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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
Author: John R Turner
Conrad Hogmire was appointed a Captain of Militia in the 32nd Battalion 3 Jan 1776 in what was then Frederick County, later that year to become Washington County. He took the Oath of Allegiance in 1778 before Hon. John Stull. He was married to Mary Magdalena. He was buried in the Old St. John’s Lutheran churchyard and later re-interred in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD.
"A 1793 stone farmhouse built by one of Washington County’s first County Commissioners was destroyed in a midnight bulldozing in 1991 to make way for a shopping center. When Washington County was carved out of Frederick County, in October 1776, Conrad Hogmire was appointed one of the first five County Commissioners. Hogmire, a Revolutionary War captain, built the limestone farmhouse on 1,300 acres named “Old Fox Deceived” in 1793, according to a 1988 Herald-Mail article and the historic sites inventory kept at Hagerstown City Hall. The house sat at what is know the southwest corner of Edgewood Drive and Dual Highway (Rt. 40) facing west with a large barn sitting in front. According to local legend, the plantation got the name after an owner in the 1880’s had a run-in with a wily canine. The chicken farmer gradually lost his flock to the old fox and switched to a dairy farm. He christened the house “Fox Deceived” to celebrate his victory, according to the Herald-Mail article. The home had several owners before being demolished, including the Gerrad Stonebreaker family, which kept the home from 1808 until 1937, according to the historical sites inventory. After being sold during a 1944 public auction to Henrietta M. Smith, wife of Potomac-Edison Present R. Paul Smith, the farmhouse was used as apartments, an antique shop and a storage area for a fruit and vegetable stand, according to the inventory. In April, 1989, Karl Sanford wrote for the historical inventory that the “homestead reflects the cultural and economic underpinnings of western Maryland life in the late 18th century.” The home had a Georgian and Federal influence with a limestone foundation and walls, Sanford wrote. Adjacent to the house was a limestone and frame barn with an inscription dated 1825. The farmhouse and barn were demolished beginning just past midnight on February 22, 1991. Towson, Md.-based Rachuba Enterprises wanted the land cleared so it could sell the property. Constructions of Hagerstown Commons at the corner began during the summer of 1994."
Email from Mike Rohrer (2/18/2005) "Conrad Hogmire Will dated 11 Jan 1796. Mentions the plantation where he lives, consisting of part of the resurvey on Old Fox Deceived. Keeps for himself "all the land on the south side of the lane and wagon road leading to George Nigh's and all the land on the northwest side of the route and Martin Rohrer's line." (261-266)" Lorna Cox - Ancestry.com
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