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Zadock Long Cemetery

Catalpa Farm · Princess Anne area, Somerset County, Maryland · 1877 Atlas map: Princess Anne District No. 1

Cemetery No. 911-O-38-center
Zadock Long Cemetery site at Catalpa Farm
Cemetery site at Catalpa Farm. Click the photograph to enlarge.

Located on Catalpa Farm in the Princess Anne area. The source says the farm name dates to about 1825 and that the home of Zadock Long still stood roughly 500 feet east of the graves when the cemetery was recorded.

The cemetery lies near the center of a large field just south of Taylor Branch, on high ground shown at about 20 feet elevation on the Princess Anne quadrangle maps. It was described as in fair condition, with several large trees and moderate undergrowth.

The burial ground lies on the ancient patent Davis Choice , patented by Thomas Davis on March 20, 1663, for 450 acres. The source says Zadock Long acquired the land about 1804 and that it remained in the Long family until the 1970s.

  • Latitude 38° 11.096′ N
  • Longitude 75° 40.900′ W

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 Leah Long
Leah Long gravestone. Click the photograph to enlarge.

Leah Long

Transcription

Here repose
The remains of
Leah Long
Consort of
Zadock Long
And daughter of
Southey Whittington
Born January the 7th 1770
Married October the 20th, 1796,
who after imparting for more than thirty six years the most perfect domestic felicity, on
the 10th of May 1833, feel asleep in the arms of the Saviour to whose service she had dedicated herself,
Aged 63 years 8 month and 3 days

Gravestone of Edward Long, Esq.
Edward Long gravestone. Click the photograph to enlarge.

Edward Long, Esq.

Transcription

In Memory of
Edward Long Esq.
Born XXIII September MDCCCVIII
Graduated at Yale
MDCCCXXVIII
Elected to Congress
Died XVI October MDCCCLXV

Roman numerals in the source: XXIII = 23; MDCCCVIII = 1808; MDCCCXXVIII = 1828; XVI = 16; MDCCCLXV = 1865.

Gravestone of Zadock Long
Zadock Long gravestone. Click the photograph to enlarge.

Zadock Long

Transcription

Here Sleep The Remains
of
Zadock Long
Son of Solomon Long & Margaret his wife
He was born
March the 7th Anno Dom 1756,
And dedicated the morning of his life to his Country’s service
in her Revolutionary struggle and after having sustained through a long; eventful and useful life, a character for unsullied integrity united to extraordinary mental decision & energy
on the 3rd day of February 1838.
Resigned his spirit to its author: with Christian meekness & resignation
Aged 81 Years 10 Months & 27 days.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
Rev. XIV 13

Cemetery and Family Notes

Listed by Rebecca F. Miller, Ed Smith, and Philip L. Goldsborough on February 22, 2003.

Transcript by Philip L. Goldsborough, March 25, 2004.

Map showing the Zadock Long Cemetery location
Zadock Long Cemetery location map. Click the photograph to enlarge.

The donor packet also contains five photographed pages of Zadock Long’s will. These links open the full images in new tabs.