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Please enjoy reading some history of Solomons, MD.

A Brief History of Solomons, Maryland

Solomons is located at the southern tip of Calvert County, in Southern Maryland, where the Patuxent River meets the Chesapeake Bay.  The island itself was variously known as Bourne's Island (about 1680), Somervell's Island (1740- 1814) and Sandy Island (1827- 1865). The land was most likely part of the early land grant of Eltonhead Manor. Early land records show that the island was owned by a number of individuals until 1865 when a tract of eighty acres called "Sandy Island" was sold to Isaac Solomon. This area has played little part in the significant events that shaped the tidewater area in the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Tobacco farming brought the first settlements and towns and associated commerce to the Patuxent region. Except for the burning of Point Patience in 1780, the American Revolution was chiefly fought to the south of Solomons. The War of 1812 came much closer as farms and settlements along the Patuxent River became targets for the British forces as the British fleet made its way up the Patuxent River on its way to burn Washington.

Eight months after President James Madison declared war on Great Britain, initiating the War of 1812, British Navy frigates and men-of-war blockaded the Chesapeake Bay and began raiding along the rivers of the Tidewater.

Captain Joshua Barney, having served with distinction during the Revolutionary War, came out of retirement with a dramatic proposition for William Jones, Secretary of the Navy. Barney recommended the construction of a number of lightly armed, shallow draft barges or galleys that could be both sailed or rowed. These would be faster and more maneuverable than the larger and more heavily laden British vessels. He received approval to begin construction in August, 1813 and on May 24, 1814, promoted to Commodore, Barney led the Chesapeake Flotilla against a British force vastly superior in both numbers and weapons.