Haiti Cemetery, Martins Lane Rockville, Montgomery Co., MD ****************************************************************** The following is a restatement of information taken from a 1976 study of the Haiti Cemetery as made available by the Montgomery County Historical Society, [http://www.montgomeryhistory.org/] to which has been added information later obtained with the help of some of the present owners. The privately owned Haiti Cemetery is located on the north side of Martins Lane, Rockville and was estimated in 1976 to contain about 3/4th's of an acre. It is a part of a parcel of 8-3/4th acres owned by former slave Samuel Martin at the time of his death in 1873. Samuel Martin devised 1-3/4 acre of the 8-3/4 acre parcel to his granddaughter Charlotte Penny which included the land now used as the cemetery; and about 4 years later, Charlotte sold the parcel to her sister, Agatha P. Smith. After the Smiths had built a house on the land they began to make parts of the lot available for burials; and the oldest now-legible monument is that of Charlotte Penny. The precise number of interments is not known - there are sunken spots at the site, which may be graves without markers. There were fewer burials after the Lincoln Park Cemetery was established in 1917, but the Haiti Cemetery is still in use, and the last interment there was in 1996. The use of the cemetery is regulated by the owners-mainly limiting interment to relatives and family members. ****************************************************************** Contributed to the USGENWEB Archives by: John D. Bowman (Cewtal@aol.com) May, 2003 See http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/montgomery/tsimages/haiti/haiti.html for a photographic transcription of this cemetery contributed by Sharon Strout (stonesandbones@yahoo.com) ****************************************************************** NAME BIRTH DEATH NOTES BAKER, John BAKER, Molly BALL, Sadie J. 1878 1919 BOOK, George BOOK, Lucy 1937 BROADNIC, Martin 2/18/10 BROADNICK, Virginia 1896 CARROLL, Dorothy Wife of Buddy CARROLL, Rachel Emma 1884 1979 CRUCHFIELD, James Son of Ellsworth & Mabel CRUTCHFIELD, Ellsworth Son of Richard & Lottie CRUTCHFIELD, Gilbert Son of Ellsworth & Mabel CRUTCHFIELD, Henry W. 1906 1996 Son of Richard & Lottie CRUTCHFIELD, Lottie CRUTCHFIELD, Mabel Wife of Ellsworth CRUTCHFIELD, Richard CRUTCHFIELD, Wellington Son of Henry & Frances CRUTCHFIELD, William Son of Richard & Lottie DOUGLAS, Charles 1845 DOUGLAS, Liza DOUGLAS, Lizzie Daughter of Charles & Liza HODGE, Alonzo 1922 HODGE, Cora M. 1927 JOHNSON, Charlotte 6/3/1845 1/29/18 JOHNSON, George W. Owned 'Mr. T's' restaurant JOHNSON, Henson JOHNSON, Maggie 2/8/1860 9/18/11 JOHNSON, Willie JOHNSON, Wm. H. MAGEE, Mary F. 6/16/13 Wife of H. MARTIN, Catherine M. MARTIN, Derrick Eugene 5/6/70 Age 4 yr. 28 days MARTIN, Janie 8/5/1897 2/4/83 MARTIN, Otho 11/27/1893 MASON, Margaret A. 3/24/1870 11/24/12 Wife of Samuel MASON, Sam McELROY, Walter MEAD, Tom MEADS, George Wesley, Jr. Aug. 1910 MEADS, George Wesley, Sr. Sept. 1919 MEADS, Rosa Rozier Jan. 1902 OFFUTT, Herman 11/26/02 5/10/35 OFFUTT, Willie PENNY, Charlotte L. 2/19/1839 12/10/1889 POWELL, Adam J. 5/14/1898 ROBINSON, Annie E. 1/11/1863 2/22/22 ROBINSON, Nicholas W. 3/1/1858 10/18/32 SEDGWICK, Emma 1863 1932 SEDGWICK, Horace 1859 1927 SMITH, Dennis SMITH, Grant TYLER, Otho WEBSTER, Nathan WOOD, Cora J, 5/12/1873 12/20/39 WOOD, Edward 9/14/1872 4/15/56 ****************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Last updated 8/26/03