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- Dr. Gustavus Brown, Sr. (1689 – 1762) was one of the early owners of the Rich Hill property and was the man who built the home around 1720.
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- Frances Fowke Brown (1691 – 1744) was the first wife of Dr. Gustavus Brown, Sr., the builder of Rich Hill.
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- Margaret Boyd Brown was the second wife of Dr. Gustavus Brown Sr., the builder of Rich Hill.
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- Rev. Richard Brown, M.D. (1725 – 1789) was the eldest surviving son of Dr. Gustavus Brown, Sr. Rev. Brown inherited Rich Hill from his father and made alterations to the structure. After his death, Rev. Brown’s descendants owned and lived at Rich Hill until 1807, when the property was sold to a man named Hugh Cox.
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- Helen Bailey Brown was the first wife of Rev. Richard Brown, who inherited Rich Hill from his father, Dr. Gustavus Brown, Sr.
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- Samuel Cox was given Rich Hill by his father, Hugh Cox, in 1849. He would be living there on April 16, 1865, when assassin John Wilkes Booth came knocking at his door.
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- Samuel Cox, Jr. was the adopted son of Samuel Cox and was present when John Wilkes Booth and David Herold arrived at his father’s home. Cox, Jr. would later inherit the house from his adopted parents and live there until his death in 1906.
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- Ann Robertson Cox was the second wife of Samuel Cox, Jr. and was the last of the Cox family to live at Rich Hill full time. After she died in 1930, the family rented the property to sharecroppers for a period of years.
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- In 1969, Joseph Vallario, Jr. purchased the Rich Hill property from descendants of the Cox family. Vallario is a long time member of the Maryland House of Delegates and he donated Rich Hill to Charles County in 2014.
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- Charles County, Maryland owns the Rich Hill property today. The Charles County government and the Friends of Rich Hill are working closely together to preserve and restore this iconic home.
Friends of Rich Hill 
My Grandfather’s family were share croppers at Rich Hill.. His mother’s 2nd husband was Jonathan Padgett. The Padgett,family lived there according to my Mother.
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When were they Share Croppers on the farm? We were there during the 70″s. Would love to chat with you. Feel free to contact me at: arabs1@yahoo.com. Deb Snow
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I’m a “multiple” direct lineal descendant of Gustavus Brown and both his wives: through Frances Fowke Brown’s daughter, Frances and her daughters, Frances Moncure and Ann Moncure; and Margaret Black Boyd Brown’s daughter, Margaret Brown Stone. Gustavus was both my 6x and 7x great-grandfather. Frances Fowke was my 7x great-grandmother and Margaret Black was my 6x great-grandmother. I’ve just discovered this ancestral home exists!
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