Western Maryland History - Biography and Resource Index

Last Update: Feb. 28, 2011

For a wide range of general historical reference sources related to Cumberland / National Road states, check the Cumberland Road Project Reference Page.

Books - General

• Washington's Expeditions (1753-1754) and Braddock's Expedition (1755) With a history of Tom Fausett, the slayer of General Edward Braddock by James Hadden, 1910, Free

Books - Maryland

• Correspondence of Governor Horatio Sharpe, Vol. 1, 1753 - 1757, MD Historical Society, 1888
• A Gazetter of Maryland, Gannett, 1904
• Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland, Volume 2, Richard Henry Spencer, 1919

Books - Pennsylvania

• Gazeteer of the State of Pennsylvania,Gordon 1833
• The Monongahela of Old, or Historical Sketches of South-Western Pennsylvania to the Year 1800, James Veech, 1858-1892
• Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, PA, S.B. Nelson, 1900, Free
• A History of Uniontown: The County Seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania by James Hadden, 1913, Free

Books - Virgina

Books - West Virgina

• The History of Preston County, WV - Vol. 1 Oren F. Morton, 1914