Joseph Walsh's 2nd home is below. Lombardy Plantation is the other one featured on the home page.

Let us start by saying anyone can buy whatever house they want and again you are not responsible for your ancestor's actions. Just our opinion. But here we go again, Mr. Walsh purchased this house around 2005 and it is just 14 miles away from his infamous 2nd Great Grandfather's (Dr. Stephen Newton Chiswell White) Annington plantation, (43 slaves). This second home is in the same location as many of his other distant relatives (Selby, Chiswell, Beall, Flecthall, White, Magruder) who owned slaves as well. What is this theme of owning former slave land and ancestral location? It is unconfirmed right now, but part of this house or carriage house seems to date back to slavery of the day. Possibly remnants of a previous plantation. This house was purchased in 2005 at $15,000,000 - Just a guess, it is probably worth $22 million today.

Walsh's Second Home

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Montgomery County, MD

Purchased around 2005, 40 Acres with a small golf area over top previous "worked" land. Imagine playing golf over the history of slavery.

Montgomery County, MD

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Montgomery County, MD

1865 map with family names listed where their land is located. See below for a larger downloadable image.

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Just from a statistical standpoint, it is amazing Walsh has over 26 direct ancestors who were slaveholders, but then you look deeper into 3rd, 4th 5th cousins removed, it is over 60+. slaveholders in his tree. Walsh owns at least 3 homes valued near or over $35 million in total!

The image below is a small portion of Montgomery County Maryland in 1865. The yellow faded box is the area where Mr. Walsh's 2nd home is located.

With the help of a local historic preservation organization, they believe Mr. Walsh's property was once owned by William and Susan Fisher in 1851 and they owned 7 slaves (1860 Slave Census). You can see Mr. Fisher's name on the Map below.

The far left green circles are where his infamous 2nd Great Grandfather (Dr. Stephen Newton Chiswell White) lived (43 slaves). Annington Plantation is 19 miles away.

All the names underlined in green are distant relatives of Mr. Walsh which include these last names: Beall, Chiswell, Magruder, Selby, White, and Fletchall. All were slaveholders according to the 1840, 1850, and 1860 Federal Slave Census. Why would someone yet again, for a second time buy a home and land with such a family slave-owning history and proximity to those ancestors? Not just the underlined relative names, but most names on this map owned slaves. Montgomery County was one of the most dense slave regions in the US during that time.

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

Mr. Walsh's distant relative (2nd Cousin 8x removed) Brooke Beall (1741 - 1796) in this same Montgomery County Owned Yarrow Mamout whom this book is about. It gets more interesting. Brooke's son was Upton Beall to the right:

Upton Beall, son of Brooke Beall slave owner of Yarrow

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

Upton Beall was also a slave owner (25 slaves) in Montogomery County and his 3 daughters were Matilda, Jane, and Harriet who inherited then 40 slaves. Their plantation is listed (map) on or within 2 miles of Mr. Walsh's 2nd home listed above. The coincidences in this family are amazing.

https://www.rockvillemd.gov/2211/Beall-Dawson-House

Plantation Monthly -Joseph Walsh

Plantation Monthly -Joseph Walsh

Joseph Walsh's 2nd home is below. Lombardy Plantation is the other one featured on the home page.

Walsh's Second Home

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Montgomery County, MD

Montgomery County, MD

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Montgomery County, MD

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Download the entire map below.

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

Upton Beall, son of Brooke Beall slave owner of Yarrow

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

Plantation Monthly -Joseph Walsh

Joseph Walsh's 2nd home is below. Lombardy Plantation is the other one featured on the home page.

Walsh's Second Home

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Montgomery County, MD

Montgomery County, MD

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Montgomery County, MD

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Walsh Family Tree (partial)

Download the entire map below.

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

Upton Beall, son of Brooke Beall slave owner of Yarrow

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Book by James H. Johnston

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