Extracts of Charles County land records showing the parties involved, property description, purchase amount, and date recorded. Abstracts were kept as insurance against the loss or destruction of the county land records. Arranged chronologically. Indexed by Land Record Abstracts, CH, Index series [MSA S1374]. For earlier records, 1786-1805, see GENERAL COURT OF THE WESTERN SHORE, Land Record Abstracts, CH, series [MSA S1315 and SM159]. Also on microfilm, 1828-1831 [MSA SM157], 1 reel.