To get to Jarrettsville from I-95, John F Kennedy Memorial Hwy, Take the MD-24 NORTH exit, (Exit # 77B) on the right, towards BEL AIR. Drive 0.4 miles. Merge onto MORTON RD/MD-24 N. Drive 6.6 miles. The current road becomes BELAIR BYP/US-1/MD-24. Drive 0.9 miles. Take the MD-24 North ramp towards FOREST HILL/ROCKS. Drive 0.4 miles. Merge onto ROCK SPRING RD/MD-24/MD-924. Drive 1.6 miles. Turn left onto EAST WEST HWY/MD-23. Drive 4.8 miles. Turn right onto BALDWIN MILL RD/MD-165/MD-23. Drive 1.0 miles to your destination at Jarrettsville. History Links

History

Much of the information regarding the early history of Jarrettsville was obtained from the records of Mrs. Lillian Brown, a long-time resident and descendant of former inhabitants.

During the early 1800s, years before anyone ever heard of the village of Jarrettsville, there lived in that area a Frenchman by the name of Peter Genet. This energetic young man envisioned a profitable business from the extensive culture of grapes for the purpose of making wine. He built a winepress in a field near the only two houses in the neighborhood and for a time produced a quantity of the sour beverage. His venture, however, proved unsuccessful, and he soon gave up the business.

Other early inhabitants were John Gross, Godfrey Abbott, Jacob Hill, and Abel Alderson, all of whom had taken up land in the vicinity. Samuel Marshall kept a tavern and lived in a small log house near the northwest corner of the crossroads.

It was about 1820 that Amos Carlman, son-in-law of Samual Marshall, for whom the Fourth of Marshall's District was named, built a tavern on the southwest corner of the crossroads of the village. He owned a large tract of land in Upper Node Forest and, being an influential man, the town bore his name, "Carman." A tract known as "Dines Lot" was sold by Amos Carman to Benjamin and Charity Amos; this land being a grant by the Lord Proprietor of Maryland dated December 1771.

The first public school of which there is documented knowledge was on the lot where the Jarrettsville Building Association now stands. It was an old log building probable dating back to 1840. About 1870 the log building was not large enough to accommodate all the children and a two-story lodge building belonging to the Trustees of the Jarrettsville Brotherhood Circle was pressed into service.

A new two-story frame building was built in 1903 on this site. In 1926, the very night the school moved to the new brick building about quarter of mile away, this frame building with all its contents and were destroyed by fire.

The establishment of a church in the village probably had its origin from the Methodist Church on Little Deer Creek. At the age of 21 years, Benjamin Mason decided to take his talents to America and seek his fortune in the new land. He landed at Baltimore City, Maryland during the year 1832.

They loaded their wagon during 1844 and headed north along the "Big Road" out of Baltimore City, through Baltimore County and into Harford County. .... They finally planted their roots in a small community called Jarrettsville. When Ben Mason arrived in Jarrettsville, he amost immediately formed the first Sunday School in the village. [70. Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD - Microfilm #1135 - "Church Records dated 1915" (Extracts made during 1980)] Meetings were held regularly in the old school house. At first their [sic] were only five Methodists in Jarrettsville: Benjamin and Margaret Ann Mason, Thomas and Mary A. Cathcart and Miss Anna E. Jarrett. However, persons of other denominations also attended the Sunday School, and it soon became known as a church. It was the beginning of the Jarrettsville Asbury M. E. Church. A remolded blacksmith shop served as a church for twenty-two years, and it was not until 1891 that the new church, called Asbury, was built and dedicated.

From the days of the building of the general stores by Luther Jarrett and Thomas Emory Cathcart, the establishment of a cabinet making and undertaking business be the elder Martin Kurtz in 1844, and the marble cutting business by J.C. Taylor in 1878, the town has continued to grow and prosper. It now boasts of building association, a bank, several stores, garages, an up-to-date funeral home, and a fire department, all of which are so necessary in modern community. 1

Since 1838 the village of Jarrettsville has been centered around the intersection of Maryland Routes 23 and 165. It was named for Luther Jarrett, a local land owner. Before 1838 it was called Carmant. It is still a very rural community in spite of a small new shopping center, a fire hall, auto garages, hardware store, furniture store and several banks. Only manuscript cancels are known for letters mailed before 1855. Postmarks on letters since then have been of the usual circular variety with varying style type, diameters and color. Extensive rural delivery is provided from the small post office. More discontinued post offices are now provided service by Jarrettsville than any other County post office: Chrome Hill, Furnace, Putnam, Coopstown, Sharon, Rocks, Federal Hill and Cleremont Mills. 2

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1 Our Harford Heritage by C. Million Wright, published 1967
2 History of Post Offices of Harford County, Maryland by Frank M. Stewart 1991

Links

Eden Mill
Visit Eden Mill Web Site.

Cub Scout Pack 865
Jarrettsville, Maryland

Harford County Parks & Recreation - Jarrettsville Recreation Council
North Bend Elementary School
1445 North Bend Road, Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084
410-692-7820

Jarrettsville Elementary School
Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084

Jarrettsville United Methodist Church
1733 West Jarrettsville Rd
P O Box 95, Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084
410-692-5847

Jarrettsville VFW Post 8672
1714 Morse Road Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084
(410) 692-5414

North Harford Baptist Church
4008 Old Federal Hill Road, Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084

Rock Run Mill - Susquehanna State Park
3318 Rocks Chrome Hill Road, Jarrettsville 21084
(410) 836-6735 or (410) 557-7994