Legal Documents, 1797-1908

This series consists mainly of documents related to the property called "West Hatton," Charles County, Maryland. A 1909 copy of the 1797 deed of sale between George Dent and John Maddox noted that Thomas Hatton owned the land in 1663 and it was "called West Hatton." A 1904 copy of John T. Stoddert's 1869 will bequeaths "West Hatton" to his daughter, Elizabeth Stoddert Bowie. The appeal and the summary from the Circuit Court of Charles County to the Court of Appeals of Maryland for the October Term, 1908, describe a "suit in equity" brought by Elizabeth Stoddert Reeder against Catesby Graham Brown, Robert Stoddert, and others to establish her title to "West Hatton."

Arrangement is chronological.