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Possible canal worker cemetery

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Possible canal workers' cemetery

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ItemID
wcco272
IDEntry
7093
Creator
Eugene Slatnick
Date
1976-03-13
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
Body

The cemetery marked on the map is listed in the Records of Cemeteries of Washington County, copied and presented by Mrs. Warren D. Miller, Historian and Chairman of Genealogical Research, Conococheague Chapter, N.S.D.A.R, of Hagerstown, Maryland

It is listed in Sandy Hook, District 11 as:
the Graveyard on the George Ingram Farm, near Dargan.
Listed are:
John Adams, native of Ireland, age 41yr, D Jan 6, 1833
26 graves, plain stones.

Notes

The arrow has been added to The Illustrated Atlas of Washington County, Maryland, 1877, Lake, Griffing & Stevenson of Philadelphia. The graveyard information is from Washington County, Maryland Cemetery Records recorded by Samuel Webster Piper prior to 1936. Typed and presented by Conococheague Chapter, N.S.D.A.R of Hagerstown in 1942.