Pollitt Cemetery

Backbone Road area · northeast of Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland

Cemetery No. 911-G41-SE

Pollitt Cemetery site. Click the photograph to enlarge.

Located about four miles northeast of Princess Anne, approximately one-half mile south of the intersection of Peggy Neck Road and Backbone Road and about 800 feet east of Backbone Road.

The source describes a cemetery measuring about 60 by 50 feet near an old house site and identifies the location with “Mrs. Pullett (Pollitt)” on the 1877 Atlas of the Eastern Shore.

Latitude38° 14′ 45" N
Longitude75° 38′ 44" 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

Drusilla Hayman Pollitt

Transcription

[weeping willow]
In Memory of
Drusilla
Daughter of
Isaiah Hayman.
Wife of
Robert C. Pollitt,
who departed [this life]
Jan’y 5, 1876
aged 67 years, 10 months & 20 days

Robert C. Pollitt

Transcription

[rose]
In Memory of
Robert C. Pollitt
born Oct. 27, 1796;
died Oct. 19, 1847.
Aged 50 years, 11 mos.
& 23 days

Polly Heath

Transcription

In Memory of
Polly Heath,
daughter of Geo. &
Nancy Pollitt
who died Novr 26th 1829
aged 35 years 5 months & 28 days

As to her virtues they cannot
be told. She liv’d respected
and died lamented by all
who knew her.

Unidentified Child

Transcription

A small stone, evidently a child’s grave, was recorded about 25 feet behind the cemetery from Polly Heath.

Cemetery and Family Notes

Listed Sunday, January 26, 1997 by Philip L. Goldsborough and Rebecca F. Miller.