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.
Below are some excerpts about Rehoboth.
Between the Nanticoke
and the Choptank
An Architectural History of Dorchester, County, Maryland
Edited by Christopher Weeks
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
Historical Sketches of Counties and Some Notable Structures.
Swepson Earle