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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HISTORIC SITE SUMMARY SHEET

Survey #: P.G. #82B-3 Building Date: ca. 1700, mid 19th c., 1931

Building Name: Billingsley

Location: 6900 Green Landing Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Private/Residence/Occupied/Excellent/Inaccessible

Description

Billingsley is a one-and-one-half story brick gable-roof plantation house of the Tidewater Colonial style. It stands in a spectacular loca­tion at the marshes of the Patuxent River at its confluence with the Western Branch. The house consists of two parts: a main block which may be as old as the late seventeenth century, and a twentieth century wing. The main block is one-and-one-half stories high, five bays by two bays. Entrance is in the central bay of the main north facade through a central projecting cross-gable added in 1931. The main block is laid in Flemish bond, with glazed headers. Across the east and west gable ends runs a three-course string course. Windows are 9/9 with wide board surrounds and shallow segmental arch lintels. The ~able roof is steeply pitched. There is a wide interior brick chimney with molded weatherings at each gable end. On the south (river) facade, the earth was excavated away, allowing walk­in entry on grade level. There is a one-story sun porch built onto the west gable end.

Significance:

Billingsley is a unique example of a very early brick plantation house, which may date from the end of the seventeenth century. Billingsley Point was conveyed in 1687 to Colonel Thomas Hollyday, who, upon the establishment of Prince George's County in 1696, became the first Chief Justice of the County Court. It is probably he who built the orig­inal house. Billingsley was the home of the Weems family from 1740 to 1840, when it was sold to Benjamin Hodges. The interior of the house at Billingsley shows substantial renovations undertaken either by the Hodges or by the subsequent owner, Dr. Richard K. Osbourn; the mature Greek Revival style interior trim dates from this period. Billingsley was purchased in 1917 by Arthur N. Meloy who in 1931 undertook major renova­tions. The steeply pitched cross gables and flanking dormers on both the north and south elevations were added and the river elevation was exca­vated, allowing walk-in entry on grade level. Billingsley, although sub­stantially altered, is a unique example of a very early brick plantation house; its general shape and brickwork together with documentary evidence su99est that its original form was the home of Colonel Thomas Hollyday, thus placing its period of construction in the last decade of the seven­teenth century. It may be the oldest structure in Prince George's County, and is of qreat historical and architectural significance.

Acreage: 430.3 acres

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Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites lnwentory Form

1. Name {indicate pref erred name}

hlatortc Billingsley Point

and/or common Billingsley (preferred)

2. Location

street a. number 6900 Green Landing Road

ctty, town Upper Marlboro

state Maryl and

3. Classification Category _dlstrict­_X_ buildlng(s) _structure _site _object

Ownership _public _X private _both Pullllc Acquisition _inprocea _ being considered ~not applicable

_ vicinity of

county

Status _X occupied _ unoccupied - work in progress Acceuibl• _ yes: restricted

x yes: unrestricted _no

Survey No. P.G. #82B-3

Magi No.

DOE __yes no

congressional district

Prince George's

P1esentu­- agriculture _commercial _educational _ entertainment

- government _ industrial _military

- not for publiCatlon

5

_museum _park _x_ private residence _religious _ scientific

- transportatton _other:

4. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of~ owners>

Samuel and Frances Meloy

street a. number 6900 Green Landing Road telephone no. :

city, town Upper Marlboro state and zip code Maryland 20772

s. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber #926

street A number Main Street folio 71

ctty,town Upper Marlboro state Maryland

&. Representation in Existing Historical. surveys

tttleHistoric American Buildings Survey/Prince George's County Historic Sites & Districts Plar

1936/1981 x x - ...,.. _state _county

depoattoryforsurveyrecordaPrince George's County Historic Preservation Commission c/oMNCPPC

city, town Upper ~~arl boro state Maryland

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7. Description

CandlUon ....L ftC8tlent __ good _,..,

Clleckone .._loial&d - unalt9red

_ruins ~ ......

Cllecll one ~orlginalsite _ moved date of move

Survey No. P.G. #82B-3

Prepare both a summary paragraph and a general. description of the resource and its various elements as it exists today.

Billingsley is a one-and-one-half story brick gable-roof plantation house of the Tidewater Colonial style. It stands in a spectacular loca­tion at the marshes of the Patuxent River at its confluence with the Western Branch.

The house consists of two parts: a main block which may be as old as the late seventeenth century, and a twentieth century wing. The main block is one-and-one-half stories high, five bays by two bays, approxima­tely 52 by 32 feet. Entrance is in the central bay of the main north facade through a central projecting cross-gable vestibule which was added in 1931. This vestibule was originally built as a flat-roof porch, and later enclosed and raised to the steeply pitched cross-gable. Entrance is through double doors (painted red) with an arched brick surround and flanked by full length red louvered shutters. The door is approached by a small concrete stoop bordered by iron rails. Above the door at second level are two 6/6 double hung sash windows side by side, with a single board surround and shallow segmentally arched lintel. The roof of the projecting vestibule is very steeply pitched and rises to the full height of the main block; it has a molded wood cornice slightly flared at the lower eaves. The walls of the vestibule are laid in a random pattern, in an attempt to match the Flemish bond of the main block; there are some glazed headers. A similar steeply-pitched cross-gable is centered in the south facade, added also in 1931, but it is flush with the south facade.

The main block is laid up in Flemish bond, with many glazed headers. Across the east and west gable ends runs a ~hree-course string course just below the second story windows. Windows are 919 wood frame double hung sash, and have wide board surrounds painted beige, and a shallow segnental arch in the brick. There are no shutters. The molded wood cornice is wide, with bed molding, painted beige. The steeply pitched gable roof is covered with gray asbestos shingle. Each of the north and south planes is pierced by two small gable dormers; each donner encloses a 6/6 double hung sash window. There is a wide interior brick chimney at each gable end; each is tall with corbelled cap, and with molded weatherings. The high brick foundation has a high unmolded watertable; it encloses a full cellar.

On the south (river) facade, the earth was excavated away in the 1930 1 s, revealing the full depth of the cellar foundation and allowing walk-in entry on grade level. Lower level windows in this south facade were originally single sash; after the excavation, they were lengthened to 8/8 double hung sash. Entry into the cellar is now at grade level through a door in the central bay. The door is sheltered by a modern square flat­roof porch with brick piers; a geometric balustrade around its flat roof creates a small balcony, accessible thr-ough a door in the central bay, the original south entrance to the first story.

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Description (continued) Section 7 Page ~2---

In 1932 a small one-story gable-roof sun porch was built on the west gable end. It is slightly inset from the main block on both north and south facades, two bays by two bays, and rests on a garage space access­ible from lower level on the south facade. Windows in the sun porch are three-part round-arched, and have molded surrounds painted beige. A small porch, in the northwest corner of the sun porch and the main block, shelters a side doorway into the northwest space (kitchen) of the main block.

Interior plan consists of central stairhall and (originally) two unequal parlors on each side. The open string staircase rises along the east wall of the stairhall; it has heavy turned newel with mitred cap, turned balusters and a broad railing. This staircase replaces an earlier one which had a larger newel and a broader railing. The wall between the two east parlors has been removed, opening the space into oRe large parlor. The two original diagonally-situated fireplaces were removed, and a new fireplace was built centered in the east wall; it has a new shouldered wooden mantel. The west space includes a larger parlor on the south, and a smaller space (now used as a kitchen) on the north.

A Greek Revival style wooden mantel adorns the fireplace in the west wall of the parlor; molded pilasters flank the firebox, the frieze has a "cushion" molding and the molded shelf has a bold Greek profile. Door and window surrounds in this room have two-step molding; this is the only room which retains its deeply molded wooden cornice.

Billingsley stands in a prominent position overlooking the marshes of the Western Branch and the Patuxent River. A short distance to the north­west is a wooded knoll which is reported to be the burial ground; no grave­stones are visible. Closer to the house, to the northwest, is a twentieth century gable roof barn with lower shed-roof side aisles and small shed­roof wings. It is sided with vertical board. The barn has four barn doors in its east gable-end, louvered windows, and two lanterns at the ridge.

8. Significance Survey No. P.G. #828-3

Period Anaa of Sl911iflcanc• Check and Justify below _ prehiatortc _ archeology;:nhistoric _ community planning _ landscape architecture_ rellgiOn

_1400-1499 _ archeok>gy-ftiatoric _ conservation _ law - science -1~1599

L 1800-1899 _ 1700-1199

_ agriculture economics _ literature - sculpture .J._ architecture _education - military - soctaU

.... --u--i-n _art _engineering _ musfc ,_ .. _.,,.,.. _ ..L.1~1899 ..L.1900-

_commerce _ expkntionfsetaement - philosophy - theater _ communications _ Industry _ p0Utlcslgovet 1ament - transpOrtation

_ Invention ..JL other.(specify)

check: Applicab-.1.e "Criteria: A B C D and/or

Applicable Exception: A B C D E F G

Level of Significance: national state local

Prepare both a summary paragraph of significance and a general statement of history and support.

Billingsley is a unique example of a very early brick plantation house, which may date from as early as the end of the seventeenth century. Although it was substantially altered, both in the nineteenth and the twentieth century, it represents one of the earliest surviving buildings in Prince George's County, and is of great historic and architectural importance. · ·

Billingsley Point, a 700-acre tract at the confluence of the Patuxent River and the Western Branch, was patented in 1662 to John Billingsley, "for transp~rtation of 14 servants in the year 1650 under .•• conditions of plantation. Five hundred acres were conveyed by Billingsley heirs in 1687 to Colonel Thomas Hollyday, who, upon the establishment of Prince George's County in 1696, became the first Chief Justice of the County Court. Hollyday served as Chief Justice of the Court, which met at Charles Town, now Mount Calvert, until his death in 1703. He lived at Billingsley Point, his plantation immediately north of Charles Town, possibly in the original fonn of the present structure.2 In 1703, Thomas Hollyday devised "the plantation I now live upon, commonly called Billingsley Point" to his son James, and was buried near the house.3 James Hollyday, after confirming his legal title to the land by Act of Assembly in 1724,4 acquired additional adjoining land, and had the whole patented for 1069 acres.5 In 1740, he sold the entire Billingsley tract to James Weems of Calvert County, reserving to himself and his heirs the graveyard where his father was buried.6

The Weems family lived at Billingsley for a full century. James Weems deeded 530 acres of Billingsley, including the house, to his son William Lock Weems in 1755;7 William operated a store at Green Landing, a small commercial river settlement (now known as Hill •s Landing) one mile north of the house site, and part of the Billingsley tract.8 When James Weems died in 1781, he devised all the rest of his land to his son, William Lock Weems.9 At approximately this time, the younger Weems called a Commission to mark and perpetuate the bounds of Billingsley.10

MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST STATE HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY FORM Statement of Significance (continued)

Survey No. P.G. #82B-3

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William Lock Weems died in 1783, leaving all of his Prince George's County r~al estate to his son Nathaniel C. Weems.11 It was Nathaniel C. Weems who resided at Billingsley at the time of the first Federal Direct Tax in 1798. The two-acre nucleus of the property was described at that time as follows: "a single story brick dwelling house 52 by 32, with kitchen under the same; a framed meat house 12 feet square, milk house 10 _ by 8 feet, corn house 40 by 10 feet, stable 24 by 18 feet, and one negro house 16 by 12 feet, all out of repair." His over 1000-acre plantation included also four more negro houses and a log overseer's house, and five tobacco barns; the labor force consisted of 31 slaves.12

Nathaniel Chapman Weems died circa 1810 leaving a widow, Violetta, and six children. His eldest daughter, Mary, married John B. Mullikin (of Mount Oak) in 1812, and shortly afterwards they petitioned the Chancery Court for their share of the Weems property at Billingsley. The dower share, 296 acres including the house, was laid off to the widow; more than 20 years later, through the subsequent conveyance of the rights of all of her heirs, this 296-acre plantation became the property of Mary and John B. Mullikin.13 The Mullikins, who lived at Mount Oak, sold the Billingsley property in 1841 to Benjamin B. Hodges.14

The interior of the house at Billingsley shows substantial renovations of the mid-nineteenth century, undertaken by the Hodges or QY the subsequent owner, Dr. Richard-K. Osbourn. It is unlikely that the Hodges ever 1 ived at Billingsley, but more 1 ikely that they prepared it for their daughter, Mary, who married Dr. Osbourn in 1846. Mary Hodges Osbourn died in 1847 and Dr. Osbourn remained at Billingsley, remarrying in 18rl. Benjamin Hodges legally conveyed the property to Dr. Osbourn in 1855, 6 and the mature Greek Revival style interior trim in the west parlor certainly dates from this period. The two-step door and window surrounds, and the pilastered mantel with "cushion" frieze are nearly identical to tbe same features at Woodstock, built circa 1850 south of Upper Marlboro.17 In 1866, Dr. Osbourn sold to steamship captain Mason L. Weems of Baltimore a smal 1 riveredge_ section of Billingsley to serve as a landing, bounding on the "road leading from Upper Marlboro to Richard K. Osbourn's mansion house. 11 18

In 1870, after Dr. Osbourn's death, his children petitioned the Equity Court for sale of his property to pay his debts. C.C. Magruder and Samuel B. Hance were appointed trustees, and in 1874 they sold the 300-acre parcel to John H. and Charles Traband, merchant and carriage maker from Upper Marlboro.19 The house at Billingsley was maintained as a tenant fann and dwelling until 1917, when it was sold by the heirs of Charles Traband.20

Billingsley was purchased in 1917 by Arthur N. Meloy, and_ from that time until approximately 1941 it was occupied by the Cheney family. During those years the renovations were begun. The dividing wall between the two east parlors was removed, creating one large room; the diagonal corner fireplaces in these parlors were replaced by a large and handsome

MARY!..AND HISTORICAL TRUST STATE HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY FORM Scatement of Significance (concinued)

Survey ~!o. P.G. #828-3

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reproduction mantel centered in the east exterior wall. The staircase trim wa-s also redone, replacing a Victorian staircase which was no doubt contemporary with the trim in the south parlor. Mr. Meloy also undertook substantial changes to the exterior of Billingsley. The steeply pitched cross gables and flanking dormers on both the north and south elevations were added circa 1931. At the same time the earth on the south (river) elevation was excavated, revealing the full depth of the cellar level and allowing walk-in entry on grade level; the lower level windows were rebuilt, and a porch was built to shelter the new entrance and to provide a·t the main 1 evel a sma 11 balcony. In 1932 the sun porch was constructed at the west gable end. Billingsley r.emains the home of Arthur N. Meloy•s son.21

Billingsley, although substantially altered, is a unique example in Prince George•s County of a very early brick plantation house. Because of extensive modern alterations, it is impossible to examine the original interior fabric of the house without ~estructive investigation; the general shape and brickwork together with the documentary evidence, however, strongly indicate that the present structure in its original form was the home of Colonel Thomas Hollyday, and therefore place its period of construction in the last decade of the seventeenth century. As such, it may be the oldest structure in Prince Georg·e•s County, and is of great historical and architectural significance.

Notes:

1 Patent, Liber #5, folio 160.

2 Prince George•s County Court Records, 1695-1703 (Md. Hall of Records); Maryland Archives XX, 79, 108, 212.

3 Prince George•s County Will #1:19; Prince George's County Deed Y:223.

4 Maryland Archives XXXVIII: 339; cf. also Prince George•s County Deed I:628.

5 Patent IL #A: 750; Patented certificate #332.

6 Prince George•s County Deed Y:223.

7 Prince George's County Deed NN:408.

8 Maryland Gazette, 8 April 1752.

9 Prince George's County Wi 11 Box W, file 48a.

10 Prince George's County Deed FF #1:47.

11 Prince George's County Will T #1:170.

MARTI.AND HISTORICAL TRUST STATE HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY FORM Scatement of Significance (continued)

Survey No.

Section 8

12 Federal Direct Tax of Prince George's County, 1798, Patuxent Hundred.

~3 Orphans Court Records TT #4:106; Chancery Records AB #2:248, Prince George's County Deeds HB #7:321; HB #9:232, 233, 166.

14 Prince George's County Deed JBB #1:501.

15 Prince George's County Marriage licenses; Effie Gwynn Bowie, Across the Years in Prince George's County, page 468.

16 Prince George's County Deed EWB #1:241.

17 Cf. National Register Nomination, Woodstock, P.G. #82A-13.

18 Prince George's County Deed FS #4:159.

19 Prince George's County Equity #749, #751; Prince George's County Deed HB #9:5.

20 Prince George's County Deed #128:115; Prince George's County Will WAM #1:232.

21 Prince George's County Deed #830:203; #926:68, 71.

P.G. #828-3

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9. Major Bibliographical References Survey No. P.G. #82B-3

cf. notes, Item #8 -- cf. Chain of title

10. Geographical Data Acrage of nominated property 4 3 0 • 3 acres Oulldnngle name Br i st a 1

Tax map #111, parcel 9 Quadrangle scale 1; 24, 000

UTM Refereltee9 do NOT complete UTM references

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Uat all states and counties for propartl- overlapping state or county boundaries

state code county code

county code

11. Form Prepared By ·

name/title Susan G. Pearl, Reasearch/Architectural Historian

c/o MNCPPC org.nizatlon Historic Preservation Commission date December 1987

street&number Room 4010, C.A.B. telephone 301-952-3521

city or town Upper Marlboro state Maryl and

The Maryland Historic Sites Inventory was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature to be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 supplement.

The survey and inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.

return to: Maryland Historical Trust Shaw House 21 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (301) 269-2438

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Billingsley Prince George ' s County Susan G. Pearl December 1986

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So4.Ltheast 3/4 elevation Neg: Md . Hist. Trust , Annapolis, Md .

Billingsley Prince George ' s County Susan G. Pearl December 1986 Southwest 3/4 elevation

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Billingsley Prince George's County Susan G. Pearl December 1986 East elevation Neg: Md. Hist. Trust, Annapolis, Md.

Billingsley Prince George's County Susan G. Pearl December 1986

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Billingsley Prince George's County Susan G. Pearl December 1986 West parlor trim Neg: Md. Hist. Trust, Annapolis, Md.

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

HISTORIC SITES SUMMARY SHEET

P . G. County Survey # U213-3 Date c . 1695

Building Name Billingsley

Location 6900 Green L:mding Road, Upper Marlboro, Md .

Open t.o Public yes x no

BiJlingsley stnnds in a snectacular locntion r•t the marshes

of thePatux:ent Rivc>r . It is a one-and-one - half- r tor.v brick houne,

with a fJ ush chimne.v At each t.mtl of the s tP.ep p,able roof; 1:.he

walls are laid in Plemish bond v:i th glazed head el'!.> . 1.eh<? houoe

f:ices north, is five bays wide , and has a central uoorway in .. each of the north F.1.nd ~~01tth facr~es. Ccm tral peaked dormers

w~re tmil t onto both nor· h ann south facades earl.v in t;his

cen tur.v, thus !lJ.gnificmnly :il t.;iring the original aµpearnnce of

tirn hounc .

Billingsley is almost certainly one of the oldest sur­

viving s ~rue tures in Princr..! (~corge 'n Cow1 t.v . 1''i ve hundz:ed acres

of J~illingsley Point we1e conveyed in 1687 to Col. Thomas Hollyday,

who became in 1695 ~hief Justice of the Prince George'~;; County

Court; he built the brick hol1se nt Billil'lgsley ::i. t approxiuiatel.v

this tim · , lived there un1!il his d~ath in 1703, and was buried

near the house . Hin son , James Hollydny , acquired additional

ad.ioinine-: land and received a new patent lor Billingsley . In

1740 he sold the whole tract (over 1000 acres) to Dr . James

Weems; the house and adjoining 300 acres remained in the Weems

fnmiJ y for 100 years until it was sold b.v James Weems ' .grent­

gr:mddau~hter in 1841 . Since thnt time· it has been the home of

s~vcral prominent Upper Marlboro families. Although significantly

altered, it has great significance because it represents some of

the ~arliest domestic architecture in Prince George ' s County .

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MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST P.G . 82B-3

INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURV EY

ilNAME HISTORIC Billingsley ANO/OR COMMON

0LOCATION. STREET & NUMBER 6900 Green Landing Road CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL Qt STRICT

Upper Mttrlboro v1c1N1TY0F Patuxent River 4th STATE

\1aryland p , G.

DcLASSIFICATION

CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS _OISlRtCl _PUBLIC X...OCCUPIED

X 8Ull01NG(SI 2!i>RIVATE _UNOCCUPIEO

_SlRUClURE -BOTH _WORK IN PROGRESS

Sill PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE OBJECT _IN PROCESS - YES RESTRICTEO

_ BEING CONSIDERED YES UNRESTRICTED

X...NO

llOW~R OF PROPERTY NA ME l.1r . nnd Jv1rs . Jamucl W .H. M.lloy

STREEf a. NUMBER

6900 Green Landing Horul CllY. TOWN

Uoper Marlboro _ v1c1N1TYOF

IJLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF OEEDS,fTC p . G . Cotmty Courthouse STREET & NUMBER

MAin Street CITY. TOWN

COUNTY

PRESENT USE

-AGRICULTURE MUSEUM

_COMMERCIAL - PARK

-EDU\.ATIONAL X_ 1•r11vA l HESIOHICE

ENTERlAINMEl'H _ HELIC.IOUS

-GOVERNMENT

INDUSTRIAL

_ MILITARY

-SCll/llTlflC

THl\N!>l'ORTArlON

OHHR

Telephone # : 62'7-36~H -----

STAH , zip code MnrylPi.nd 20870

Liber #: 926 .Folio #: 71

STATE

Upner Marlboro tn:arylarid

0REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS rinEHABS (Library of Congress) and P . G. Historic Sites Inventory DATE 1974

_FEDERAL -STATE .3::ouNTY -LOCAL

DEPOSITORY FOR

SURVEY RECORDS Calvert ~ansion , 4811 Riverdale ri'.d.

CITY TOWN Ri d 1 4 ver a e, 1 20840 STATE

yllllnd

'B DESCRIPTION

X_EXCELLENT

....'.GOOD

_fAIR

CONDITION

DETERIORATED

_RUINS

_ UNEXPOSED

CHECK ONE

_UNALTERlO

XJ.LTEREO

CHECK ONE

- ORIGINAL SIT£

~OVEO DATE. __ _

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT ANO ORIGINAL (IF KNOWf:') PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Billingsley o ~a.min in a spectacular loco ti on at the

marshes of the 11atuxent River . It is a one-and- on.::: - half story

brick house, wi ·th g-1ble roof' anti a .flush chitnnc,y at each enl.Jlc end ;

the walls are laid .in l•'lcmi ... h bond , wi i;h glazed heade"t's . '!'he houoe

fac~s north , is five bays wide , and has a central 11oor-Nay i n each of

"the north and sou th i'acaden . There ure segmental relieving arch r>o over the windows , nnd n string course at loft level across e 0 ch. gAhle end • 'ehe interior E?lan has a Ct'!Cl tral lH:illw«y t Wl. t;h tWO parlors

on !etch side . Billingsley has heen significantly altered iu this century ,

most noticeably by the addition on both north and nouth facndes of

a c~ntral peaked gable . Two dormers nave been added on both north

and south slopcu of the roof. On the south (river) facade, the earth

has been excavated away, revealing the r'ull depth 01· the basement

1--oundation 1wd allowing .valk- in en ~ry on ~rnde level ; the smith

baocment windows have been rebuilt . A one- stor;r two-bay orick addi­

tion han beim ouilt on to the W!St end of the house , ruid a por ch,

with d eek nbove , i'rmnes the lower levE!l south en trance.

CONTINUE ON SEPARATE SHEET IF NECESSARY

l!I SIGNIFICANCE

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE - CHECK ANO JUSTIFY BELOW PERIOD

_PREHISTORIC

- "00 1489

-ARCHEOLO<.iY· PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

-ARCHEOLOGY HISTORIC _CONSERVATION -LAW

- 1500· 1599 -AGRICULTURE _ECONOMICS _LITERATURE

_RELIGION

• SCIENCE

• SCULPTURE

X1soo 1eH.

_17001789

_1 800·1899

-1900

:Jt....ARCHITECTURE , -tDUCATION _ MILITARY • SOCIAu HUMANITARIAN

-ART _ENGINEERING _MUSIC -lHEATER

_ COMMERCE -EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT PHILOSOPHY _ TRANSPOATA TION

_COMMUNICATIONS _INDUSTRY _POLITICS GOVER,.,MENT _OTHER CSPEClfYI

_INVENTION x loc aJ. history

SPECIFIC OATES Circa 1695 BUILOER/ ARCHITEC.T

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Billingsley Point , a 700 acre tract in the fork or the Potuxent

River and the Western Branen , was pat.m;;ed jn 1662 to .John Billingo­

le,v. 1

Ji'i ve hundred acres were convc.vcd in 1 bB7 to Col . 1'nomas Holly­

ciny , who , upon tho er.> tao] ishment 01· Prince Georee 1 s Count.v , oecamc

Chie:=.' Justice of' 1,he Prince George ' s Couut.v Court until nis deli th

jn 1703 . 2

He lived at Billingr->ley Point , prooauly iu r.hc ori, 1nal

form of the present structure , until his <iPath, and was uuritd near

the hOU!Je . ·~ His son , .Tlunes llollyda,y , af ~er cl)nfirming his legal

title to the land u,y Act of Assembly in 1724, acquired addition al

ad ,joining lflnd and r-ec~i ved a new pn tent 1'or Billingsley, of 1069 4 In 1740, he sold the whole tract to Dr. Sames ieems, reserv­acr F· .

ing to himself anu his heirs the gruve,yard \'/here hi.s father "'°'". buried. 5 'l'he Vleemi:-1 frun1ly lived at BiJlingHle.v fo°z. 100 ye· rn,

until it sol<i by Jumen Weems' g r eat- granddaughter , Mary .veem·n Mul 1 ikin , and her husband .Torm Benns Mullikin~ Mary ffinllikin ' s

fA. ther, N'n.thaniel Chapman ,/cems, had owned Billingsley at tuc t irne

of the 1798 federal tux asr.csriment , at which t:irnP it vms d ese;ribed

as "a single story urick dwelling house, 52 x 32 , with kitchen

under the same ". 7 r.fany rnt.?mbers 01· the Ylctru., far11.1.ly w•n·e interrod at

Billingsley , bu"t although the traditional location of the burial

ground is known, no grave~tones are r1ow visible.

After 184 1, ncvero.l short turm owners dwelt at Billingsley ,

including Dr. Richa1·d K. Cobourn of Upper M·1rlooro . The 1rrauund

fnrnily held the property for over 40 yearn, and sold it in 1917 to

r- Arthur N. Meloy , whose r,on is the preucn t utrncr .

Because of' extensive modern al te1 a ti ems, it is imposnible to

c-xaminn the originH"' interior fpl'-:ric or' Che house with out de ... t.rtLc ti vc

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8) Sig: i l'icance ( con"';inucd)

inveBtir,ution; the wmen~l shape and brickwork toge t;ht?r with thP.

documentar.v evidence , however , strongly indicate that the precent

s tructurc in its original form was the home of Col. 'rhomo.s Hollyday ,

and there r'ore place its period of cons true ti on in t;he lnst uecacle

of thP 17th century . As such , it may be the o1deot structure in

Prine~ George ' s County, anrl is if great historical nnct nrchitectural

signific·mce.

1 • P~ r.~n t : II'; : 160

2. 1'.G . Couni,,v Deed: I : li28 ; Act~ of' A~rnmnhl,y 1724 , Art.:h.ives 3U:3·;9 .

3. " Will: !/ 1 : 19

4 . J>a tent; : I J,// A : 755

5 . J> . G. County nc•0d: Y: 223

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1. l<'ed eral Direct Tax, Prince George ' s Coun t,y, 1798

IJMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

P .G. C •. Vills : Box\'/ ,Jf48o. ; '.l'/f1 : 170; WAM#-1 : 232

P.G.C . Deeds : F. : ~7 ; I :628 ; B:35 ; T:1 83 ; Y: 223 , 307 ; NN:40b ; IIt2 :388 ; ABr/9 :232,233 ; JBB11 1 :501; F.WB#1 : 24 1 • H.B#9 : 5 .,546 • 126 :1 15; 830 : 203 ; 926:68 , 7 1. , , ,

c~~~i~g~= 0~5 s~~~~~:~~tT i~,1.~~t~~~ARY P.G. Chancery : A.B#2:248.

[i!JGEOGRAPHICAL DAT A ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY--------

VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION

UST ALL STATES ANO COUNTIE;S FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

SlArC COUNTY

SlATE COUNTY

mFORM PREPARED BY NAl~E I Tl fLE

Susan G. Pearl Pro~i ect Co- ordinator OAGANIZAT10N DATE

P .G . County Hiotorical & Cultural 'l'rust STPH.f & ~IUMBER

r le- rch 19 ~'0. ____ _ TELEPHONE

Cal.re:rt Mansion, 4811 Hiv<H«iale Road CITVOR TOWN STAlE

Riverdale , Md. 20840

. The Maryland Historic Sites Inventory was officially c reated by an Act of the Maryland Legislature, to be found in the Annotated Code ~f Maryland , Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 Supplement.

The Survey and Inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only and do not constitute any infringe­ment of individual property rights.

RETURN TO: Maryland Historical Trust The Shaw House, 21 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (301) 267-1438

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Billingsley

926 : 71 27 'fa.r 194 7 Deed

926 :68 27 \far 1947 Deed

830 : 203 4 June 1946 Deed

128 : 115 3 nee 19 17 Deed

WAM#1 : 232 18 Aprii 1911 Will

HlJ14:346 8 ~·'eb 1879 le"d

HB('J : 5 18 Apr 1874 need

.:.~.vB·F- 1 :241 28 June 18')5 Der:>d

JBB#1 :501 2 .rune 1841 Deed

ABl/9 : 23? 19 li'eb 1835 Deed

AB#9 : 233 19 Peb 1835 Deed

f\.13119: 244 20 ~eb 1835 Deed

CHAIN OF 11IfLE

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Matilda W. Duvall to ~>amuel W . H . and i1'rrmcce B . Meloy , same conve,yed on same date by f.1el oy to Duvall

f amuel '1/ .H . and lt'ranccn Jo; . Meloy to J,fa i:ilda 1'/ . Duvall , f'amc land conve.vcd to Samuel flel oy b,y Arthur N. and Grace L . Mc?loy

Arthur Nourse Meloy and Grace Louise Meloy to Samuel W.H. Meloy, 260 . 3 acres of Billingsley (+ 170 acres marshland)

Charles Jr . and Aloert H. 'l'raband to Arthur Nourse Meloy and Grace Louise MPlo:y , 260. 3 acres Billingsley (+ 170 acrl;!B marshland)

'l'estator, Charles rl'ruuand , Sr.: to ~on Gha.rle:J mraoand Jr., rent, residue and remainder of Il\Y estate, r eal , peruonal untl mixed

John And Emily 11'rnbm1d to Charlcn '.l'rab:-md , ttrnir one- half intt!rc ~t in 300 acreo or Billing Glcy

C. C. Magr uder and ~mnuel B. Hance (by dncrec , gqui ty 1174 9 & 751, appointed t1·u~Jtees to 5" 11 land of Dr . Richar l K. Osuourn, deceased) to ~John H . 1r ra1>a11d and Charlcn L'raband , 300 fl(;rcrn Billingsley

Ben,iamin 13 . Hn<l ar,y E . IIodBes to Richard K. Osbourn, 23:1 7/8 acres p1 us 65& acres Billinr,nley

.John Bean es Mullikin anu Mnry .V ?urns f.1ul 1 i kin to Benjamin B. Hodges, 233 7/b plus 65i acres Billingsley

' 'ornclin Weems to .Tohn B. Mullikin , all legal right to 1/6 part of dower (296 acres) Billingsley

Dr. Nathaniel C. Weems to John B. Mullikin, all his right to 1/6 part of dower (296 acres) of Billingnley

John Brookes & A. H. Bo tel er {for Philip .lee1 r-) .. o Tohn B . Mullikin, nll Philip Weems ' ri1;h., to 1/6 part of dower (296 acreH) of Billingsley

AB#9 : 166 3 Dec 1830 Deed

ABl/:7: 321 9 Oct 1832 Deed

AB#2 :246 16 July 1B34 Chancery

'11# 1 : 345 4 Aug 179.4

Nill

rr112 : 3as 2 May 1791 Deed

'!1// 1 = 170 15 Aug 1783 Nill

nox w, #48a 22 ~eb 1786 "ill

N"'~ : 408 13 Nov 1755 Deed

Y: 223 17 ~'ay 1'f40 Deed

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Joseph H. Wilson and wife l\melia Violetta Weems Wilson to .Tohn B. Mullikin , all their right to 1/6 par t of dower (29b acr es) of Hi 11.ingr;ley

William J~ . We1~m<> to John B. Mullikin, al L his right to 1/6 part of dower (296 acres) of Billingsl ey

John amd Mary ',/eems Mu llikin apply 'to '~ourt for di vision of proper"ty of Nathaniel C. tleems , de­ceased; John Mullikin elects to bly ff:t; valuation placed by commission

•restator , Amelia (wido·N of William I,ock) Wcem$ , confirms will of husband William Iiock .Vcem:J

Amelia Weems , widow , to aon Nathaniel C. .'/enms one moiety of Billingsley , 609! acres; the half distant from dwelling house , i.P. ., northern part

1.restator , William -,ock ~veems ; to son Ifathan1el C. Vcems, (con~ingent on his good behavior and on dcctsion of' his Mother , A11elia Weems) all lands in Pr ince Gt=>orge ' s County

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'L'estntor , ,James llemns = co son William Lock Ne ems, n.11 lands in Prince Geor·ge ' s Uounty (James Weums died :in 17U1 , will not probated until 1785)

.Tames Weems to son Nill1am Lock ~/eem~ , 530 acres of Bi llingsley, including house (whole trac t 1069 acres .

Jo.mes llollyduy to .Tnmcn Weems , 1069 acres Billings­J '3y , res~ rviug ror hirns1?lf & n• irs 30 nq . f't . grave­yard near eottthmos t point, , uucd by ffa.r.cs lloll,yda.y and ar1ceP tors (repented

Y : ~07 , 18 Way 1741 )

IJiiA :750 1 5 r:rnv l7 29 Put~n·t

I :62B 29 A.pri 1 1725 Deed

10 ,Jamf!S Hollyday, J'!~llrV<'.Y or Billii rnl ·y , 1!1-cludiug contiguous vacant land , toLnl 10ti9 ncren

John /ordan (0011 of Marga1·1! t; .Jordan , uis te:c of George Bill iugs.ley) to cTnmcs llollyrla;ir, ~ion and cievisee of' 1rhoma.s Holl.Yday , decensed ; ?00 acres l3illings ley, thus ext!cuting IV:nrgarct Jordan ' s previous agr1.!ernen t to oe11 Billingsley to 'ehomas Hollyday , enabled by Act of As::;tJmbly 1724

. . Archi vcs Tld . 38 :359 6 Oct 1 '/24 Act of /\GSClmhly

;! 1 : 1 ') 20 J.'~b 1702/3 .'/ill

T-i : 57 21 Dec 1681 Will

#6 : 2·37 18 J\ug 1&63 Patent

1/5 : 1 GO 15 Aug 1662 Patent

F.illini.sley (82!3-3) continu1.:tl

Confirmu to ,James Holl,yrln,y, 500 ac rns of Bill inf d ­

lcy , original deed or rclcusc 8 Aufl 1687 to Tho~as Hollyday by ~hree sister~• ( f1lar gare t , ·aizabc t.h and Mourning) o t' t}corge l}ill ing~ley , h is d ev lo ces

Testa.tor , Thomas Hollyday; to son , Janes Holly­day "the Pl An ta ti on I now live upon C«llled Billingsley Jloint • • 11

'restator , George Billin1;slPy ; to ~ister, ~.~ar­gnre t , 1 md Billingsley Point 500 acres , or upon l r death , to other t.;o sisters , Elizabeth und .ourning , and heir s (200 acres to Hearne)

Second patent to Henry , George and Sohn Billings­ley , sonn of Mn j . .f ohn "illingsley , 700 acrco ortginally patented to .Tohn BillingalP.Y as Hilllingsle,y Point , now known as On.r f,egac,y

,o ,Tohn Billingsley , 700 acres Billingsley .oint , due to him for the t ansportation of 14 sJrvants in the year 16?0

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NOMINATION FORM for the

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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE

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AN DIOR HISTORIC: Billingsley

~LOCATION 'TP.EET .It.NC" NUMBERt

CITY OR TOWN:

Unner Marlboro STATE

lcouN~~inc~_Qeorge 's Maryland ~CLASSIFICATION

I CATEGORY OWNERSl-ilP STATUS

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0 Oiotrict a Buildlnw 0 Public Public Acquloition: e Occupied Yeo:

0 Site 0 Structure (:] Private 0 In Process 0 Unoccupied 0 Reotrlcted

0 Object 0 Both 0 Being Conoidered 0 Preaer'w'ation wodc 0 Unre1tricted

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PRESENT USE (Cliecl< On" or M<>re •• A........,,rlat"j ... ~ A11ricuhural 0 Government 0 Peak 0 Tran1portation 0 Commer.to

0 Ccmmercial 0 Industrial llD Private Re1ldence 0 Other (Specify)

0 Education"! 0 Military 0 Reli9iov1

0 Entertainment 0 Museum 0 Scientific

l!:_OWl'IE~ OF PROPERTY OhNE1''~ N .:.ME:

Meloy STREET ANO NUMf'ER:

CITY OR TOWN: I STATE· I .- _QF.P~~- ~9;_:r;}_J:?oro LMaryland u. LOCATION CF LEGAL DE~CF.IPTION '!!'· ~ - _...._ ______ . ___ ... -COURTHOU5E, RE~15TFPt OF DECD5. ETC:

Prince George's County Courthouse STREET ANO NUM,.ER:

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TITLE OF SUR\'EY~

Historic American Buildings Survey DATE OF 5UR.IEY: l-~ • Federal D State 0 County D Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS!

Librarv of Conaress 81'REll:T ANO NUMBER:

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CITY OR TOWN1 rTATE: I Washinqton, DC

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CONDITION 0 Excellent Ill Good O Fair

(Checlr One)

0 Deteriorated 0 Ruins 0 ·UnexpoHd

(Checlr One) I (Checlr On•)

8 ~ltered 0 Uncltored 0 Moved lit Original Sito -~~~~~~~~~~--'-~~~~~~~~....:=~~~~~~~

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT • •D ORIGINAL (If Jrnown) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

The house is a one story, A-roofed, brick building

with flush gable end chimneys and laid-up Flemish bond with

glazed headers. The five bay facade has had a central porch

tower added. The tall basement has segmental relieving

arches over the windows. The main floor windows have a

simelar treatment. They are 9/9 double hung sash, with wide

board frames set flush with the brick walls. There is a

plain boxed cornice.

The gable ends have two loft windows. At the level

of the loft floor, there is a string course across the gable

end. Above the ridge, the chimneys taper to narrower stacks.

A gabled porch tower has been added on the facade.

It has a steeply pitched roof and round arch over the door.

A brick addition has been made on the west end.

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0 15th C•ntury 0 17,h Century

SPECIFIC DATEl5l (11 Appffc•bfe end Known)

A .. EAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Cfleclr One or More ee Appropriate)

Abor ;vinal 0 Education

D Prehistoric 0 En9ineerin9

0 Historic D Industry

0 A9riculture 0 Invention

D Architecture D Landscape

D Aft Architecture

D c-... erce D Literature

D c-... unicatlons 0 Military

D Conaervotion D Music

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D Political D Urban Plonnin9

D Rel iv ion/Phi. D Other (Specify)

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r10. GEOGRAPH!CAL DATA ____ __....._ ___ 1-- ·-LATITUDE AND L.ON~ITUOE COORDINATE~ LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE C:OORDIN.&TES

DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 0 DEFINP•G THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERT r

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·-CORNER LATITUDE -- LON~ITUO~ l_ATITUOE LONGITUDE

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8787 Georgia Avenue CITY OR TONN: rTATE I c::; luor C::nr; nn Marv land

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TOWN VICINITY #69 sTREETNo.!milei south Md.4 on privae~AME Billingsley

road. Near Iron Pot Land11~ ORIGINAL OWNER Weems 'i)ATE OR PERIOD 1720-30 ORIGINAL USE Private dwell STYLE

ARCHITECT was Queen Anne PRESENT OWNER Doctor -Malloy BUILDER PRESENT USE Pr1 vate dwell WALL CONSTRUCTION 3. FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS USE NO. OF STORIES 2f

4. NOTABLE FEATURES, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DESCRIPTION OPEN TO PUBLIC

Completely ruined a Queen Anne style house. Now appears to be a mid 1930's country estate.

First floor sunken. End fire place. Small extension on south side. Excell. location Cement walls, tile floor. Brick pediment broken into roof in front •.

No longer:~worthy of note.

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S. PUBLISHED SOURCES (Author, Title, Pages) ~. NAME, ADDRESS ANO" TITLE OF RECORDER INTERVIEWS, RECClRDS, PHOTOS, ETC.

Bi llingU •. ey Bowie, 200,468,469 Ear lo RiNN) sv.><4 ) r s'7 DA TE OF RECORD

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Billingsley

926: 71 27 Mar 194 7 Deed

926:68 27 Mar 1947 Deed

830:203 4 June 1946 Deed

128: 115 3 Dec 1917 Deed

WAM#1:232 18 April 1911 Will

- HB14:346 8 Feb 1879 Deed

HB#9 :5 18 Apr 1874 Deed

EWB#1: 241 28 June 1855 Deed

JBB#1 :501 2 June 1841 Deed

AE#9: 232 19 Feb 1835 Deed

AB#9: 233 19 Feb 1835 Deed

AB#9:244 20 Feb 1835 Deed

CHAIN OP ·r1·rLE

P.G. 82B-3

Matilda w. Duvall to Samuel W.R. and Frances E. Meloy, same conveyed on same date by Meloy to Duvall

Samuel W.R. and Frances E. Meloy to Matilda W. Duvall, same land conveyed to Samuel Meloy by Arthur N. and Grace L. Meloy

Arthur Nourse Meloy and Grace Louise Meloy to Samuel W.R. Meloy, 260.3 acres of Billingsley (+ 170 acres marshland)

Charles Jr. and Albert R. Traband to Arthur Nourse Meloy and Grace Louise Meloi, 260.3 acres Billingsley (+ 170 acres marshland)

Testator, Charles Traband, Sr.: to son Charles Traband Jr., rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed

John and Emily Traband to Charles Traband, their one-half interest in 300 acres of Billingsley

C.C. Magruder and Samuel B. Hance (by deeree, Equity #749 & 751, appointed trustees to sell land of Dr. Richard K. Osbourn, deceased) to John H. Traband and Charles •rraband, 300 acres Billingsley

Benjamin B. and Mary E. Hodges to Richard K. Osbourn, 233 7/8 acres plus 65t acres Billingsley

John Beanes Mullikin and Mary We~ms Mullikin to Benjamin B. Hodges, 233 7/8 plus 65t acres Billingsley

Cornelia Weems to John B. Mullikin, all legal right to 1/6 part of dower (296 acres) Billingsley

~r. Nathaniel C. Weems to John B. Mullikin, all his right to 1/6 part of dower (296 acres) of Billingsley

John Brookes & A.H. Boteler (for Philip Weems) to ,Tohn B. Mullikin, all Philip Weems' right to 1/6 part of dower (296 acres) of Billingsley

-AB#9: 166 3 Dec 1830 Deed

AB#7:321 9 Oct 1832 Deed

AB#2:248 16 July 1834 Chancery

T#1 :345 4 Aug 1794

Will

II#2:388 2 Iv'lay 1791 Deed

T#1 : 170 15 Aug 1783 Will

Box W, #48a 22 ?eb 1786 Will

NN:408 13 Nov 1755 Deed

Y:223 17 May 1740 Deed (repeated

Billingsley (82B-3) continued

Joseph H. Wilson and wife Amelia Violetta Weems Wilson to John B. Mullikin, all their right to 1/6 part of dower (296 acres) of Billingsley

William L. We~ms to John B. Mullikin, all his right to 1/6 part of dower (296 acres) of Billingsley

John amd Mary Weems Mullikin apply to Court for division of property of Nathaniel c. Weems, de­ceased; John .Mullikin elects to ~y at valuation placed by commission

Testator, Amelia (widow of William Lock) Weems, confirms will of husband William Lock Weems

Amelia Weems, widow, to son Nathaniel c. Weems one moiety of Billingsley, 609t acres; the half distant from dwelling house, i.e., northern part

Testator, William Lock Neems; to son Nathaniel C. Weems, (contingent on his good behavior and on decision of his mother, Amelia Vieems) all lands in Prince George's County

Testator, James Weems: to son William Lock Weems, all lands in Prince George •s County (James ./e,.;ms died in 1781, will not probated until 1786)

James Weems to son William Lock 'Neems, 530 acres of Billingsley, including house (whole tract 1069 acres".

James Hollyday to James Weems, 1069 acres Billings­ley, reserving for himself & heirs 30 sq.ft. grave­yard near southmost point, used by ~es Hollyday and ancestors

Y:307, 18 May 1741)

IrfiA:750 15 May 1729 Patent

I:628 29 April 1725 Deed

To James Hollyday, resurvey of Billingsley, in­cluding contiguous vacant land, total 1069 acres

John ,Jordan (son of Margaret Jordan, sister of George Billingsley) to James Hollyday, son and devisee of Thomas Hollyday, deceased; 500 acres Billingsley, thus executing Margaret Jordan's previous agreement to sell Billingsley to Thomas Hollyday, enabled by Act of Assembly 1724

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#1: 19 20 Feb 1702/3 Will

"S :57 21 Dec 1681 Will

#6 :237 -18 Aug 1663 Patent

#5: 160 15 Aug. 1662 Patent

Billingsley (82B-3) continued

Confinns to James Hoilyday, 500 acres of Billings­ley, original deed of release 8 Aug 1687 to Thomas Hollyday by three sisters (Margaret, Elizabeth and Mourning) of George Billingsley, his devisees

Testator, Thomas Hollyday; to son, James Holly­day "the Plantation I now live upon called Billingsley Point •• "

Testator, George Billingsley; to sister, Mar­garet, land Billingsley Point 500 acres, or upon her death, to other two sisters, Elizabeth and Mourning, and heirs (200 acres to Hearne)

Second patent to Henry, George and John Billings­ley, sons of Maj. John billingsley , 700 acres originally patented to John Billingsley as B:iJ.llingsley Point, now known as Our Legacy

To John Billingsley, 700 acres Billingsley Point, due to him for the t~-ansportation of 14 servants in the year 1650

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