Somerset Cemeteries Project
White Cemetery
Drawbridge Road · historic Monie (modern Venton) · 1877 Atlas map: Dames Quarter District No. 2
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Location and Site Information
Located west of Drawbridge Road in the Monie area. The contributor directions place the burial ground in a field roughly 800 feet from the road. Several marked graves and evidence of additional unmarked burials were recorded.
- Latitude 38° 13.117' N
- Longitude 75° 47.826' W
- 1877 Atlas map Dames Quarter District No. 2
- Modern map locality Venton (historic Monie)
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
Ann White
Transcription
In Memory of
Ann
widow of Thos White
who departed this life
Aug't 29th 1842
in the 75th year of her age
Say not that the good ever die
She sleeps a sacred sleep
Helen S. Patterson
Transcription
Helen S.
wife of Robert Patterson
died Nov'r 24th 1869
aged 71 years
Thomas White
Transcription
Thomas White
was born April 25, 1773
died on the 7th N__ 1836
Hope was in Christ
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
Ann Rebecca Price
Transcription
Ann Rebecca
wife of Wm A. Price
died Aug. 2, 1878
in the 46th year of her age
She was a teacher mother here
and in her life the Lord did fear
We trust our loss will be her gain
In that with Christ she's gone to reign
Unidentified Grave — J.L. Footstone
Transcription
born June 22, 1853
died July 18, 1890
footstone J.L.
Cemetery note: The contributor noted that at least two additional graves appeared to be present because bricks were found. The source also contains a tape-break note immediately before the final fragmentary inscription.
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Contributor Notes
Listed November 20, 1993 by Philip L. Goldsborough and Rebecca F. Miller.
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