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If you are contemplating a move into or out of Brookeville, MD, soon, let Movers USA handle the details.  Movers USA can pack, crate, move or store you belongings at a reasonable price. Our people are experts in handling furniture and odd size objects.

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Here is a little piece of history about Brookeville, MD, and how it was named.

A Brief History of Brookeville, Maryland

Oakley Cabin in Brookeville, MD, was part of Oakley Farm that formerly occupied the land tract known as "Addition to Brooke Grove". The mansion (now gone) was home to Colonel Richard Brooke, the "Fighting Quaker" of the Revolutionary War. The farm prospered in the late 1700s with the growth of Brookeville, the village named after this industrious Quaker family. The manor house and land passed to Col. Brooke's daughter Ann, who with her husband William Hammond Dorsey of Georgetown remained there until his death in 1818.

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Here is a little piece of history about Brookeville, MD, and how it was named.

A Brief History of Brookeville, Maryland

Oakley Cabin in Brookeville, MD, was part of Oakley Farm that formerly occupied the land tract known as "Addition to Brooke Grove". The mansion (now gone) was home to Colonel Richard Brooke, the "Fighting Quaker" of the Revolutionary War. The farm prospered in the late 1700s with the growth of Brookeville, the village named after this industrious Quaker family. The manor house and land passed to Col. Brooke's daughter Ann, who with her husband William Hammond Dorsey of Georgetown remained there until his death in 1818.

It was during the first half of the 1800s that the Dorsey's son Robert struggled to maintain the estate in the midst of an agricultral depression which gripped much of the region. The cabin is believed to have been constructed during this period. Fashioned from hand hewn logs of oak and chestnut, the cabin was likely home to slaves from the Oakley / Dorsey farm and later to free black families. Solid and commodious by standards of the day, the 11/2 story dwelling reflects a folk tradition of vernacular architecture evidenced through its dovetail notching, wodden beams, rustic stone hearth and spacious loft.