Davis Cemetery on St. Peter's Creek

Location and Site Information

Located near Oriole on the west side of St. Peter's Creek, east of Crab Island Road, at an old farm and house site visible on 1938 aerial photographs. The site lies within the tract called St. Peters Neck, patented to Peter Elzey on May 2, 1663 for 400 acres. The contributor notes place it near the homes of J. C. Smith and T. J. Davis on the 1877 Atlas.

• Latitude 38° 09' 50.3" N
• Longitude 75° 48' 53.7" W
• 1877 Atlas map Dames Quarter District No. 2

Transcription note: The wording, spellings, uncertain readings, and bracketed field notes below are retained from the contributor record. Obvious formatting artifacts from the old word-processing file have been removed, but uncertain text has not been silently corrected.

Graves Recorded

Elizabeth A. Davis

Transcription

Elizabeth A.
wife of
Thomas J. Davis
Died
April 17 1871
Aged
61 yrs. 11 mos. & 4 Ds.

She was a tender Mother here,
And in her Life the Lord did fear
we trust our Loss will be her Gain
And with Christ she's gone to reign

Contributor Notes

Listed in January 1994 by Philip L. Goldsborough, Rebecca F. Miller, and Mr. Laird. The site was reached by boat and was badly overgrown at the time of the visit.

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