Miller Cemetery

Miller Farm · south of Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland

Cemetery No. 911-Q-37-Northwest

Map showing the Miller Cemetery location — Miller Cemetery location map. Click the photograph to enlarge.

Just south of Princess Anne in the Princess Anne Election District, on a tenant farm historically known as Miller Farm and shown as the home of Sidney Miller on the 1877 Atlas of the Eastern Shore.

The cemetery lies on the tract called Webley, patented by Henry Smith and assigned to Andrew Whittington for 250 acres in December 1679. The source places the burial ground in a cultivated field about 700 feet south of Jones Creek and roughly 900 feet west of the center of U.S. Route 13.

Latitude38° 10′ 17" N
Longitude75° 41′ 34" W

Transcription note: The grave information below is presented as recorded by the contributors. Original spelling, abbreviations, epitaph wording, and transcription notes have been retained.

Graves Recorded

Levin M. Miller

Transcription

Levin M. Miller
born Jan’y 14th 1811
died Dec’r 31st 1853

Peaceful be thy silent slumber
Peaceful in the grave so low
Now no more will join our number
Thou no more our song shall know

Severn Handy

Transcription

In Memory of
Severn Handy
born August 18 [date obliterated by gunshot]
died November 22 1855

Keep safe O lamb thy sacred trust
Til life divine makes thy sleeping dust

Hall & Malone, Salisbury Md

John Henry Langford

Transcription

In Memory of
John Henry
son of John P. and Nancy H.
Langford
born May 19th 1823
died May 23rd 1854

Dearest husband thou has left us here
Thy loss we deeply feel
[stone broken]

Samuel J. Porter

Transcription

In Memory of
Samuel J. Porter
born Oct’r 25th 1815
died Jan’y 9th 1847

Again we hope to meet thee, when the day of
life is F [obliterated]
Then in heaven with joy greet thee
Where no farewell tear is shed

Abayeth, Maker 440 W. Balto St. Balto

Nancy H. Langford

Transcription

In Memory of
Nancy H.
consort of
John P. Langford
born Jan’y 11, 1800
died Nov’r 11, 1835

Farewell thou loved one
Thy toils are all over

John P. Langford

Transcription

In Memory of
John P. Langford
born Feb’y 25th 1793
died March 3rd 1839

Yea thou I walk through the Valley of the Shadow
of Death I will fear no evil for thou art with
me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me

Cemetery and Family Notes

Listed March 2, 1992 by Philip L. Goldsborough, Frances L. “Tudy” (Miller) Schermerhorn, and Rebecca F. Miller.

The source states that all stones were found lying on the ground, with one completely covered by dirt and located by probing. The group cleaned and stood the stones in their approximate original locations as indicated by surviving footstones. Many daffodils were noted in the cemetery.

Several markers were described as having unusual motifs, including a weeping willow, dove, and monument-like design.