Ashland, the home of Edward Thomas, like many Sandy Spring homes began as a log cabin, in this case a two-story two-roomer known as a "one on one." Today it is a home of the Conner family.

Edward Thomas built Ashland in about 1830. Long active with the bank and community, father of Alban Gilpin Thomas, he died at age 72. Noted William Henry Farquhar in the Annals, Edward Thomas was "Strong in all that was good and true."