Welcome to Kent County, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails Group Welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Kent County. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is in need of a dedicated host! This is a continuation of our original Illinois Genealogy Trails project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project grow. If you think you might be interested in hosting a county website such as this one, please view the Volunteer Page for further information and contact Kim. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists Kent County was named for the county of the same name in England. In 1642, the Governor and Council appointed commissioners for the Isle and County of Kent. This act appears to represent the creation of Kent County The county seat is Chestertown It is the least populous county in Maryland ONLINE DATA Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Data Cities and Towns County History Court Records Events Family Bibles Land Records Marriages Military Records Newspapers Obituaries Wills and Probate Records Website Updates: Oct 2011: Bio: WILLIAMS, Joseph Pierre Bell - Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack Mar 2011: Marriages From the Journal of American Ancestry Genealogy Nov 2010: Court Record Abstracts; Death Notices for MURRAY, HANDS, BORDLEY, RINGGOLD, LUSBY, BRADFORD, BROWN May 2010: CORSE obit Jan 2009: Gen. Philip Reed obit 1 Nov 2007: 1 new bio for Ez. Chambers 31 Oct 2007: 1699-1715 Marriages 28 Oct 2007: Battle of Caulk's Field; Chestertown Tea Party; Kent County in the War of 1812; The Record Summer of 1816 30 May 2007: Cities and Towns; Cemeteries; Obit Adjacent counties Cecil County (north) New Castle County, Delaware (northeast) Kent County, Delaware (southeast) Queen Anne's County (south) Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.