Somerset Cemeteries Project
Waggaman-Riggin Family Cemetery
Princess Anne / Jason area · Hungary Neck District #5 · 1877 Atlas map: Hungary Neck District No. 5
Cemetery No. 911-J-31-center← Back to the Somerset Cemeteries Project
Location and Site History
The Waggaman-Riggin Family Cemetery lies on the historic Waterloo property on Mt. Vernon Road along Monie Creek. The house was built by Henry Waggaman around 1750 on a tract of land called "Waggaman's Purchase" and later passed through families including the Teackles, Rigginses, Handys, and Wainwrights. In 1864, Somerset County purchased Waterloo for use as the county almshouse, and the property appears that way on the 1877 atlas in Hungary Neck District No. 5.
The small cemetery is behind the house, across a large ditch leading into the mill pond. The 1995 field record noted evidence of damage and remnants of corner pillars suggesting that the cemetery had once been fenced.
When CemTrek2001 recorded this burial ground, the Waterloo property was operating as the Waterloo Country Inn. The group was invited by then-innkeeper and property owner Theresa Kraemer, who showed the volunteers the cemetery and shared the history of the property. For that reason, the cemetery was formerly listed by the Somerset Cemeteries Project as the Waterloo Country Inn Graveyard.
- Latitude 38° 13.622' N
- Longitude 75° 45.062' W
Graves Recorded
John Elliott Waggaman
Eldest son of Henry and Mary W. Waggaman; the earlier SCP page records his death at Philadelphia in 1761. The surviving stone is broken.
Unidentified / likely Waggaman child
Broken stone naming Henry and Mary Waggaman; the earlier SCP research note identifies this as likely their daughter Mary, who had died by December 1760.
Elizabeth Riggin
Died February 25, 1837; aged 77 years.
Henry Handy Riggin, M.D.
The earlier SCP page reads January 14, 1834; the 1995 contributor transcription reads January 14, 1854. Both readings are preserved here.
Elizabeth Riggin
Consort of George Riggin; died October 31, 1832; in the 62nd year of her age.
George Riggin
The earlier SCP page reads December 10, 1856; the 1995 contributor transcription reads December 10, 1836. Both readings are preserved here.
James H. Riggin
Died July 25, 1834; in the 25th year of his age.
Additional Field Documentation
The additional transcription was listed by Rebecca F. Miller and Philip Goldsborough on February 26, 1995. A later set of site photographs dated January 5, 2014 is also preserved below.
- 1995 contributor record View the additional transcription (PDF)