Montgomery County Cemeteries

Name: Magruder Family Cemetery ID: 176

Alternate Name:
Address: 21116 Golf Estates Drive
Town: Laytonsville

ADC Map: 11 Grid: F-10

Cemetery Association: Family

Setting: Suburban Condition: Excellent

Negative Impacts: Subdivision built around it.

Burials: 5 Date range of burials: 1832-1874

Description: Located in front yard of suburban home. Stones all laid flat. All have footstones
with initials. One footstone imbedded in tree trunk. Historic iron hoop & picket fence. 1 tree
inside fence; 2 outside

Comments: Plaque says: "Montgomery County MD Historic Resource 23/24 Magruder Family
Cemetery 1771-1874. Restoration funded by John C. Walker Co. 1991" Transciptions in file

Survey date: 5/1/2004

Historic Status: LA 23/24 Magruder Cemetery (removed)

Additional Sources:

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Owen Cemetery ID: 177

Alternate Name: Dorsey-Claggett-Owen Cemetery
Address: Across from 3901 Gregg Road
Town: Brookeville

ADC Map: 12 Grid: D-10

Cemetery Association: Family

Setting: Rural Condition: Poor

Negative Impacts: Fallen tree; overgrown

Burials: 8 Date range of burials: 1838-1911

Description: Old wrought iron fence - rusted, partially collapsed. Stones tilted, 2 overturned.
Stone for Col. Dorsey propped against tree. 6 trees inside fence. Across street from Owen house
(3901) but now owned by 3800 Gregg Road.

Comments: Owner said Col. Dorsey fought with Jeb Stuart and moved him off the battlefield
when he was wounded. Dorsey married Elizabeth Owen, whose family owned this large farm.

Survey date: 6/27/2004

Historic Status: LA 23/49 Dorsey-Claggett-Owens Cemtery (removed)

Additional Sources: Information & transcriptions in Mont. County Story, Feb.1972, vol. XIV,
no. 2

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Tobytown Cemetery ID: 178

Alternate Name:
Address: 12649 Tobytown Drive
Town: Potomac

ADC Map: 27 Grid: B-10

Cemetery Association: Free Black

Setting: Suburban/Forested Condition: Fair

Negative Impacts: Somewhat overgrown - tall grass & weeds. In danger of disappearing because
of small size of stones.

Burials: 20-30 Date range of burials: c.1875-1920s

Description: Small cemetery bordered by rectangular 3 ft chainlink fence. At edge of woods

behind houses at end of Tobytown Road, near south side of River Road. Fieldstones only. Stones
are only in eastern half of fenced area. No paths; some trees.

Comments: One stone has crude, illegible text. Does not appear to be an active cemetery. Likely
many more burials than there are stones for. Tobytown founded in 1875 by freed slaves.

Survey date: 9/1/2004

Historic Status: MP 25/14 Tobytown Cemetery

Additional Sources: Cavicchi, p. 221

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Freeman, Carl Burial ID: 182

Alternate Name: Tusculum, Sundown Farms
Address: 4609 Damascus Road
Town: Damascus

ADC Map: 11 Grid: K-5

Cemetery Association: Individual

Setting: Rural Condition: Excellent

Negative Impacts: None

Burials: 1 Date range of burials: 1998

Description: Single grave for Carl Freeman, owner of Sundown Farms. Flat black granite stone
is located about 100 feet SW of farm road.

Comments: Single stone reads: Carl M. Freeman 1910-1998.

Survey date: 3/18/2005

Historic Status:

Additional Sources:

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Etchison Family Cemetery ID: 183

Alternate Name:
Address: 26010 Long Corner Road
Town: Etchison

ADC Map: 4 Grid: K-9

Cemetery Association: Family

Setting: Rural Condition: Poor

Negative Impacts: Neglect, very overgrown

Burials: 30 Date range of burials: pre Civil War-1985

Description: Located behind house on rise. Formerly associated Etchison House on Route 108,
before property was subdivided. Owner's son said there were about 12 carved stones, others are
fieldstone markers. Supposedly there are Civil War burials here.

Comments: 1 carved stone, 2 bases, & 10 fieldstones located, but very overgrown, so there are
more. Burdette, Etchison, & Perry families are buried here.

Survey date: 3/19/2005

Historic Status: LA 14/3 Etchison-Warfield Log House

Additional Sources:

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Gartrell Family Cemetery ID: 184

Alternate Name:
Address: Vicinity of 21420-21428 Denit Estates Drive
Town: Sunshine

ADC Map: 12 Grid: K-9

Cemetery Association: Family

Setting: Suburban Condition: Poor

Negative Impacts: All stones removed, three new houses on site

Burials: 15+ Date range of burials: late 1700s-1893

Description: All markers removed. New landscaping put in when land was developed in 2003 as
Denit Estates. Exact location of cemetery is unknown, but descendents Ann Gartrell Stabler and
brother Archie Gartrell remember cemetery on property of Mrs. Denit.

Comments: Mrs. Denit may have used cemetery fence as a pool fence. Denit house has been
demolished. See file for names of interees.

Survey date: 8/5/2004

Historic Status:

Additional Sources: Former owner: Ann Gartrell Stabler 21201 New Hampshire Ave. 301-774-
4078

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Brown Family Cemetery ID: 185

Alternate Name: Gitting's Ha Ha
Address: 21030 New Hampshire Avenue
Town: Brighton

ADC Map: 13 Grid: A-11

Cemetery Association: Family

Setting: Rural Condition: Good

Negative Impacts: Some neglect

Burials: 14+ Date range of burials: 1823?-1912

Description: Graves surrounded by 30 x 35' stone wall with formal gate. Wall partially
collapsed at SW corner. Stones are mostly upright. A few trees, cleared of brush, but not
currently mowed

Comments:

Survey date: 3/28/2004

Historic Status: MP 23/73 Gitting's Ha Ha

Additional Sources: Cavicchi, p. 101

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Griffith (Lyde) Family Cemetery ID: 188

Alternate Name:
Address: 7301 Damascus Road
Town: Damascus

ADC Map: 5 Grid: C-13

Cemetery Association: Family

Setting: Rural Condition: Poor

Negative Impacts: Stones buried

Burials: unknown Date range of burials: unknown

Description: According to owner, cows had knocked down the fence around cemetery, so the
stones were laid flat and buried about 25 years ago. Cemetery was located at north end of old
bank barn in vicinity of newer sheds. See map in file.

Comments: Exact location of burials unknown.

Survey date: 3/6/2005

Historic Status: LA 15/27 Col. Lyde Griffith House

Additional Sources:

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Musgrove Family Cemetery ID: 193

Alternate Name: Groomes Farm
Address: One block northeast of Georgia Avenue & New Hampshire Avenue
Town: Brookeville

ADC Map: 12 Grid: G-7

Cemetery Association: Family

Setting: Rural Condition: Poor

Negative Impacts: No markers

Burials: 1+ Date range of burials: 1826

Description: Gravestone removed by farmer in 1950. Picture of tombstone provided by Margaret

Hobbs. Major Nathan Musgrove (Revolutionary War) killed on home farm by nephew Alexander
Duvall who fled to Ohio, where he was supposed to have drowned crossing river.

Comments: Photo exists showing fence around grave and tree, now gone. Papers filed Apr. 21,
1826 by heirs of Nathan Musgrove.

Survey date: 3/28/2004

Historic Status:

Additional Sources:

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery ID: 194

Alternate Name: Lyttonsville Church
Address: Formerly on Brookeville Road
Town: Forest Glen

ADC Map: 36 Grid: G-8/H-7 (vic)

Cemetery Association: Free Black, Baptist

Setting: Suburban Condition: Relocated

Negative Impacts: No evidence of cemetery

Burials: unknown Date range of burials: unknown

Description: Church demolished in 1977. Burials moved to Maryland National Cemetery Park in
Laurel, MD. See church history in file.

Comments:

Survey date: 10/14/2004

Historic Status:

Additional Sources: Pilgrim Baptist Church, 8901 Pennsylvania Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Info provided by Rev. Chester L. Burke.

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Montgomery County Poor Farm Cemetery ID: 196

Alternate Name: Montgomery County Almshouse
Address: On east side of Monroe Street, just south of Waddington Lane
Town: Rockville

ADC Map: 28 Grid: K-9 (vic)

Cemetery Association: Community

Setting: Suburban Condition: Relocated

Negative Impacts: Modern development

Burials: unknown Date range of burials: 1780-1930s

Description: Archaeology conducted by NPS in 1987 resulted in removal of 38 bodies to

Parklawn Cemetery before sale of property by Montgomery County to private developer

Comments: This property used to belong to the County and was used first as the Poor Farm and
then as part of the detention cemnter grounds, now located on the west side of I-270.

Survey date: 11/1/2004

Historic Status: LA 26/6 Poor Farm

Additional Sources: See file for more information.

Run date: 8/30/2007

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Name: Soper Family Cemetery ID: 198

Alternate Name:
Address: SE corner of Green Castle Road and Wexhall Drive
Town: Burtonsville

ADC Map: 32 Grid: E-4

Cemetery Association: Family

Setting: Suburban Condition: Poor

Negative Impacts: Encroachment from nearby townhouses, dumping, neglect

Burials: 5+ Date range of burials: 1850-1899

Description: 150 x 200' corner lot. Only two stones found at base of tree in debris pile. Other
stone has been pulled out of ground. Completely overgrown.

Comments: See Warren Soper letter in file.

Survey date: 3/27/2004

Historic Status:

Additional Sources: Warren Soper letter on file

Run date: 8/30/2007