Henry Maddox Cemetery

Maddox Island / Upper Fairmount · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland

Cemetery No. 911-U-27-S

Contributor map showing Henry Maddox Cemetery on Maddox Island — Contributor location map. Click to enlarge.

Located near Upper Fairmount on Maddox Island. The cemetery was described as about 50 feet by 50 feet, with a number of old trees, about halfway up the lane to the old Capt. Ford house off Fishing Island Road.

The contributors placed the site within the ancient patent Inclosure, issued to Thomas Maddox in 1740 for 590 acres as a resurvey of Maddox Inclosure (1680). John Maddox was taxed for 590 acres on the 1783 tax list. The site is also near the home of Capt. William T. Ford shown on the 1877 Atlas.

The survey recorded three table-top graves, two other stones, and several field stones apparently marking the cemetery boundaries.

Latitude38° 07.990′ N
Longitude75° 47.698′ W

Graves Recorded

Thomas Henry Maddox

Transcription

In Memory of
Thomas Henry Maddox,
who died October 5th 1845
aged 21 years.

George Washington Maddox

Transcription

In Memory of
George Washington Maddox,
who died June 15th 1846,
aged 21 years.

Drusilla Amanda Davey

Transcription

In Memory of
Drusilla Amanda
Davey
daughter of
Henry and Ann S. Maddox
and consort of
Capt Henry T. Davey,
who died Jany 9, 1852,
aged 21 years
Her life was brief
But holy beautiful [sic]

Henry S. Maddox

Transcription

Henry S. Maddox
died March 16, 1868
in the 72, year
of his age.
He is not dead but sleepeth.
D. Lang
Monie

Ann S. Maddox

Transcription

Ann S.
Wife of
Henry S. Maddox
died
Sept. 23, 1868
in the 75
year
of her age
Thou shalt quicken not again
And shall bring me up from the
depths of the earth.

Documentation History and Source Material

17 March 2002: Listed by Philip L. Goldsborough, Ed Smith, and Rebecca F. Miller.

Original contributor transcription: Henry Maddox Cemetery (PDF).