<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(17, 17, 17, 1)">By: Ruth T. Dryden, Pub. 1978, reprinted 2024, 260 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-245-3.&nbsp;Somerset County became a county in 1666.&nbsp;It is located in the extreme southern section of the state bordering the Chesapeake Bay.&nbsp;Early English settlers began showing up here from the State of Virginia, partly due to Virginia's religious stance to Quakers fleeing the state.&nbsp;Later other settlers of Anglican faith from Accomack County Virginia followed.&nbsp;Early on, Somerset County had its issues with boundary disputes with Sussex County, Delaware and Accomack County, Virginia.&nbsp;The contents of this book are about white residents only.</span></p>