Middle Plantation (Davidsonville, Maryland) Explained
Middle Plantation is a historic house and plantation in Davidsonville, Maryland, originally owned by the Huguenot, Mareen Duvall.[1] [2] [3] The original 600-acre tract was patented to him near the South River in 1664.[4]
Middle Plantation was described shortly after it was built "as luxurious and courtly as any of the manors of the English gentry."[5]
The plantation is identified by a historical marker.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: "Middle Plantation" Oakland, AA-193. State Historic Inventory. Maryland Historical Trust. 13 February 2013.
- Book: Excavations at Mareen Duvall's Middle Plantation of South River Hundred. William P. Doepkens. 1991.
- News: The Baltimore Sun. In Davidsonville, Farmer Works The Land For Artifacts 22 Years Of Digging Detailed In New Book. 3 May 1991. Arthur Hirsch.
- Book: Steiner, Bernard Christian. Men of mark in Maryland ...: biographies of leading men of the ..., Volume 2. 1910. B.F. Johnson. Baltimore.
- Book: Richardson
, Hester Dorsey
. Side-lights on Maryland History: With Sketches of Early Maryland Families. Williams and Wilkins Company. 1903. Baltimore, Maryland. 96. Anne Tasker Samuel Ogle.. 0-8063-0296-8 .
- Web site: Middle Plantation. The Historical Marker Database. 13 February 2013.
