John Dorsey, who was one of the first settlers in what is now
Howard County and a prominent man, gave land to his daughter Sarah Dorsey Howard and her husband Henry Howard out in the western part of the county (which is now Glenelg) in 1735. The property was called Howard's Resolution. Ephraim Howard, son of Sara and Henry, built a house on the property in the middle or late 18th century. In 1884, an additional section was added on to the front of the house. The newer front section was built by
General Joseph Tyson, Assistant
Postmaster General under President
John Tyler. General and Mrs. Tyson called their home "Glenelg" after an old estate in
Scotland and "because it spelled the same from either end" — in other words, a
palindrome. Although historically not a true
manor house, what is today known as "Glenelg Manor" forms the nucleus of a sprawling structure, which houses the
Glenelg Country School lower school division. Glenelg Country School is in neighboring
Ellicott City. Discovery Farm was built land patented as "Second Discovery" in 1729. A house was built starting with a kitchen in 1760 with nearby slave quarters. Folly Quarter road was once one of the "Rolling roads" that slaves would roll hogsheads of tobacco toward
Elkridge Landing for sale. A postal village named Glenelg was put in operation on February 6, 1856. The post office served the community out of Browns General store for 133 years until moved into the Ten Oaks shopping center in 1983. By 1878 population increased to 75, with land values ranging from $10 to $30 an acre. In 1915, a Typhoid fever epidemic struck 20 residents, with four deaths. The Howard Hunt Club ranged throughout the Glenelg area. Future General
George S. Patton would travel from Ft. Myer, Va. to hunt along Homewood Road. == Economy ==