This Was the Life

This book is composed of extracts from the Judgment Records of Frederick County, Maryland, from the county's formation in 1748 to 1765, covering every aspect of colonial life. The records of the proceedings of the County Court (the Judgment Records) deal with a wide range of activities and issues, and therefore a thousands of Frederick County residents appear in the records, which include orphan, bastardy, and custody cases; civil and criminal suits; and a host of petitions for apprenticeships, articles of indenture, appointments, surveys, and licenses.p>See also the companion volume to this book, New Facts and Old Families from the Records of Frederick County, Maryland.