Rehoboth

Built by Captain John Smoot in 1785, Rehoboth was the longtime home of Major Francis Turpin and Francis B.C. Turpin in the 1800s. Rehoboth is also known as Liberty Hall, the Turpin Place, and the Lee Mansion. The land known as Rehoboth was once owned by the notable Lee family of Virginia, whose family members include Robert E. Lee and Harry Lighthorse Lee.

Rehoboth · Dorchester County, Maryland · Photograph circa 1992

Excerpts About Rehoboth

Between the Nanticoke and the Choptank An Architectural History of Dorchester County, Maryland
Edited by Christopher Weeks
The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia A genealogical history of William Smute, Boatright, of Hampton, Virginia, and Pickawaxon, Maryland, with a history of his descendants to the present generation
By Harry Wright Newman
History of Dorchester County Maryland By Elias Jones
Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore Historical Sketches of Counties and Some Notable Structures
By Swepson Earle