DAMERON  MARYLAND 

 Along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in St. Marys County, Maryland lies a small community of about 1,000 people. This unincorporated part of the county may not seem much different from other settlements near the shores of the Chesapeake, but it has a distinctive name, that for our purposes makes it very important: It is Dameron, Maryland. Although this part of Maryland is just across the Potomac River from Northumberland County, Virginia, home of the Damerons since about 1652, and there are several early marriage records here, the area that bears the family name was not settled by Damerons until after the Civil War. Thomas Leroy Dameron, born in 1845, was a young Confederate soldier. He was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg and taken prisoner by the Union Army. He was imprisoned at Point Lockout, Maryland, until the war ended. 
Thomas was the son of Leroy Oldham Dameron of Northumberland Co., Virginia. (Lawrence 1, Bartholomew 2, Lawrence 3, William 4, William 5, Christopher 6, Leroy O. 7.) 
The 1850 census of Leroy’s family would make his birth date about 1843 but family records show 1845 as correct. 
Thomas Leroy married Amanda Railey of St. Marys after the war and never returned to Virginia. He died 16 APR 1918. 
 Thomas L. and Amanda had four children; a son, James Spencer (1880-1953), and three daughters, Gertrude, Mary Maude (1886-1959), and Marie (1890-1919). It was James Spencer with the help of the Post Office Department who “founded” Dameron, Maryland. Spencer wanted a post office for the family general store, T.L. Dameron & Son. The community at that time was known as “Trapp”. There existed, already, however, a Trapp, Maryland on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake that had the name for its post office.
 In 1915 the P. O. Department granted James Spencer an office under the name “Dameron” since his store was a well—known community landmark. Although there are many places in America that bear the Dameron or Damron name, this is the only one that has its own postmark and zip code (20628) 
 The original post office was in the store and the postmasters have always been members of the Dameron family. 
The present postmistress, Velma Dameron Effler, is daughter of James Spencer. In 1969 a modern brick post office replaced the one in the store about 100 yards away. Velma reports that she has received letters and visits from Damerons and Damrons throughout the country but her other duties allow little time for correspondence. 
 James Spencer had a son, James Alien (1914-1970) and another daughter, Madeleine Amanda (b. 1912). 
The following chart should update this family. (Sources: census and military records and Edith C. Dameron, Velma D. Effler, and Bertille S. Owen) 
 THE FAMILY OF LEROY OLDHAM DAMERON 
 Leroy Oldham Dameron b. 1798- d. 1852 m. 15 July 1820 to Frances Walker, Northumberland Co., VA 
 Children: Frances b. ca 1829 m. Richard H. Harrison Rebecca b. ca 1832 Susan b. ca 1838 Ann Elizabeth b. ca 1838 m. Dandridge Snyder Richard Christopher b. 26 JUL 1844 Thomas Leroy b. 1842/1845 m. Amanda Railey (It is possible that there were other children