__ Benedict ,Md. 
Left Washington- November Zm ,1935 at 6:00 Ml ? or \ 
making enquiries in regard to Jas.T. Thomas,locally 
known as ” Jim Poke" , a colored man who died a year 
or so ago* Found that he would not have "been more 
than a year or so old in 1865 as he was 57 when he 
died. Met a Capt.Shorter who suggested that we go 
down to Charlotte Hall and get what information we 
could from Clarence Thomas who lives in large whit 
house north of the school. He suggested that we 
should go down to ’’Deep Falls”, an estate south of 
Chantico,St.Marys County,Md. On this estate we 
found graves of many of the Thomas family’ includin 
that of Maj. Gen.James Thomas, Gov.of Maryland- 
Lorn March 11,1755 .and died December 35,1813. 
Also found grave of Sarah Clare Thomas,wife of 
James Thomas, who died Febr.11,1864 at 32 years of 
age [She was the mother of Clarence Thomas]. This 
estate is now owned "by James Walter Thomas, 
Ho.l Washington Street,Cumberland, Maryland. From 
there we drove back to Morganza and thence to 
Forest wharf on the Patuxent River. Here we camped 
for the night, and late,in the afternoon explored 
the cliff for a mile or so north. Base of the clif 
along the Patuxent River north of Forest wharf 
formed af a greenish gray sandy clay with con¬ 
cretionary layer about 7 feet above shore level. 
Camped near farm of Leonard Harding; also met Capt 
Fred Harding, and a Buckler, oyster-fisherman. 
The region around Forest 7/harf is known as Sand 
Gates. Found fossil fish bones in this cliff. 
November 23,1925. -Broke camp on our way to 
”De la 3rookie estate, passed through Oakville, 
Long Grove, Orovilie,*Scrabble town. When we reach 
ed ’De la Brook’ estate, we enquired for Pelham 
Long and from him we learned that this estate was 
owned during Civil 7/ar oy Dr. ’Jim’ Thomao. -he 
wharf at this point was formerly kngitfn as 
'’Reeder’s wharf”- now nearest to ’Horse wharf. 
Vbout 1860 and later , Dr.Jim Thomas had his 
slaves excavate a "marl bed- in the hills about 
