Byrdtown / Crisfield · Lawson’s District No. 8 · Somerset County, Maryland
Site reference 911-PP-23-SW
This family cemetery lies in pine woods on the north side of Calvary Road, about 1,400 feet northwest of its intersection with Byrdtown Road. It stands on land known historically as Bay Bush Hall. The late Carl “Kye” Tyler showed the cemetery to the surveyors.
Four named gravestones were transcribed in the February 1995 survey, and photographs of each are included in Ed’s cemetery collection.
Latitude37° 57.693′ N
Longitude75° 50.553′ W
Graves Recorded
Gravestone photograph. Click to enlarge.
Nancy Lawson
Transcription
In Memory of Nancy Lawson Wife of James Lawson Born Oct. 12, 1787, Died March 31, 1881 Fell asleep in the arms of Jesus.
Gravestone photograph. Click to enlarge.Additional view. Click to enlarge.
James Lawson
Transcription
[open book, hand with finger pointing up] In Memory of James Lawson Born March 4th, 1784 Died May 25th 1858
Gravestone photograph. Click to enlarge.
Thomas Tyler
Transcription
[weeping willow, flower & obelisk] in Memory of Thomas Tyler Born May 21st 1813, Died Oct. 5th 1857 Blessed are the dead who die In the Lord from henceforth Yea, saith the spirit, that They may rest from their labours And their works do follow them.
Gravestone photograph. Click to enlarge.Additional view. Click to enlarge.
John H. Moore
Transcription
[weeping willow] In Memory of John H. Moore Born Nov. 15th 1817 Died Sept. 3rd 1851 And as it is appointed Unto men once to die, but After this the judgement.
Cemetery and Research Notes
Phil’s later note on the 1858 will of James Lawson reports that Lawson reserved the family burial ground from the sale of his land so it would remain available for future family burials.
Phil relocated the cemetery after the 2011 fire and Hurricane Sandy, and corrected the GPS location on December 27, 2013. His 2013 revisit records that John H. Moore’s gravestone was not found on that date. The earlier transcription and photographs remain valuable evidence of the marker.
Original field listing: Philip L. Goldsborough and Rebecca F. Miller, February 12, 1995; retyped March 23, 2006. Phil’s December 2013 revisit corrected the coordinates; his will-related note dates to 2016.
