1651 - Mount Harmon originated as a land grant in 1651 of 350 acres to Godfrey Harmer by Caecilious Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, who was then owner of all of "Maryland".

 

Between 1654 and 1675 - Godfrey Harmer sold the property to "Neales Urimson", i.e. Cornelius URIANSON

 

1675 - William Ward purchased Harman's Mount on 13 March 1675 from Cornelius and Elinor Vinson/Urimson/Urianson.

 

Deed. Cornelius Urimson and Ellinor Urimson of Cecil Co., to William Ward of the same place, 50 acres of land, part of a tract called Mt Harmon by the Sassafras River formerly sold to Neales Urimson by Godfrey Harmer. Made 13 Mar 1675. Wit: John Cosyns, John Wheeler. Ackn: 22 Mar 1675/6 before Augustin Herman and Henry Ward by William Galloway and Andrew Powlson, attorneys for Cornelius Urimson and Elinor Urimson.

 

Power of Attorney. Elinor Urimson appoints her son Andrew Powlson to be her attorney to acknowledge and deliver to William Ward the land she now lives on. Made 23 Mar 1675/6. Wit: Axel Still, John ___. [both p. 5, Abstracts of Cecil County Land Records 1673-1751, by June D Brown]

 

**NOTE: "Neales Urimson" is Cornelius URIANSON, who came to New Sweden as a soldier on the Eagle in 1654. His daughter (name unknown) married Anders Powlson, youngest son of Pål Jönsson Mullica. These two men were also granted Denization in maryland in 1661. [Maryland Archives Volume 3 (1660-1661), pp 428, 429, 430]

 

1 Jan 1716. Nathaniel Hynson of Kent Co., Gent., guardian and next friend of Nathaniel Hynson, son of John Hynson, late of Cecil Co. Case states that John Hynson in right of his wife , Mary the daughter of John Stoope, was seized of 500 acres of land called World's End originally surveyed and patented in the name of Francis Childe about 1655. John Ward hoped to make himself master of the whole improvements which John Hynson had made and thereby oblige Benjamin Pearce and Mary his wife or Nathaniel the minor after her decease to purchase the said 50 acres from him. (Liber CL, p. 502)

 

20 May 1718. Docket. Nathaniel Hynson, guardian of Nathaniel Hynson son of John Hynson vs. John Ward.(Liber CL, p. 412)

 

6 Nov 1719. Depositions taken regarding the bounds of World's End and Urinson in Hynson vs. Ward (above).

(1)Otto Ottosen of Cecil Co., age ca. 53;

(Thomas Prior of Kent Co., planter, age ca. 45. (Liber CL, p. 509).

Deposition taken regarding the bounds of World's End and Urinson in Hynson vs Ward.

(1) Thomas Boyeth of Kent Co., planter, age ca. 50;

(2) Benjamin Pearce of Cecil Co., Gent., age ca. 34

(3) John Adkey of Cecil Co., planter, age ca. 91.

(Liber CL, p. 510).

 

1720 - William Ward (First of Woodlawn) died.

 

20 April 1721 - John Ward, son of William Ward, gave his brother William Ward, carpenter, 50 acres where William now lives, called Harman's Mount and Indian Range.

 

• The Wards owned and built Mount Harmon

 

During the seventh and eighteenth centuries, Mount Harmon prospered as a tobacco plantation. As you drive down the two-mile lane, through the tunnel formed by Osage orange trees, you will appreciate the isolation of those times, when transportation moved most freely by water. Three of the owners during the period had their own schooners to transport tobacco to the British Isles and return with furnishings and necessities for the house and farm.

 

James Louttit, a Scotsman who bought Mount Harmon in 1760, called his schooner the "Bee". He, his irish wife Mary George, and their descendants lived in Mount Harmon from 1760 to 1810. Their families' coats of arms are displayed on the gate posts. Subsequently, the plantation passed into another branch of the family.

 

• 1760 – James Louttit, Sr. bought Mount Harmon

 

• 1766 – James Louttit died and willed Mt. Harmon to his son, James Louttit, Jr. who was a minor. Mt. Harmon was run by his widowed mother, Mary George.

 

• When James Louttit Jr grew to young manhood he willed the property to his first cousin, Sidney George, Jr. and his wife Mary Louttit who was his own sister.

 

• Owned by Sidney George Jr. until his death in 1806

 

• 1806 – Ann Eliza George owned Middle Neck (Little Bohemia) on death of her father

 

• 1806 - Phoebe George inherited Mount Harmon 1806 on death of father and

 

• Phoebe George deeded Mt. Harmon to her half-sister Ann Eliza Fisher on the eve of her marriage to Moses Bradford in 1817.

 

In 1817, Mount Harmon became the property of Sidney George Fisher. He is known today for his copious diaries in which he describes society, plantation life and agriculture in the nineteenth century. In 1927, at the death of his son, a historian who spelled his name Sydney George Fisher, Mount Harmon passed out of the family.

 

 

• 1821 - Owned by Ann Eliza Worrell George until her death. Uncle William Fisher had divided their mother's property giving Henry "Painter's Rest" and "Pullen's Refuge" while Sidney had "Mt. Harmon" with the house and dependencies and the "Quarter Farm" which is what they called "Sheffield."

 

• 1821 – inherited by Sidney George Fisher from his mother

 

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Mount Harmon Plantation

 

 

http://www.mountharmon.org/History.htm

 

Mount Harmon Plantation is a delightful, relatively small plantation located on Back Creek, a small branch off the Sassafras River. It is on the peninsula on the north side of Back Creek before McGill Creek. The usual tour of Mount Harmon by land starts with the long wooded driveway. As the woods clear at the approach to the house one is immediately impressed by the fact that the home is almost surrounded by water. There are gardens, nature trails and, along the water, the early tobacco shipping barn. If, perchance, you approached Mount Harmon by water - of course the only way during its truly active life - you would have been greeted with the view of a lovely brick home on an impressive knoll.

 

Mount Harmon was a typical frontier plantation of colonial times. It was an isolated and self-sufficient economic unit producing tobacco which was shipped directly to England. In exchange, it received many of its necessities and luxuries. As the forests were cleared and cultivated areas increased Mount Harmon prospered. During the 19th century the farming gradually declined and its acreage diminished.

 

The manor house at Mount Harmon is a three-story brick structure built about 1730. It stands on a knoll virtually surrounded by Back Creek and McGill Creek. On early maps the area was known as "World's End". The house is an excellent example of Georgian architecture. A thorough restoration was carried out in the 1960's and the house has been furnished with American, English, Irish and Scottish antiques of the 1760 to 1810 period. There are guided tours of the house, kitchen (of course, a separate building), boxwood gardens, tobacco Prize house, and the wharf. In addition, there are nature trails for you to enjoy.

 

 Mount Harmon is open for public tours Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and on Sundays from 1:00 to 4:00 PM during the Summer months from April 1 to October 31 and is open at other times for special tours and events. For more information, telephone 410-275-8819 or write: Tour Program, Mount Harmon Plantation, P.O. Box 65, Earleville, MD 21919.