Explore Somerset County through local-history articles, contributed research, personal letters, diaries, narratives, and other written material. Together, these sources add people, places, voices, and context to the names and dates found in genealogical records.
Stories and Articles
- Land Study on Somerset Co. Deed M 4 folio 233 and the Patent called The Dispence NEW by Phillip L. Goldsborough and Edward M. Smith
- Watermen NEW
- Damned Quarter and Devil’s Island NEW
- Geanquakin
- The Last Days of John Huett
- Christopher Nutter as Robin Hood
- The End Comes for Matthew Nutter
- The Biography of Benjamin F. Laird
- Oriole, Maryland
- Longevity in 1788 Somerset County
- The First American Generation: David Spence, c. 1639–1679
- A Memorial to the Reverend John Huett, Jr.
- Somerset County 350th Anniversary
Letters, Diaries, and Written Artifacts
Have Somerset historical material to share?
Articles, letters, diaries, narratives, transcriptions, corrections, and other written material are welcome.
See the contribution guidelines or
email the Somerset coordinator.
Because Wicomico County was created from territory that had belonged to Somerset, the Wicomico County history collection may also contain relevant material.