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Thursday, August 1, 2013

TODD'S INHERITANCE: BALTIMORE'S REAL HAUNTED HOUSE

The Todd's were prosperous landowners from Virginia and among the first in the region to purchase land in Baltimore County. From 1664 to 1970, the Todd family lived in this home located between Edgmere and Fort Howard at 9000 North Point Road.
Todd's Inheritance, with its strategic view of the Chesapeake Bay, played a key roll in the Battle of Northpoint during the War of 1812.  Sentries kept watch from the home for invading British forces.  Among the militia were two Todd family members.  Following the battle, the retiring British burned the original Todd home. 


THOMAS TODD SETTLED HERE FROM GLOUCESTER COUNTY VA IN 1664.  HOMESTEAD HAS REMAINED IN THE TODD FAMILY FOR MORE THAN THREE CENTURIES. THE FARM ONCE CONTAINED 1,00 ACRES. THE 17TH CENTURY BRICK HOUSE WAS BURNED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS SEPT, 14TH 1814 AS THEY WITHDREW FROM UNSUCCESSFUL ASSAULT ON BALTIMORE. REBUILT ON SITE IN 1816. REMODELED 1867

Entrance to the family graveyard

Carriage at Mt Vernon given to George Washington by General Todd

 The 200 anniversary of the battle of 1812


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