Manokin / Fairmount · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland
Cemetery No. 911-W-29-center
Daniel J. Ballard marker. Click photograph to enlarge.
Located near Manokin, off Hood Road about three-quarters of a mile north of its intersection with Fairmount Road, near Maddox Creek. The burial ground is near the D. J. Ballard home shown on the 1877 Atlas.
The contributor placed the site on or near Sudler’s Conclusion, patented to Thomas Seon Sudler in 1789 for 419¾ acres as a resurvey of Barnabys Lot. The record also notes that Oscar and Banes Layfield grew up at this location.
Latitude38.119467°
Longitude−75.778083°
Field relationship: 245° true, 775 feet from the Sudler Cemetery.
Transcription note: Readings are based on the cemetery records and available gravestone photographs. Illegible or incomplete portions are identified rather than reconstructed.
Graves Recorded
Daniel James Ballard
Transcription
Daniel James
Ballard
son of
Daniel J. Ballard
and
Elizabeth Maddox
Jan. 21, 1855
July 17, 1921
Elizabeth A. Ballard. Click photograph to enlarge.
Elizabeth A. Ballard
Transcription
In Memory of
Elizabeth A.
wife of
Daniel J. Ballard
born
June 17, 1827
died
Aug. 10, 1903.
Sheltered, and safe from sorrow.
Daniel J. Ballard. Click photograph to enlarge.
Daniel J. Ballard
Stone imagery: weeping willow with monument and open book
Transcription
In memory of
DANIEL J. BALLARD
BORN
Aug. 12, 1808
DIED
Oct. 11, 1891.
He giveth His beloved sleep.
Eleanor G. Ballard. Click photograph to enlarge.
Eleanor G. Ballard
Stone imagery: flying angel
Transcription
Eleanor G. Ballard
consort of Daniel J. Ballard
born Jan. 12th 1804
died Aug. 21th 1852.
Death is swallowed up in Victory
Carry Ballard Hack. Click photograph to enlarge.Second view. Click to enlarge.Additional view. Click to enlarge.
Carry Ballard Hack
Transcription
Carry,
wife of
Jas. D. Hack,
and daughter of
D.J. & Eleanor G. Ballard
born Nov. 17, 1839,
died March 6, 1866.
Asleep in Jesus
Pricilla Ballard Davy. Click photograph to enlarge.Second view. Click to enlarge.
Pricilla Ballard Davy
Transcription
Pricilla
beloved wife of
John W. Davy
and daughter of
D.J. & E.G. Ballard
born Feb. 9, 1842
died Aug. 16, 1867
Dorothy Ballard. Click photograph to enlarge.
Dorothy Ballard
Stone imagery: weeping willow flanked by monuments
Transcription
Dorothy Ballard
was born
November 24th 1773,
and departed this life
September 22nd, 1831,
consort of
Daniel Ballard.
Daniel Ballard. Click photograph to enlarge.Second view. Click to enlarge.
Daniel Ballard
Transcription
In Memory of
Daniel Ballard,
who was born May 17th 1763
& departed this life
October 5th 1847,
In age in youth
His life was usefulness, his
Speech was truth,
His heart to all that liv'd
expanded wide;
His face to Heaven ascended, and he died.
Maddox family marker. Click photograph to enlarge.
Joseph Gillis Maddox
Transcription
Joseph Gillis Maddox
Oct. 5, 1843
March 7, 1917
Maddox family marker. Click photograph to enlarge.
Sallie Upshur Maddox
Transcription
Sallie Upshur Maddox
March 18, 1845
Jan. 5, 1919
Maddox family marker. Click photograph to enlarge.
Beulah Maddox
Transcription
Beulah Maddox
June 1, 1876
March 4, 1898
Maddox family marker. Click photograph to enlarge.
Carl Orem Maddox
Transcription
Carl Orem Maddox
Feb. 10, 1878
Aug. 19, 1881
Documentation History and Source Material
12 March 1995: Listed by Philip L. Goldsborough, Rebecca F. Miller, and William Ballard Fontaine.
2011: The location was adjusted using Google Earth to the coordinates shown above.
