Somerset Cemeteries Project
Smith Cemetery at St. Peter's Creek
St. Peter's Creek · Oriole / Monie area · 1877 Atlas map: Dames Quarter District No. 2
Cemetery No. 911-Q25-SE← Back to the Somerset Cemeteries Project
Location and Site Information
Located near Oriole in the Monie area, near the northwest boundary of the Almodington tract patented to John Elzey for 1,000 acres on November 10, 1663. The cemetery is near a small branch of St. Peter's Creek and was badly overgrown with ivy and small trees when recorded.
- Latitude 38° 10' 02.8" N
- Longitude 75° 48' 41.3" W
- 1877 Atlas map Dames Quarter District No. 2
Transcription note: The wording, spellings, uncertain readings, and bracketed field notes below are retained from the contributor record. Obvious formatting artifacts from the old word-processing file have been removed, but uncertain text has not been silently corrected.
Graves Recorded
Hester Smith
Transcription
My Mother — Hester Smith
Died May 7, 1861
Alice H. Smith
Transcription
Alice H. Smith
Born October 10, 1857
Died January 25, 1864
Martin F. Smith
Transcription
Martin F. Smith
Born August 10, 1859
Died January 24, 1864
"He goeth his beloved sleep"
Mary F. Smith
Transcription
Mary F. Smith
Born June 13, 1856
Died January 25, 1864
Samuel Fry Smith
Transcription
Samuel Fry, son of W. T. & H. M. Smith
Born July 17, 1852
Died January 27, 1864
Henry V. Smith
Transcription
Henry V. Smith
Born February 19, 1854
Died January 27, 1864
Annie M. Smith
Transcription
Annie M., wife of Levin A. Smith
Died April 11, 1859
Aged 20 years & 7 days
“SUBDMY M.G.” — uncertain reading
Transcription
"SUBDMY M.G." [as recorded; uncertain reading]
Daughter of F. A. & S. V. Lang
Died January 23, 1877
Aged 5 days
William Smith Sr.
Transcription
Wm. Smith Sr.
Died January 9, 1858
In his 75th year
William T. Smith
Transcription
Wm. T. Smith
December 16, 1814 — December 4, 1889
Mary Eliza Smith
Transcription
Mary Eliza, infant daughter of Wm. T. & Henrietta M. Smith
Died December 6, 1851
Aged 3 years, 6 months, 10 days
A lovely Infant from her birth
With Angel sweetness grown
Just lent to me a while on earth
Then taken home to heaven.
Mary Alice Smith
Transcription
Mary Alice, daughter of W. S. & Lizzie Smith
Born October 17, 1884
Died October 1, 1885
Inscription not readable
Henrietta Smith
Transcription
Henrietta, infant daughter of Levin A. & Anne M. Smith
Died January 10, 1853
Aged 4 months
Field note: stone broken in two places; part of inscription missing
Alice Esther Smith
Transcription
Alice Esther, daughter of Levin A. & Anne Smith
Died August 18, 1857
Aged 19 months & 25 days
This little helpless lamb receive
In mercy to thy breast,
And let parental fondness lean
To safely there to rest.
Contributor Photographs and Maps
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Contributor Notes
Listed in January 1994 by Rebecca F. Miller, Philip L. Goldsborough, and Mr. Laird ('PaPa'). Re-typed by Philip L. Goldsborough from photographs and field notes in April 2008.
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