Contents
Descriptive Summary
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: General Records
Series 4: Legal and Financial Records
Series 5: Miscellaneous
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Finding aid for West River Quaker Burial Ground Records,
1862-1994 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff2007
| | | | | Creator | West River Quaker Burial Ground | | Title | West River Quaker Burial Ground Records
| | Dates: | 1862-1994 | | Abstract: | Although Thomas Hooker devised a small plot of
land to Friends in 1684 and Ann Pemberton deeded adjacent ground in 1833, the
State of Maryland confirmed a 1867 deed when it incorporated Trustees for the
"Quaker Burial Ground" in Galesville in 1888. This latter group of Trustees was
made up of individuals whose families were interred in the ground, not
necessarily all Quakers. However, in 1994, their successors petitioned
Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting to take responsibility for the site; the Quarterly
Meeting approved and appointed three Friends and one of the previous Trustees
to a new Board. Collection includes records of the West River Quaker Burial
Ground, 1862-1994. Consists of Minutes of the Trustees, General Records,
Correspondence, Financial Records, and Miscellaneous. Financial materials
include records of lot owners and sale of lots. Historical information is found
in Miscellaneous | | Extent: | 1.5 linear feet | | Identification: | RG4/114 | | Location: | For current information on the location of
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. | | Location: | |
In 1656, Elizabeth Harris, an English Friend, visited Maryland and
converted a number of early residents; George Fox and William Edmundson
attended a meeting at West River in 1672. Minutes of the monthly meeting which
included West River survive from 1677. Although Thomas Hooker devised a small plot of land to Friends in
1684 and Ann Pemberton deeded adjacent ground in 1833, the State of Maryland
confirmed a 1867 deed when it incorporated Trustees for the "Quaker Burial
Ground" in Galesville in 1888. This latter group of Trustees was made up of
individuals whose families were interred in the ground, not necessarily all
Quakers. However, in 1994, their successors petitioned Chesapeake Quarterly
Meeting to take responsibility for the site; the Quarterly Meeting approved and
appointed three Friends and one of the previous Trustees to a new Board. Return to the Table of Contents
Records of the West River Quaker Burial Ground, 1862-1994. Consists of
Minutes of the Trustees, General Records, Correspondence, Financial Records,
and Miscellaneous. Financial materials include records of lot owners and sale
of lots. Historical information is found in Miscellaneous. Organized into five series: Organization:MinutesCorrespondenceGeneralLegal & Financial RecordsMiscellaneousReturn to the Table of Contents
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these
headings: Return to the Table of Contents
Series 1: Minutes
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| Minutes
1867-1894; 1896-1937 1 folder Volume includes Memoranda relating to the burying ground, a
history of the Burial Ground before 1867 and a description of the lot (pp.1-6),
minutes, 1867-1937 (pp.6-41), and Treasurer's Accounts, 1868-1937 (pp.60-127).
Also includes photocopy.
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| Minutes (copy)
1979-1994 1 folder |
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| Incorporation
February 15, 1888 1 folder Photocopy of Act to Incorporate Trustees of the West River
Quaker Burial Ground, as printed in Laws of Maryland, 1888.
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| Trustee Appointments (copy)
1882, 1937-1978 1 folder |
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| Administration change to Baltimore Yearly
Meeting
1990-1994 1 folder Photocopy of correspondence related to the transfer of oversight
in 1994.
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Series 2: Correspondence
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| Correspondence of Trustee President (copy)
1937-1974 1 folder Includes legal papers, insurance, workman's compensation, burial
ground regulations, lot purchases, maintenance, history
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| Correspondence of Trustee President (copy)
1978-1994 1 folder Cost of lots, sale of perpetual care lots, burial rates, lot
locations, appeal letters, maintenance, genealogy, approach to Baltimore Yearly
Meeting to resume oversight of burial ground
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| Correspondence of Secretary-Treasurer (copy)
1948-1993 1 folder Annual care payments, lot locations, genealogy. Arranged
alphabetically. Includes index of correspondants.
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| Correspondence of Secretary-Treasurer (copy)
1951-1959 1 folder Due bills, requests for perpetual care lots, unauthorized grave
openings, need for burial rules.
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Series 3: General Records
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| General Records (copy)
1867-1942 1 folder Folders: 1867-74 & 1882-1906; 1933-34; 1/1935-7/1935;
8/1935-10/1935; 11/1935; 12/1935; 1/1936-3/1936; 4/1936-12/1936; 1/1937-9/1937;
10/1937-5/1939; 6/1939-5/1942. Includes property deeds, financial accounts,
correspondence, tire insurance, annual care payments, sale of lots,
maintenance, historic markers, genealogy
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Series 4: Legal and Financial Records
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| Legal ("Principle") Papers (copy)
1683-1936 1 folder Wills, deeds. Indexed
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| Financial Reports (copy)
1868-1936 1 folder Photocopies of financial records in book of minutes, 1867-1894;
1896-1937 (See: Series 1)
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| Financial Reports (copy)
1936-1957 1 folder General Accounts
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| Cost of lots (copy)
1867-1993 1 folder |
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| Sale of lots (copy)
1883;1868-1929; 1868-87; 1882-1944; 1911-36 1 folder |
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| "Lot owners"
1950-1960 1 folder One volume account book with annual care payments by lot owners,
1950-1960; includes, in back of book, a list of lots sold from 1882-1956; file
includes photocopies.
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| "Lot owners"
1960-1979 1 folder One volume account book with annual care payments by lot owners,
1960-1979, and financial reports, 1960-1979.
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| "Lot owners" (copy)
1974-1984 1 folder Annual care payments
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| Receipts for lot purchases and related
correspondence
1869-1906 1 folder |
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| Vouchers
1928-1937 1 folder Bills for grave markers and maintenance expenses; file also
includes a set of photocopies.
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| Annual care payments
1957-1967 1 folder One volume of annual care payments, 1957-1967, with a 1973
notation that the cost of lot care was raised from $4. to $8.
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| Annual care payments (copy)
1947-1994 1 folder Original receipt (1947) and photocopies of records of annual
care payments, 1947-1994.
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| Perpetual care requests and receipts (copy)
1960-1970 1 folder |
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| Perpetual care records (copy)
1960-1984 1 folder |
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| Annual care delinquent accounts (copy)
1988-1990 1 folder |
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| Annual appeal letters (copy)
1935-1990 1 folder |
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| Annual appeal mailing lists (copy)
1935; 1979 1 folder |
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| Contributions (copy)
1963-1994 1 folder |
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| Tax information (copy)
1963-1979 1 folder |
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| Maintenance: employees (copy)
1993 1 folder |
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| Maintenance: the wall
1948-1962 1 folder Original contract and photocopies of correspondence related to
the retaining wall; also includes copy of blueprint of grounds.
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| Maintenance: the fence
1935-1936; 1983; 1987 1 folder Originals and photocopies of correspondence related to the
fence; also includes photographs and drawings
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| 1813 Deed (ms. copy) and Ensor Street
Documents
1936 & n.d. 1 folder |
Series 5: Miscellaneous
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| Burial lists
1936 1 folder Photocopies of lists of burials in West River from 1911-1935 by
T.A. Hardesty & Son, 1936, and recorded by Reginald Claytor, 1928-36.
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| Form letters (copy)
1959-68 & n.d. 1 folder annual care dues, rules for opening graves, records updating,
diligent dues, certificate of perpetual care
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| Burial regulations
1894-1950 & n.d. 1 folder Original and photocopies of burial regulations, 1894-1950 &
n.d.
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| Burial ground directory (copy)
1982-1983 1 folder Two lists of interments, alphabetical and by plot number,
1982
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| Burial ground plot
1982 1 folder Pencil sketch of burial ground showing plot numbers.
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| Other cemeteries (copy)
n.d. 1 folder Literature from local church and private cemeteries
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| Celebrations: 250th anniversary of founding of Baltimore
Yearly Meeting May 1922
1922 1 folder |
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| Celebrations: Tercentenary Celebration, Galesville,
Maryland August 16-17, 1952 (copy)
1952 1 folder |
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| News clippings (copies)
1922-1994 1 folder |
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| Historic road markers (copy)
1935 1 folder Proposed text and related correspondence relative to historic
markers.
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| Historic trees, Galesville, Maryland (copy)
1992 & n.d. 1 folder Correspondence and news article on oak trees adjacent to the
burial ground
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| Published historical accounts (copy)
1896-1967 1 folder Photocopies of articles relative to Maryland Quakers.
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| Lists of births, deaths, marriages on the Western shore
of Maryland, 1658-1780 (copy)
1972-1974 1 folder Photocopies of articles with vital record information by John J.
Brinkley, published in the Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin from 1972 to
1974.
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| Sufferings of Eastern and Western Shore
(copy)
1972, 1984 1 folder Photocopies of articles from the Maryland Genealogical Society
Bulletin (1972) by John J. Brinkley, and The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist
(1984) by LaVerne Forbush on early Quaker sufferings.
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| Private family cemeteries: Cedar Park, Tulip Hill,
Sudley, Lothian (copy)
n.d. 1 folder Lists of burials.
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