Rockawalkin Colored Church Cemetery Salisbury District No. 9 Sycamore Lane off Left side of Levin Dashiell Road Wicomico Co., MD This file is part of the MD Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Contributed to The USGENWEB Archives by: Peggy Taylor and Margaret Robinson To contribute additional information or a tombstone transcription, please contact the MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager Kathi Jones Hudson at mdcemmy@yahoo.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thanks to cemetery recorders Peggy Taylor and Margaret Robinson for providing this information. Of the cemetery, Peggy says, "The listing for this cemetery is as complete as possible. It is on Sycamore Lane, off the left side of Levin Dashiell Rd. going in from Nanticoke Road. The cemetery is fairly clean, grass has been kept cut but there were tree limbs down here and there. There are several walnut trees and quite a few walnuts on the ground and on the cemetery stones where squirrels had taken them to eat. There are several broken stones and they are face down and cannot be read. There are at least 27 or more vaults above ground that have no markings whatsoever. John Jacobs did part of it in his book and listed it as "Rockawalkin Colored Church Cemetery". There is no church there, nor signs there ever has been, but a few of the stones are fairly current." NOTE: John P. Kelly (jpkelley01@comcast.net) states: There was a church here years ago, before the house that is there now was built. It was going to be torn down, instead, it was bought by the people who lived on the old Levin Dashiell farm and moved there, where it remains today. The Levin Dashiell farm is up the road towards Hebron, about 2 miles on the left hand side. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = NAME DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH INSCRIPTION/NOTES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORNISH, Kizzi 4/2/1952 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH, Mary M. 1/13/1861 8/14/1889 28 yrs 7 mo 1 da / Wife of Chas. A. Birckhead --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRCKHEAD, Leven 8/11/1862 12/01/1894 22 yrs 3 mo 22 da / Son of Lenoxx & Elizabeth D. Birckhead Beloved husband of Mary D. Birckhead --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON, Sam 9//15/1836 9/18/1895 Age 59 / Co. H Sgt 9th USCT Quartermaster, Civil War --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BURNETT. Mary 3/18/1873 10/31/1897 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILSON, Casey 1/15/1929 Wife of Samuel Wilson --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORRIS, Louis M. 8/29/1910 11/6/1956 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORBIN, Mary 1877 1954 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON, William S. 1899 1962 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON, Ada B. 1897 1968 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALE, Mary M. 2/25/1906 2/18/1976 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HANDY, James G. None None MD Pvt 153 Depot Brigade World War 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORNISH, George W. 2/13/1919 Age 62 yrs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MESSICK, Girtrude 10/6/1880 1/21/1912 Age 32 yrs / Wife of Elzey Messick --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FURR, Sallie 12/24/1824 11/18/1905 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FURR, Aleaner 3/30/1890 9/26/1916 Wife of V.L. Furr --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLARD, Herman 12/2/1892 10/7/1918 Son of Mr.& Mrs. G.W. Ballard --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLARD, Lenox V. 3/15/1902 10/25/1918 Son of Mr.& Mrs. G.W. Ballard --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLARD, Georgianna 3/16/1864 1/19/1937 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLARD, George W. 5/10/1856 10/26/1917 Husband of Georgianna --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PINKETT, Lizzie 11/22/1830 8/30/1906 76yrs / Wife of William --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITE, Emily C. 1844 1926 Wife of Handy White --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRCKHEAD, Mary E. 5/11/1943 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKER, Richard 3/17/1875 37 years --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELZEY, D. James 1886 1946 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKETT, Lenox None None COE 39th USCT Civil War --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DASHIELD, Charles 6/20/1834 9/16/1893 COE 39th USCT Civil War --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PETERS, Mary E. 12/19/1865 5/2/1913 Wife of George --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PERNELL, Rev. L.W. 7/07/1842 7/15/1904 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON, Merrill T. 6/21/1913 11/18/1954 MD Tech 5, 662 QM Truck Co. WWII --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALE, Lillian J. 1902 1949 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALE, Lillie Mae 7/9/1928 11/18/1946 Daughter of Wilson & Lillie J. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GORNIC, Chad None None --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALE Cannot read --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALE, Wilson 1897 4/8/1964 Pvt 153rd Depot Brigade, World War 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORD, Dunn William 12/12/1898 6/25/1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOKS, Catherine 4/04/1884 1/25/1943 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORD, Brooks R. 1890 1962 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORD, Addie B. 1897 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALE, Anna Leona 1929 1988 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALE, Swain Leroy 4/19/1926 1/18/1984 STMI World War 11 US Navy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARROLL, Ronie 9/29/1890 9/29/1918 Son of Alfred and Ella --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRCKHEAD, Lillie 9/17/1897 4/29/1915 Daughter of S.E. & Mary H Birckhead --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRCKHEAD, Thomas C. 3/30/1894 9/22/1906 Son of Noah T. & Mary L. Birckhead --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRAWFORD, Lesta 2/18/1931 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRCKHEAD, J. Wesley 9/30/1871 7/3/1941 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORRIS, Stanford 5/6/1903 12/28/1965 PVT US Army World War 11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORRIS, Lucy Elizabeth 11/01/1889 4/12/1905 Daughter of George & Laura P. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORRIS, Laura 10/18/1861 9/11/1909 Wife of George --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON, Martha W. 12/27/1881 3/28/1911 Wife of Oscar Twilley --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TWILLEY, William O. 9/07/1872 9/10/1930 Son of David & Sarah Twilley = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. 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