Upper Hill / Big Gut · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland
Cemetery No. 911-W-28-North
A view of the cemetery. Click photograph to enlarge.
Located near the community of Upper Hill on Back Creek, also called Maddox Creek. The burial site is on high ground on the south side of the creek and can be reached by boat. The contributors recorded concrete vaults, field stones used as head and foot markers, and many cast concrete posts with hand-scripted or stamped initials.
The field notes report that the grounds were used to bury enslaved people in early times. They also record two veterans at the site, including Jackson Custis of Company C, 19th U.S. Colored Infantry.
Latitude38° 07.317′ N
Longitude75° 47.154′ W
Graves Recorded
Jackson Custis. Click photograph to enlarge.
Jackson Custis
Transcription
Jackson Custis Co. C. 19 U.S. C. INF. (Government marker)
Sidney White
Transcription
Sidney White Died Feb. 9, 1921 (scribed on the end of vault the)
Lola May White. Click photograph to enlarge.
Lola May White
Transcription
Lola May White Died Oct. 8, 1940 Age 9 yrs. 9 mos. (Scribed on the end of vault)
Joseph H. Maddox. Click photograph to enlarge.
Joseph H. Maddox
Transcription
Joseph H. Maddox died Mar. 25, 1912 Aged 73 yrs. may he rest in peace
Richard Maddox. Click photograph to enlarge.
Richard Maddox
Transcription
Richard Maddox Dec. 14, 1891 May 13, 1921 Rest soldier rest thy warfare o"er (Located on the same stone with Joseph H.)
Amanda M. Houston. Click photograph to enlarge.
Amanda M. Houston
Transcription
Amanda M. Wife of Isaac Houston Died Feb. 8, 1908 Aged 82 yrs & 10mos. And the shall see his face and his name shall be in their foreheads (near the waters edge)
Lucy Waters. Click photograph to enlarge.
Lucy Waters
Transcription
Lucy Waters Born 1849 Died June 5 1919
Rev. WM.. H. Johnson. Click photograph to enlarge.
Rev. WM.. H. Johnson
Transcription
Rev. WM.. H. Johnson Born 1835 July 26, 1908 At Rest
Loisa Sanders. Click photograph to enlarge.
Loisa Sanders
Transcription
Loisa Sanders Died Oct 9, 1900 aged about 78 yrs. May the soul of the departed rest in peace
J. F Gilles and J. H. Maddox
Transcription
J. F Gilles J. H. Maddox (both on same cemnt stone)
Concrete Post Markers
The contributors recorded a group of concrete posts of the same design. Letters were scratched into wet cement or formed by a stamp; some posts bear an impression of a five-sided star.
S. D.
A. B. No. 60
C. Bary *
F. P. W. No. 22 (F wrote inverted)
* W. E. S. No 21
* M. J. Waters
C. W. Johnson *
* H. Johnson
D. J. H. *
J. B. (B wrote inverted)
R. H. M. No 27
C. C. No. 53
* L. M. *
W. E. Miles
W. S. Miles
W. Turpin *
* L. M. *
A. B. No. 3
* J. B. Waters ( B inverted)
J. B. Hall *
E. H. No. 46
* Virginia Pinder (post on each end of grave)
J. D. No. 36 ( D. inverted)
E. D. C. No. 59
L. O. No. 64
E. B.
W. E. Miles
Robt. Waters
D. C. No. 36
Site Photographs and Map
View of Big Gut.Aerial photograph of the Upper Fairmount and Big Gut area.
Documentation History and Source Material
3 January 2003: Originally visited by Ed Smith, Rebecca F. Miller, and Philip L. Goldsborough.
2005: Transcribed by Philip L. Goldsborough from photographs and field notes.
6 March 2005: Revisited by Harold Tilghman III, J. Dewayne Coleman, Ed Smith, and Philip L. Goldsborough.
