The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-08-23

have time to visit He says, however, that
there are at present no very old grave stones
there-at least none with inscriptions.
Tradition informs us" says Mr.. Leakn,
"that about fifteen years after the abandon
mcnt Of Old Baltimore MS the county seat
which was in 1900, the bodies buried there
were removed to the old church mt Gravelly,
some three or four miles distant" presently
to he more particularly noticed. |, however,
met with several elderly persons in that vCin-
ity who doubted the truth of that tradition.
They would only 20 50 far as to admit that
it was not impossible Mr.. Lcakin, to whom
| since wrote upon the subject, replied, in
substance, that strong confirmation is given
to the tradition by the fact that the early
English settlers Whereabouts undoubtedly
bought with them their home customs, among
/ which was that of buryng their dead in the
grave yard surrounding the church. But
/ even il this he granted, why should they
I have buried their dead at Old Baltimore in
the first instance, where there was certainly
no church, when this church ut Gravelly is
admitted by Mr.. Leakn, and Others who
have examined the subject, 10 have existed
at The very beginning Of Old Baltimore, ifnot
| prior to its establishment Moreover, the
original Oshorns were Engsh, and Mr..
/ Michael Il descendant, says they were all
/ buried at point (tlready indiCatCd) mile
| or two from Old Baltimore, in Il direction
quite away from the old Church-sO that
/ they, AT least, could not have followed the
/ custom referred to-
| Inasmuch, therefore, AS Old Baltimore as
| well us the church at Grayelly, must have had
! its local burial place from the beginning, can
/ not help thinking that, although few Of the
! dead may have been removed to that church
at Cr the deCalcuCe OF the town, the removal
I st.. -. ,.1
| bounds attached to the public cemetery were
gradually oncroachcd upon by the tiller of
the land, whoever lie may have been, after
the enclosure Disappeared, until it was
| reduced to its present contracted limits, when
| probably some LEGS spCliligOus person come
! into POSSESSION and saved il from total Ob,it-
| Grafton And it is not unlikely that the re-
mains Of many still lie there outside of the
/ present limits without even depression to
show the exact spot, the p.owshare passing
| every year above their ashes. William
| Osborn and his immediate family were pro-
| badly inferred here in the first instance, and
after the abandonment of the town were re-
moved to the private hurymg ground on the
| tract already referred TO- which was, no
| doubt owned at the time by one Of his de-
! SCcndants.
| IT, ms has been asserted, the dead were really
removed to ChurChyard about fifteen years
/ land it may have been II few years longer
after the dccadehcc OF old Baltimore, II
! WOuIu oc more reasohanie 10 suppose lnht
the place OF their re-lhtcrmeht was not Inc
old church, theh last gong 10 rum, out the
new one which was commenced IN HIS, Mt
! Spcsulic. II this was done, however, there
hre no stones marking their graves, none at
least beating inscriptions.
Inc only t"inDstones now standing III inc
! ,rr, y.yutl ot (lli Rnltipprp urn tl,,sn pf lac
ImiIlpS, ms Wlte NWho was me sister OF
Governor iAcaJ ana lhrcc OF 'hcIr seven
children. a me Slan OF marble iuliy SIX ieet
long and three IN width marks the graves OF
the parents 1T l. supported upon SIX mar
bic blocks, which lh turn rest upon slab
OF the same material and OF the same dlmen-
sion ct the upper one but now almost buried
IN the accumulated earth ana leaves. The
superintendent slab bears an crip'lon, the
! following copy OF which was taken last SUM-
mer by MIR. Michael
Beneath thls TOMB Is deposited the BODY
OF James IhlIlps, ana also, IN compliance
with his dying request, the BODY OF ms WE,
Martha Phillips, daughter OF John ana Eliza
beth Iaca. Married June 20lh, liOs. DIcu
March 9th, 1922, having survived her hus-
band 2GyeaIs,'
The other three graves have each neat
head and foot stone OF marble. They bear
| the following rec ordS, also taken ny MI
Michael;
SACRED to the memory OF William Pttt
Ihi''lPS' VINO "'e" '"'y ~o'"' l''i' III MS
lltI year p,..,,.--
!. ~ n.cIli.IS :" ao 3"l'h ~ ~" niIaps VIM
uIeI Sept %'tii' loV+' "scu - years hioh'hs
ana " unys. ,... p,.n.. T. ,,
:. IN :, memory "i '"lheS "'II'PS' 'ir VIA ~
4'cu reo' lo'll' lolS, "seu I'll years ana ~
u"yS; ,., mint.
Matha, ,hG U,iS c"iiu VI '"''cs h'''PS'
| JF, WHirlcd Ni''la'h "ca--nV'' hu"eNel'
NE goou Governor ana lnih"ilhl pH'l'o', Du'
NilllG,n lhe lhIamoue, whose a'i"clo o5 uctu,
! so wen SHOWN 10 all was a'h'", sMhiicien'iy
heih0us 10 obscure 'he lame oi his lI'uS'fious
gt@husifc. p,,. g.,
None VI jag. mn Ups o'i'' 9'"u' ,".us'.
are purIea mere may say however, lhal
'hcy an married. ana ha' issue Ohe 0i t"ciH
was inc mother OF the ln,e Judge "les' anu
announcer married ~ nos nicHe'; one VI
| whose granuihughtets Is MISS hooef"
Archer "I f'I Ar
! The Point said to have been fir st called
! Old House Point, hut now marked on the
map of the county, Chillbury Poinl,l where
the old wharf stool is, at this time, very
modest projection, indeed, reaching out but