Laboring Son’s Cemetery/Memorial Ground; Frederick County, Maryland Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Pat Blackball http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************** In 1949, a playground was build over this black cemetery located in Frederick. Barbara Wyatt, Frederick’s Historic Preservation Planner, worked to have a memorial dedicated on the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., three years after the forgotten cemetery was discovered. Below is a list of graves: No. Name Date of Birth Date of Death Age ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Allen, Miranda Nov. 28, 1828 May 18, 1915 87 53 Barnes, Griffith July 28, 1924 59 Barton, James Mar. 11, 1816 June 7, 1872 56 116 Baton, Mary 1861 75 111 Bias, Maria 1769 1853 84 83 Bowan, John W. Dec. , 1885 11-9 84 Bowan, Margret A. Mar. 1, 1886 19-11 4 Boyd, Agnes C. June 22, 1905 2-3 102 Boyd, Daniel M. Oct. 14, 1891 19-2 35 Brighton, Francis April 25, 1833 Jan. 25, 1874 41 16 Britely, Harriet Sept. 16, 1862 Aug. 22, 1874 11-11 110 Brown, W. H. Co. K 28th U.S.C.T. 13 Butler, Harriet Feb. 4, 1879 66 5 Carter, David April 4, 1899 71 6 Chambers, M. Catherine Nov. 7, 1898 46 Coleman, George Oct. 6, 1865 May 11, 1888 22-7 51 Coleman, Lucinda April 28, 1872 July 28, 1889 17-8 12 Corrine, Maria 62-2 78 Costley, Louis P. June 4, 1921 62 86 Costley, Walker F. Sept. 28, 1868 June 15, 1905 36-8 25 Craig, Hellen Ann Oct. 17, 1856 Mar. 7, 1933 78 117 Daley, Benjamin Aug. 30, 1863 72 114 Daley, Jane Aug. 9, 1897 73 31 Davis, James N. Aug. 21, 1881 77 34 Davis, James N. Sept. 21, 1906 62 32 Daivs, Susan June 16, 1881 81 68 Dimmy, Adda Daughter of Richard & Georgeanna 67 Dimmy, Emily Daughter of Richard & Georgeanna 71 Dimmy, Georgeanna Aug. 10, 1839 Feb. 15, 1911 71 66 Dimmy, John H. Son of Richard & Georgeanna 70 Dimmy, J. Richard Mar. 15, 1837 July 23, 1910 73 69 Dimmy, Richard Dec. 1, 1889 3-9 37 Dixon, Florence Jan. 3, 1900 29 36 Dixon, Mable B. May 7, 1903 15-5 49 Dorsey, Harry S. May 5, 1937 45 20 Frazier, Willie F. May 16, 1870 Aug. 11, 1884 14-2 91 Gallaway, Hillery May, 1856 90 Gallaway, Margaret 1800 Oct. 27, 1855 55 8 Gallaway, Maria April 16, 1886 1 Gidyard, Charles June 17, 1924 49 63 Gross, John Henry Mar. 6, 1836 Sept. 18, 1847 11 62 Gross, Martha Oct. 2, 1851 38 61 Gross, Martha Jane Oct. 8, 1844 Nov. 26, 1846 2-1 52 Harris, Maria Sept. 12, 1879 70 73 Hill, Elizabeth Sept. 6, 1836 Aug. 3, 1861 25 26 Hill, Mary E. Aug. 20, 1872 Aug. 27, 1912 40 30 Johnson, Ella M. Aug. 28, 1900 11-11 29 Johnson, George W. Sept. 11, 1903 65 17 Johnson, Rachael May 23, 1887 78 115 Jones, Jane 107 Lanzell, Margaret July 18, 1917 77 2 Lanzell, Raymond Feb. 13, 1921 57 108 Lanzell, Thomas Co. F, 8th U.S.C.T. 101 Larkins, George May 16, 1857 37 100 Larkins, Rachael Sept. 29, 1864 85 3 Lee, Henry Co. I, 28th U.S.C.T. 21 Lee, Madison C. Sept. 19, 1921 64 15 Lowry, Nancy Dec. 29, 1813 69 27 Lyles, Maria July 10, 1908 81 Maddox, Laura Jan. , 1875 26 55 McCubbin, Elizah June 27, 1890 75 60 Miller, Mary E. Jan. 2, 1841 April 8, 1861 20 58 Nicholas, Clara McK Oct. 3, 1922 22 Nichols, Elizabeth 1878 1932 64 23 Nichols, Nickolas Co. B 19th. U.S.C.T. 7 Offutt, Dortha E. 1885 1924 39 72 Ogle, Benjamin June 17, 1890 38 44 Ogle, Louisa M. Dec. 27, 1892 80 45 Ogle, Susan M. Feb. 3, 1902 48 48 Posey, Mary E. Mar. 24, 1942 59 113 Powell, Levenia Aug. 19, 1806 112 Powell, Wm. W. May 16, 1836 May 17, 1889 53 103 Powell, Wm. Co. D, 2nd. U.S.C.T. 19 Randalls, James Mar. 18, 1883 8-7 93 Roberts, Thomas H. 1836 54 Saints, Matilda April 11, 1911 97 104 Sanders, Anna Aug. , 1861 69 106 Sanders, Elisa Erice Mar. 21, 1871 105 Sanders, John Mar. 9, 1871 77 107 Smith, Albert Feb. 26, 1863 Feb. 26, 1866 3 65 Smith, Aver Jan. 18, 1870 Feb. 21, 1871 1-1-3 64 Smith, John t. May 16, 1893 75 24 Stanton, Charles H. & Eliza, his wife Aug. 13, 1922 52 56 Steward, Jennie Feb. 5, 1902 77 33 Taylor, Nellie Dec. 21, 1801 85 97 Thomas, Amelia M. Aug. 8, 1833 1857 24 98 Thomas, Ellen Jan. , 1805 Aug. 30, 1875 70 11 Thomas, Harrison M Feb. 20, 1907 33 99 Thomas, John ----------- -------------- -- 95 Thomas, John W. Jan. 3, 1812 July 16, 1837 25 96 Thomas, Mary Ellen Jan. 22, 1814 Aug. 13, 1827 13 79 Thomson, Nickolas April 30, 1863 63 42 Turner, James L. May 25, 1909 19 18 Turner, John H., son of Henry and Rosa 47 Walker, Edward W. Jan. 23, 1949 54 40 Walker, Emily R. April 16, 1897 65 38 Walker, Francis L. Aug. 30, 1874 17-4 82 Walker, George 1890 24 85 Walker, Harriet A. Nov. 5, 1901 93 50 Walker, Horace T. Oct. 10, 1937 82 80 Walker, James T. April 4, 1888 24 10 Walker, John A. Sept. 13, 1888 20 9 Walker, Lucy Jan. 11, 1886 81 74 Walker, Perry Jan. 21, 1865 57 41 Walker, Phillip April 1, 1839 Dec. 17, 1906 78 39 Walker, William h. Nov. 1, 1848 Nov. 15, 1877 29 76 Whims, John Mar. 26, 1836 55 77 Whims, Theodore June 16, 1852 1 75 White, Sammuel May 17, 1806 Mar. 30, 1880 92 Williams, George July 10, 1871 76 94 Williams, Maria Nov. 13, 1873 68 57 Wimms, James March 6, 1874 86 43 Woodard, Hnna M. May 2, 1881 May 19, 1898 17 14 Woodward, John Robert Aug. 20, 1863 Mar. 5, 1874 10-6 Handwritten at bottom 7 Wilson, Charles C. ????? No stone 7 Wilson, Ida C. mother No stone