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- “In 1838 the real estate of Mrs. Cordelia H. Downey, consisting of two thousand three hundred and seventeen acres and twenty-four poles, was divided into six parts. These lands embraced parts or all of the surveys called “Peace and Plenty,” “Resin Shipley’s Discovery,” Resurvey of “Darby’s Delight,” ”Dorsey’s Search,” “Omission,” “Good Meadow,” “The Middle,” “Well Timbered,” “Outland,” “Pleasant Valley,” “Moab,” “Hall’s Choice,” “Shingle Timber,” “Hunting Lot” (granted to John Howard, of Gideon, Feb. 16, 1745), “Drummire” (granted to Basil Dorsey, May 18, 1798). ... Basil Dorsey, Sr., father of Cordelia H. Downey (formerly Dorsey), died in 1800. The dwelling - one and a half miles east of the town, in sight of the Baltimore and Frederick turnpike and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and owned by the heirs of H. W. Dorsey Waters - was built on a very high hill by Mr. McElfresh, the maternal ancestor of the Trails and Knukels.”
William Downey wrote, “In my earliest recollection, my mother lived at the Brick House farm. She owned in that tract upwards of 1900 acres, together with 412 acres lying on both sides of the County road as you go from New London to the Central Church. She farmed the 1900 acre tract, and had an overseer. She owned eighty-five negroes, and I expect the hogs ate the corn and the darkies ate the hogs, although she was a good manager, level-headed, and kept everything in good, prosperous condition. In the year 1837, she divided her land into six parts, giving each of her five children one part, and reserving one part for herself.”
In 1860, Cordelia Downey lived in the Liberty Election District in Frederick Co., MD. She was 62 and the only one in her household. She owned real estate valued at $11,500 and had personal property valued at $1,800. [2, 5, 6]
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