Back Creek · Revell’s Neck, near Princess Anne · Somerset County, Maryland · 1877 Atlas: Princess Anne District No. 1
Cemetery No. 911 T-33-Southeast
William Dix Cemetery in Revell’s Neck, photographed during the 2010 survey. Click to enlarge.
This cemetery is in the Revell’s Neck community, on the northeast side of Back Creek. The contributors describe its location as along a private dirt road off Millard Long Road, four-tenths of a mile south of the intersection of Millard Long and Revell’s Neck roads. The cemetery lies on a low hill near a small branch of water flowing into Back Creek.
Part of the burial ground is enclosed by a concrete-block wall. At the March 2010 survey, the site measured approximately 40 by 35 feet and was described as being in fair condition, with evidence of some care. The contributors named the cemetery for William Dix Sr., whom they believed to be the oldest person buried there. His stone is broken, and some of its lettering is illegible.
The contributors noted that the 1850 census listed William Dix, then approximately 65, farming in the Princess Anne District (household 1344) with his wife Sarah and sons Theodore, 25, and Josephus, 22. The 1877 atlas shows the residence of M. J. Beauchamp northwest of the cemetery.
Latitude38° 08.604′ N (38.143400°)
Longitude75° 44.978′ W (−75.749633°)
Condition in 2010: Extant; described as in fair condition. The survey does not establish the cemetery’s present-day condition.
Transcription note: Inscription text below follows the contributor’s updated transcription, including its original spelling, abbreviations, and epitaph wording. Unreadable portions and editorial observations are identified rather than silently reconstructed.
Graves Recorded
Daisy D. Beauchamp. Click the photograph to enlarge.
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Daisy D. Beauchamp
Transcription
Peace Perfect Peace
DAISY D.
Wife of
I.H. BEAUCHAMP
Nov. 3. 1886
Aug. 17, 1911
May she rest in peace
Isaac H. Beauchamp. Click the photograph to enlarge.
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Isaac H. Beauchamp
Transcription
ISAAC H.
Son of
I. H. & D. D. BEAUCHAMP
March 28, 1910
July 28, 1910
Sarah Dix. Click the photograph to enlarge.
Sarah Dix
The death information was illegible in the 2010 contributor transcription because the marker is broken.
Transcription
In Memory of
SARAH DIX
Consort of
William Dix Sr.
Died
(stone broken)
William Dix Sr.. Click the photograph to enlarge.
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William Dix Sr.
The gravestone is broken, obscuring part of the age inscription.
Transcription
In Memory of
WILLIAM DIX Sr.
Died
Oct. 26th, 1853
(stone broken)
---------yrs & 11 days.
William Riley Hickman. Click the photograph to enlarge.
William Riley Hickman
Transcription
WILLIAM RILEY
HICKMAN
1844----1901
(foot stone marker)
George L. Hickman. Click the photograph to enlarge.
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George L. Hickman
Transcription
In Memory of
GEO. L. HICKMAN
Died Feb. 10, 1870
Aged 67 y’rs 5 mo’s
& ll days
And life is like a summer day,
It seems so quickly past,
We meet old age without dismay,
And death is sweet at last.
Emily G. Hickman. Click the photograph to enlarge.
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Emily G. Hickman
Transcription
EMILY G.
Wife of
George L. Hickman
Born
October 5th 1806
Died
June 10th 1863
Aged 56 years
8 months & 5 Days.
My savior becons me away
The glorious signal's given,
My Blood washed spirit leaves
Its clay
Friends follow me to heaven.
Sidney S. Hickman. Click the photograph to enlarge.
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Sidney S. Hickman
The contributor’s transcription reads “George L. I Emily”; the photographed stone appears to use an ampersand between the parents’ names.
Transcription
In memory of
SIDNEY S.
Son of
George L. I Emily
HICKMAN
Died July 8: 1850
Aged 2 y’rs 8 mo’s
& 2 days.
Then do not weep dear Parents
Could you but see me hear
You would not mourne my absents
Nor shed one single tear.
Mary J. Beauchamp. Click the photograph to enlarge.
Mary J. Beauchamp
Transcription
MARY J. BEAUCHAMP
BORN
March 20, 1822
Died Dec. 15, 1904
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
Cemetery and Family Notes
The contributors recorded the following Somerset County marriage information: on 15 August 1906, Isaac H. Beauchamp, age 22, married Daisy Dora Bozman, age 20. Daisy died on 17 August 1911, about five years after their marriage. Their son Isaac H. died as an infant in 1910.
These genealogical details are drawn from the contributor’s updated PDF and have not been independently rechecked against the original marriage register. The donor packet also contains copies of 1900 and 1910 census pages, preserved below for further research.
An additional small stone photographed at the cemetery bears initials that appear to be “M. J. B.” It may be associated with Mary J. Beauchamp, but the photograph does not conclusively establish that identification, so it appears among the supporting photographs rather than as an additional burial.
Site Documentation
The contributor’s annotated aerial map identifies the cemetery off Millard Long Road in Revell’s Neck. Site photographs document the walled and unwalled portions of the plot during the March 2010 visit.
Contributor’s 2010 aerial field map (P. L. G.). Click to enlarge.
View of the concrete-block wall and surrounding cemetery plot.Additional overview of the burial ground at the 2010 survey.Initialed stone, possibly associated with Mary J. Beauchamp; identification not verified.
Documentation History and Source Material
Sunday, March 14, 2010: Listed by Ed Smith and Philip L. Goldsborough. The survey records nine named gravestones.
All photographs and source documents were supplied with the original donated cemetery packet. Other archival files, including the donor’s editable transcription, original TIFF map, and a heraldic illustration of unverified provenance, are retained in the upload package.
