Washington County

Zechariah Clagett                      

Zechariah [Zachariah] Clagett was born on November 19, 1760, near Rockville which was then Frederick County, Md. Attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a man of rigid integrity and eminent professional skill. He died at Pleasant Valley, Washington County, Md. on January 28, 1825.

Source: Medical Annals of Maryland (1899)

 

 Richard Pindell                          

Richard Pindell was  born at Hagerstown Md in 1755. He was a surgeon in the First Maryland Regiment under Col. Otho H. Williams, in the Revolution from January 1, 1777, to the dissolution of the Army in 1783. He was with Greene from 1780-1781. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati of Maryland. Dr. Pindell practiced at Hagerstown after the War. He was a First Master of Mount Moriah Lodge in Hagerstown in 1802 and also a Grand Master at the Grand Lodge AF & AM of Maryland from 1806 to 1807. Additionally, he was a Member of the Maryland Senate in 1809. He was pensioned by the United States for services in the Revolution and moved to Lexington, Ky. in 1813. He was the Family Physician of Henry Clay. Dr. Pindell died in Lexington on March 20, 1833.

 Source: Medical Annals of Maryland (1899)

One daughter, Eliza Hart, married Dr. Richard Pindle [sic], a prominent physician of Washington County, one who had an honorable record in the Revolutionary Army. Dr. Pindell was a partner or Dr. Frederick Dorsey in 1803. His office was near the Square. In 1701 he lived about three miles from Hagerstown. He was the first Master of Mt. Moriah Lodge of Masons, which was organized in 1802, and was elected Grand Master in 1806. About 1814 he moved to Kentucky and practiced medicine in Lexington. He was for many years the family physician of his distinguished brother-in-law, Henry Clay.

Source: A History of Washington County (1906)

In 1791, Samuel Hughes sold 207 acres were sold to Dr. Richard Pindell, the first physician in Washington County. Dr. Pindell married Eliza Hart, the daughter of Thomas Hart and sister of Henry Clay’s wife Lucretia. It was probably Dr. Pindell who built Paradise Manor and lived there until 1812 when the farm was sold, and Dr. Pindell moved to Kentucky to become Henry Clay’s physician.

Source: Washington County Historical Society

 

Jacob Schnively                

Jacob Schnively of Hagerstown Washington County, Md Dr. [Schnively’s name is also spelled Schnebly & Schnebley in the Medical Annals.]

Source: Medical Annals of Maryland (1899)

Dr. Schnebly was also on the Board of Health which worked to establish a quarantine against anyone coming from Philadelphia where “that contagious fever” was raging. The Board was empowered to secure the town from infected persons. Drs. Peter Woltz, Richard Pindell and Samuel Young were also appointed as health officers.

Source: The History of Western Maryland (1882)

From 1800-1803 Jacob Schnebly served as the Sherriff in Washington County. It was an elected office.

Source: Sherriffs of Washington County

Dr. Henry Schnebley left his son, Jacob Schnebley, 573 acres where he resided there for a time. In 1838, it was purchased from the administrators of his estate by Frederick Ziegler whose descendants still own a considerable part of it.

Among other slave owners in the district were the Spriggs, Thomas Belt, George Harry, Jacob Schnebley, Joseph Gabby, George Shiess, and F.C.B. Wilms. Dr. Jacob Schnebley was an inspector on the roads commission in the 1820’s.

Source: History of Leitersburg District, Washington County, Md.

 

Peter Waltz [Woltz]                  

Peter Waltz Founder 1799; Of Washington County, Md.  

Source: Medical Annals of Maryland (1899) 

Dr. Woltz was a member of the Committee of Correspondence in Washington County, around 1776-78, and is mentioned in numerous minutes from the Committee. In the American Revolution, committees of correspondence were different local committees of Patriots that became a shadow government; they took control of the Thirteen Colonies away from royal officials, who became increasingly helpless.

Source: Maryland Historical Society Magazine (1906)

Dr. Woltz was a member of a committee in Washington County to set up a society for the suppression of quackery in 1785, proposing a State board of medical examiners, paid by the State which might be a future medical school. “Physic Thoughts on Reform in the Practice” is the title of a paper published in the Maryland Gazette of Dec. 13, 1785, suggesting plan for the better regulation of the medical profession.

Dr. Woltz was also on the Board of Health which worked to establish a quarantine against anyone coming from Philadelphia where “that contagious fever” was raging. The Board was empowered to secure the town from infected persons. Drs. Samuel Young, Richard Pindell and Jacob Schnebly were also appointed as health officers.

In 1807, Dr. Woltz was directed to be at the Hagerstown town square for the purpose of learning how to operate the “fire-engines,” and if they did not attend, or send someone in their place, they would be fined twenty-five cents.

Source: The History of Western Maryland (1882)

 

Samuel Young                   

Samuel Young was born in Maryland in 1739. He was known as a man of worth and a physician of skill and experience. Died at Hagerstown, Md. in 1838, his 100^th year.

Source: Medical Annals of Maryland (1899)

Dr. Young was also on the Board of Health which worked to establish a quarantine against anyone coming from Philadelphia where “that contagious fever” was raging. The Board was empowered to secure the town from infected persons. Drs. Peter Woltz, Richard Pindell and Jacob Schnebly were also appointed as health officers.

Source: The History of Western Maryland (1882)