MOORE - WHITE FAMILY GRAVEYARD

At left is the gravestone of Mary Christiana (Wainwright) Moore, taken in August 1987, when the stones were not as overgrown as they currently are. At right you can see that in the photograph taken in 1994, the stone of Capt. Samuel White was barely visible, even with someone holding the foliage away as best they could. At the time of my last visit to this little family plot, it was not possible to photograph any of the stones due to the overgrown conditions.

Located off the south side of Capitola Rd., about a mile and a half SE of Cox's Corner, in Tyaskin District. This tiny graveyard, on what used to be the old George MOORE farm, is in really rough condition. There are grave plots on either side of the lane that leads to it. The graves on the west side of the lane are further divided into a north section surrounded by an old wrought iron fence and a south section surrounded by a wire fence. The graves on the east side of the lane are surrounded by a galvanized iron fence. The trees and other plantings that once decorated the graves have now almost completely filled the fenced-in areas. The old farm is abandoned, and the graveyard has been neglected for many, many years.

West side of Capitola Road approximately 1 mile south of MD Rte. 349
GPS Coordinates: 38° 17' 09" N ~ 75° 49' 46" W
County Emergency Locator: 22659

Initial survey of accessable graves done in 1987 by Gene Mezick and Shari Handley, updated in 1994 by Shari Handley.

August 9, 1999 update note from cousins Paul and Ralph Willing: This cemetery is on an abandoned farm. The week before we arrived, the old barn on the property had burned to the ground. The ashes were still smoldering. The lane to enter the property is directly opposite the Buzzetto property where the HEARN Cemetery, documented elsewhere, is located. There are two plots, both enclosed in fences, one on each side of the entry lane. The one on the left is minimally accessible, but has a fallen tree lying across at least three (if not more) graves. The plot on the right was not accessible (to us) on the day we were there due an excess of poison ivy, sumac, vines and other undergrowth. There are at least 9 graves in the fenced plot, approximately 10 feet x 50 feet.

( * denotes data added by RW and PW in 1999 )

September 28, 2023 update from Shari's most recent trip down the Shore. The stones in this burying ground are deteriorating quite a bit. Many of them are now so worn that it would be impossible to make out the inscriptions had they not previously been read.However, on the day my family and I visited, enough of the usual overgrowth had died back that we were able to access several readable stones that had previously been completely swallowed up by overgrowth.

( *** denotes data added by the Handley family in 2023 )

PLOT EAST OF THE LANE

George W. MOORE b. May 9, 1847 d. January 26,1929 *

Mary Christiana MOORE b. September 22 (or 23), 1850 (or 1856) d. April 29, 1905

Naaman William MOORE, son of George W. & Mary Christiana Moore, b. November 20, 1875 d. January 14, 1899

Lois L. MOORE, wife of C. DeForester, b. March 17, 1886 d. Jan. 22, 1922 *

Joshua Howard WAINWRIGHT b. September 11, 1848 d. March 15, 1923 *

John H. WILSON b. February 18, 1853 d. February 6, 1933 ***

Susanna W. WILSON b. May 8, 1852 d. July 29, 1918 (wife of John H Wilson - m abt 1896)


PLOT WEST OF THE LANE, NORTH SECTION

Henry J. WHITE b. November 27, 1820 (or 1826) d. March 24, 1901 (or 1903)

Margaret Frances WHITE b. September 7, 1830 d. November 14, 1920 age 90 yrs, 2 mos, 7 dys ***

John T. WHITE b. October 4, 1823 d. May 26, 1868

Leah E. S. LARMORE, wife of John T. White, wife of G.W. Robertson b. July 15, 1835 d. December 16, 1903 age 67 yrs --- ***

Mary V. C. WHITE, dau. of Henry J. & Margaret F. White, d. September 9, 1854 aged 18 mos.


PLOT WEST OF THE LANE, SOUTH SECTION

Capt. Samuel WHITE d. March 24, 1861 aged 60 yrs. 1 mo. 11 days

Betsey A. WHITE b. February 1, 1813 d. October 31, 1875

Samuel B. WHITE d. May 12, 1874 age 6 months, ---- ***

Deeds for this property:

Somerset County LW 8:597 27 Jan 1865 Henry J White and wife Margaret F White to Samuel White

Wicomico County FMS 3:325 20 Apr 1888 Samuel E White and wife Matilda E White to George W Moore

Wicomico County IDT 160:33 27 Aug 1929 Mary S Hearn and husband Ernest, Cecie B Moore, Eunice M Shockley and husband Samuel of E., and Harold Moore to George H Moore, land of George W Moore who died intestate and land descended to his only children, Mary S Hearn, Cecie B Moore, Eunice M Shockley, Harold Moore, and George H Moore.

The 1888 deed references the exception of the graveyard (singular). At that time, only the White family portion was there. The 1929 deed and all subsequent deeds reference "reserving and excepting the burial grounds of the White Family and burial grounds of the Moore family" reserving unto the members of the Moore family and the White family, their heirs and assigns, a right of ingress and egress from the county road to the burial grounds.

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