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William Clarke Somerville was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland on March 25, 1790. [2] His family had been prominent in colonial Maryland, and his father William Somerville (1755-1806) was a militia officer before and during the American Revolution, and served in the Maryland House of Delegates and as Judge of the county Orphans Court.
On 24 November 1755, tensions rose in Northampton County after settlers in the neighboring Province of New Jersey detained a group of 15 Minisink Indians, including three men and a dozen women and children, and brought them to the jail at Easton. The reasons for detaining them are unclear, but the people of Easton were concerned that this act ...
"Inmates" were generally directed by the court to live at the almshouse. The Almshouse Farm served as the site for the Northampton County poorhouse for almost 150 years, from 1804 until 1952. African-Americans were housed in a separate building on the property located at Machipongo, Northampton County, Virginia. The oldest of the three main ...
Northampton Plantation was an American plantation established by Thomas Sprigg in 1673. [ 1 ] Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore granted a 1000-acre tract of land to Thomas Sprigg in 1673.
Pennsylvania—Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas, [10] Office of Register of Wills Archived 2019-02-15 at the Wayback Machine Texas —see Judiciary of Texas ; the county court handles probate matters in most instances, but its jurisdiction may overlap with the district court.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. There are 65 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 4 sites designated as National Historic Landmarks .
The incumbent was first elected to the office in 2016.
The Maryland gubernatorial election of 2018 was held on November 6, 2018. [1] [2] [3]The County elected offices include: County Council, State's Attorney, Sheriff, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Judge of the Orphans' Court, Register of Wills, and Board of Education.