Sotterley Today Today, Sotterley is the only tidewater plantation in Maryland open to the public that is a testament to all those that lived, died, labored, and resisted here. Designated…

Restoration, Revival, and Vision 1910-1961 The last Briscoe family owner, Elizabeth Briscoe Cashner, sold Sotterley to Herbert L. Satterlee and his wife, Louisa Pierpont Morgan Satterlee of New York in…

Family, Civil War, and Emancipation 1823-1909 Thomas Barber acquired the property soon after, and upon Barber’s death in 1826, Sotterley was willed to his daughters, Lydia Barber and her step-sister,…

Loyalist to Patriot, Two Wars with the British 1776-1822 George Plater III did decide to join the Patriot cause shortly before the Declaration of Independence was signed and was a…

Sotterley’s Colonial Past 1699-1775 In 1699 James Bowles purchased 2,000 acres of land on the Patuxent River. The son of a wealthy London merchant, James Bowles prospered through trade with…