a job. Wednesday Libby Wort is in a pickle and may divorce or arm herself. Thursday an insurance agent is held up and sells a life policy to the robber.
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Saterday
Cliff Fudge
Neibors
Joe Hix
Wensday
Libby Wort
Personalty Auction at late W. S. Rutter home
Grace R. Jackson owner sells at the late W S Rutter Denton Maryland home starting at 1 o clock items include 13 piece maple living room suite 7 piece dining set 4 piece walnut bedroom suite 32 piece dining set rugs stove heaters cookware and more Auctioneer William E Andrew lists the furnishings available for highest bidder
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Grace R. Jackson
William E. Andrew
Public sale of valuable household goods in Denton
Mrs Eve Connor announces a public sale of household furnishings at her South 7th Street residence in Denton starting at 1 pm. Items include a living room ensemble, walnut dining set, beds, dressers, sewing machine, radio victrola, Kalamazoo range, ice box, rugs, tables, chairs, shades and other items. Auctioneer Wm E Andrew.
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South 7Th Street
Denton
Singer
Leey Boy
Kalamazoo
Wheatley Estate to Sell at Public Auction in Federalsburg
Public sale authorized by the Caroline County Orphans Court will offer the late W Lee Wheatley estate at the County Trust Company door in Federalsburg on Saturday July 28 1945 at 2 PM. The 152 acre land tract near American Corner along with parcels containing a saw mill several rental houses and a pickle plant site will be divided into three or more parcels with Parcels One to Three and additional woodland and other tracts included. Parcels include the saw mill yard buildings equipment and vehicles and multiple plots described by detailed measurements. The sale includes surrounding timber lands and various deeds and exemptions recorded in Caroline County Land Records.
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W. Lee Wheatley
Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
County Trust Company
Federalsburg
Maryland
J. W. Noble
Oscar Nichols
John H. Collins
Dorsey Nichols
Lydia E. Nichols
Dorsey R. Nichols
American Corner
Wheatley Estate
William Russum
Edward Donovan
Jesse Dennis
Charles Harrison
William H. Deen
Charles W. Hobbs
William Towers
Hobbs and Deen
William R. Ross
Ross
Rudolph Nagel
Winnie Alford
Alford
Henry Wright
Harrison
Dennis
Susie E. Patton
J.K.S
John D. Carter
T.C.H
W. Leslie Wheatley
Everett Nuttle
K. Thomas Everngam
Tract No 4 John Butler Farm Seeks Sale of 82 Acre Truck Farm
The 82 acre John Butler Farm offers a well cultivated truck farming property with a barn dwelling and outbuildings in good repair. Leonard Collins is the current tenant. Parcel 1 covers 25 acres of woodland along county roads with linked deeds from 1906. Parcel 2 describes land near American Corner with connections to 1909 deeds and later transfers, all in Caroline County Maryland. The property sits on the American Corner Harmony State road with a suitable dwelling and outbuildings and Lloyd Ox as current tenancy.
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Caroline County
State of
Maryland
American Corner
Fowling Creek
Canning House Road
Daffin Lands
Leonard Collins
Lloyd OX
Land transfer chain details for farm near Denton Maryland
The description traces land lineage from a 1914 deed to Laura and Er nest Towers, then to W Lee Wheatley in 1943, with reference to tract 6 in Caroline County. The farm includes barn, corn crib, hen house, and outbuildings, located near American Corner Denton State road, adjoining Henry Gorman and others, with timber, woodland, and heavily fertilized cleared land. A cucumber crop is currently planted.
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Denton State Road
Henry Gorman
Farm Property Sale in Federalsburg Maryland Auction
The property outlines land formerly conveyed to Samuel J. Wilson and rema in a description ending at the river and back to the begin point. It references a 1941 Wheatley deed and is described as a good warehouse property on the Denton Federalsburg State road with ample storage space. Auctioneers Leonard F. Covey and attorney K Thomas Everngam are listed.
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W. Lee Wheatley
W.A.C
Caroline County
Maryland
Denton-Federalsburg State Road
Federalsburg
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W. F. Grigsby
Leonard Covey
H. Earle Smith
Masonic Bldg
Denton, Md
Ao Yee Office
Jane
W. S. Rutter
Eve Connor
Wm E. Andrew
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Your Newsdealer
Caroline County, Maryland
Penn Willis
Grove Cemetery
James E. Cox
John C. Fisher
Elmer W. Deen
William Penn Willis
Liber T.L.D
W. B. Deen
Penn Willis Land
Harmony
Ernest Towers
Griffith
Laura L. Towers
Howard
Towers
John Andrew
Beauchamp
John T. Carter
Ernest F. Towers
A. J. Willis
Ann Griffith
George Murphy
Curtis Andrew
John Butler
Union Grove
Hog Creek Mills
Willis Flowers
Richard S. Frampton
Gardner Towers Farm
Walnut Tree
Jacob Towers
Burton W. Parker Et al
Alexander Wilson
Andrew Towers
Wilson
Elisha Deen
Andrew T. Towers Et al
J. Gardner Towers
W. E. Thawley
Harmony State Road
James Howard
Hannah Howard
Samuel J. Wilson
Nellie Dorsey
Leonard F. Covey
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