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Samuel Smith Cemetery

John Hartman Farm · Kingston / Morumsco Creek · Somerset County, Maryland

Cemetery No. 911-AA-39-SW
Broken tabletop grave at Samuel Smith Cemetery near Kingston, Somerset County, Maryland
One of the three broken tabletop graves at the cemetery. Click the photograph to enlarge.

John Hartman farm. Closest community is Kingston, corner of Boggs Schoolhouse Road and formerly Dividing Creek Hundred, on Morumsco Creek. Tract Beauchamp’s Venture.

Samuel Smith was a justice of the peace, a tax assessor or collector for Dividing Creek Hundred. He was also involved in the starting of Curtis Chapel Methodist Church and the Boggs Schoolhouse, which was the Smith Schoolhouse prior to that.

Three tabletop graves, broken. In close proximity to current farmhouse.

  • Latitude 38 degrees 5' 00.1"
  • Longitude 75 degrees 40' 25.6"

Site status: Extant when recorded in 2001. Three broken tabletop graves were found in close proximity to the farmhouse. Current status has not been independently verified.

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

Gravestone of Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith. Click photograph to enlarge.

Samuel Smith

Transcription

In Memory of
Samuel Smith
who departed this life
Nov 14, 1814
aged
68 years.

Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord
from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labours; and
their works do follow them.

Gravestone of Levin Smith
Levin Smith. Click photograph to enlarge.

Levin Smith

Transcription

In Memory of
Levin Smith
son of Samuel Smith
and Efther Smith who died
November 22
1798 aged 26 Years

Thou that comes my grave to see,
As I am now you foon fhall be
Repent and turn to God in time
For I was taken in my prime.

Gravestone of Elizabeth C. Smith
Elizabeth C. Smith. Click photograph to enlarge.

Elizabeth C. Smith

Transcription

In
Memory
of
Elizabeth C. Smith
wife of James Smith, who
departed this life July 25th
1815 Aged 36 Years
& 6 Months.

So sleep thee here and cease to groan
When sin and death have done their worst
Christ hath a Glory like his own
That waits to crown thy wakeing dust.

Cemetery and Family Notes

Listed by: Ed Smith, Philip Goldsborough and Becky Miller

Date recorded: Sunday, April 1, 2001