The Skirmish At Slippery Hill
and the Sacking of Bowlingly

• The Queenstown area layout
• The leaders on each side,who they were, what they were like, their stories
• The Story of the Skirmish as told in the newspapers
• The Story of the Sacking as Remembered by Family
• Additional information discovered later

The Story of Queen Anne’s County in the
War of 1812...

• Letter from Thomas Emory Offering His Services
• As told by the newspapers
• As told by the local militia through their pay papers
• As learned from letters from Governor Winder to various QAC “worthies”

The leaders in Queen Anne’s County at the Time
of the War of 1812

Houses of the Time

Pratt Mansion 3rd qtr. 18th C. Reed’s Creek Farm c. 1775 Walnut Grove c. 1st or 2nd qtr. 18th C. Readbourne 1730’s, 1791, 1948 Kennersley c. 1785-1798 Bloomingdale 1792 Groverman House 1798

Cray House 1809 Old Mill at Wye Mills c. 1790 Queenstown Colonial Courthouse c 1709 Bowlingly 1733 Tucker House c. 1792 Wright’s Chance c. 1744 QAC Courthouse 1796 Peace and Plenty 1774

Where and What to Visit in Queen Anne’s County...

• Getting to Each of the Queen Anne’s Sites
• Where to Stay and Where to Eat

Local Queen Anne’s County Resources
and Contacts

• DiscoverQueenAnnes.com