This gravestone has "M.W." scraped into it. This and the other small stones in the cemetery near the canal at Dargan were all from local stone. They were about 15 -20 inches in diameter, but considerable longer and were deeply and firmly embedded.
This gravestone has "D.S." scraped into it. This and the other small stones in the cemetery near the canal at Dargan were all from local stone. They were about 15 -20 inches in diameter, but considerable longer and were deeply and firmly embedded.
This gravestone has "M.K." scraped into it. This and the other small stones in the cemetery near the canal at Dargan were all from local stone. They were about 15 -20 inches in diameter, but considerable longer and were deeply and firmly embedded.
This gravestone has "L.D." scraped into it. This and the other small stones in the cemetery near the canal at Dargan's Bend are all from local stone. They were about 15 -20 inches in diameter, but considerable longer and were deeply and firmly embedded.
Two small upright gravestones in the Dargan Road cemetery. The photograph was taken in 1975 by C. L. Dunham and the description provided by Dr. Lucia Dunham of Washington DC.
It is possibly that these gravestones mark the graves of men who died in the cholera epidemic that affected canal workers.
This photograph shows the large gravestone of John Adams leaning against a tree in the cemetery located about half a mile from the canal near Dargan's Bend. There was also a wagon wheel leaning against the same tree. The cemetery was located on the farm owned by J. L. Johnson at the time the photographs were taken in 1976.
Dr. Dunham noted that this stone, unlike the others in the cemetery, was not cut from local stone, and appears to have been inscribed by a professional stone cutter. There was a diagonal break in it.
In Memory of
JOHN ADAMS,
native of Ireland
Who departed this life
Jan 6th 1833 in the
41st Year of his Age
This is the inscription on the single large cemetery near the canal near Dargan.
The cemetery site in 1976 when visited by Dr. Lucia Dunham, and Eugene and Marilyn Slatnick. They counted at least most of the 26 stones listed in the Cemetery Records of Washington County for a cemetery at this location. They were singly situated or arranged roughly in rows of 2 to 5 stones.
Dr. Dunham noted that in this photograph, over the hill, the bend in the Potomac River can be seen about half a mile away.
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.