ArmadaShari
Tourist
Reged: 05/26/08
Posts: 2
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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 appalling condition. It is divided into 2 smaller areas, each surrounded by an ancient wrought 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, all of the buildings are gone save one newer livestock enclosure, and the graveyard has been neglected for many, many years. 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.
West side of Capitola Road approximately 1 mile south of MD Rte. 349. GPS Coordinates: 38° 17' 09' N ~ 75° 49' 46' W.
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Burials in the Moore - White Family Cemetery:
- George W. MOORE b. May 8, 1846 d. Jan. 26,1929
- Mary Christiana MOORE b. Sep. 22 (or 23), 1850 (or 1856) d. Apr. 29, 1905
- Naaman William MOORE, son of George W. & Mary Christiana Moore, b. Nov. 20, 1875 d. Jan. 14, 1899
- Betsey A. WHITE b. Feb. 1, 1813 d. Oct. 31, 1875
- Henry J. WHITE b. Nov. 27, 1826 d. Mar. 24, 1903?
- John T. WHITE b. Oct. 4, 1823 d. May 26, 1868
- Mary V. C. WHITE, dau. of Henry J. & Margaret F. White, d. Sep. 9, 1854 aged 18 mos.
- Capt. Samuel WHITE d. Mar. 24, 1861 aged 60 yrs. 1 mo. 11 days
- D.E. FORESTER, Lois L. MOORE, wife of C. D. Forester, b. Mar. 17, 1886 d. Jan. 22, 1922
- Joshua Howard WAINWRIGHT b. Sept. 11, 1848 d. Mar. 15, 1923
- Suzanna W. WILSON b. Mar. 8, 1852 d. July 9, 1918
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washi
Cartographer
Reged: 05/15/06
Posts: 158
Loc: Osaka, Japan
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This is an interesting post. Normally I cringe a bit when posts in History Illustrated Forum shade off merely toward “what happened in the past” and away from “events, people, and places that shaped the lives of significant numbers of others that were not directly involved,” but your post caught my attention sufficiently to make me download it. Your photographs and the specific details you provided about your exploration of the place reminded me that the lives and ways of living of people who (like most of us) send forth only tiny ripples, really have a place in history, too.
And genealogists will love it. I pasted a random name from your list into a search engine within a short time after you posted, and already your post was at the top of the search results.
If you ever decide to revise your post, I’d suggest you provide some sense of the location for the benefit of those who access it from this forum, rather than from Google Earth itself, where of course the location is obvious. You also left me wanting to know a little more about the history of the farm and the region.
Nice work. I hope to see more of it.
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