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William Smith Cemetery

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

Cemetery No. 911-BB-38-NE
William Smith Cemetery site on the John Hartman farm near Kingston, Somerset County, Maryland
Cemetery site with broken stone remnants. 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.

Mary Adams m. William Smith. After Smith died, she married a Somers and she stated in her will she wanted to be buried in her garden next to her first husband, William Smith.

Remnants of two tombstones, both of which we assembled.

  • Latitude 38 degrees 04' 40.3"
  • Longitude 75 degrees 40' 47.8"

Site status: Extant when recorded in 2001 as remnants of two broken tombstones that were reassembled. The field site is fragile; 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 William Smith
William Smith. Click photograph to enlarge.

William Smith

Transcription

William Smith,
son of Samuel
born June 23rd
Anno Domini 1778
and departed [this life]
October 21st A.D. 1843.
Aged 64 Years.

Here lieth him beneath the ground,
Who planted all the foliage round.
He braved life’s storms and fought his way,
Christ gave him strength and victory.
Triumphant did he close his life.
Of sublunary care and strife,
Jesus sustained him at this hour
and quelled the rage of Satan['s power].

Gravestone of Mary Somers
Mary Somers. Click photograph to enlarge.

Mary Somers

Transcription

In Memory of
Mary Somers,
born
March 28, 1805,
died [broken]
[broken] 83 years

partial inscription illegible on right hand of stone piece

Cemetery and Family Notes

Correction on death date 1813 to read 1843 based on Photograph, Ed Smith. Jan. 2020.

Listed by: Ed Smith, Philip Goldsborough and Becky Miller

Date recorded: Sunday, April 1, 2001

Additional view of the William Smith Cemetery site and stone fragments
Additional view of the cemetery site. Click photograph to enlarge.