Lauren, Washington Co. List I was wondering if there is a MAP of Boonsboro showing the land tracts "Beals Chance" or "Fellowship" that Boonsboro was formed from. I am platting deeds in and around the area and the location of "Beals Chance" within Boonsboro is critical to accurately placing the plats. Thanks for your time. Sincerely, Bill Good -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lauren Brantner Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunk Cemetery Williams' History of Wash Co Md says the church which was called "Shank's Church" dates to circa 1750 and that it was a log structure that predated the town of Boonsboro and was the forerunner of Trinity Reformed in Boonsboro. The first service in Trinity in Boonsboro was in 1802. It is on page 472 - also has some land transaction information. There is a description of an fence enclosed churchyard cemetery. Lauren Brantner --- On Sun, 8/14/11, Marilee Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Marilee Cunningham <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunk Cemetery > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 7:19 PM > More info on the cemetery can be > found if you google WA-II-048 and > WA-II-078, Maryland Historical Trust.  Apparently, the > name is either > Shunk's or Shank's and the cemetery was attached to an > early Reformed German > church on the site.  The WA-II-078 paper has photos of > the cemetery from > 1974 when the Trust was working to name it as an historical > site. > Marilee > > On 8/14/11 1:08 PM, "Marilee Cunningham" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > So interesting, Lauren, especially about the different > names for the cemetery. > > The Boonsboro Museum had it listed as Lydia Shunk from > the History of > > Boonesboro by John Bast.  It did seem odd to me > that it wouldn't have been > > documented previously with all the great genealogist > around. > > > > I will take the suggestions (take photos, list > whatever is legible, etc and > > then can compare with what is in the Washington County > Cemetery records.  I'll > > also ask the owner of the farm what he knows about it. > Per find-a-grave, at > > this point, wonder what the best name would be to list > it under - the name in > > the Washington County Cemetery list would be the most > logical but b maybe let > > me get back to you after I talk with folks there. > > > > Thanks for all the info and advice - I will let you > all know what I come up > > with.  > > > > Marilee > > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:55:57 -0400 > >> From: Tracy Mills <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > >> To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >> > >> It would also be awesome, should you make a list, > to donate a copy to the > >> cemetery project on rootsweb. > >> > >> Tracy > >> > >> On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:46 PM, [email protected] > wrote: > >> > >>> If there are just the 50, you might get > atleast one person to go with you > >>> and  record all of them that are legible > That way there is a record of > >>> them. You could donate the list to the Western > Maryland Room at the library > >>> or  > >>> the Historical Society. > >>> > >>> > >>> In a message dated 8/13/2011 9:00:36 P.M. > Central Daylight Time, > >>> [email protected] > writes: > >>> > >>> I found  out recently from the gentleman > at the Boonsboro Museum that there > >>> is an  old cemetery, the Lydia Shunks > Cemetery, outside of Boonsboro in a > >>> field of  a farm.  I went there last > week but it has electric fences  around > >>> because of the cows on the farm.  I spoke > to the owner, who  said he will > >>> help me to get through the fences some > evening. He said there  are about 50 > >>> old graves in it.  I plan to go to see it > and hope there  might be some of > >>> my > >>> ancestors there who I have not found to > date  (especially Anthony Baltzer, a > >>> Revolutionary War veteran who died in  > 1842).  I wondered if anyone else has > >>> been there or knows anything  about it or > would like me to look for anyone > >>> when I visit it. > >>> > >>> Marilee Cunningham > >> > > ----------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 3 > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:39:24 -0400 > >> From: "Gordon Crooks" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > >> reply-type=original > >> > >> Marilee: Be sure to take a camera and record the > cemetery and try and get > >> the names etc from the stones. There may abnd may > not be a record of these > >> and its important to record them. I have > personally done this many times. > >> > >>              >          Gordon Crooks > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Marilee Cunningham" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:00 PM > >> Subject: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> > >>> Message: 3 > >>> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:46:36 -0400 (EDT) > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >>> > >>> If there are just the 50, you might get > atleast one person to go with you > >>> and  record all of them that are legible > That way there is a record of > >>> them. You could donate the list to the Western > Maryland Room at the library > >>> or > >>> the Historical Society. > > > > > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> Message: 5 > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:43:27 -0400 > >> From: Joan Majtenyi <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Message-ID: <CA6D574F.9871%[email protected]> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >> > >> I agree, that would be wonderful. I am > particularly interested in any > >> Walkers who might be in that cemetery. Joan > Majtenyi > >> > >> > >> On 8/13/11 10:46 PM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> Message: 6 > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:56:23 -0400 > >> From: "J. Michael Hahn" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > >> To: [email protected] > >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >> > >> Marilee, > >> > >> I checked findagrave.com the cemetery is not > listed. I would like to add > >> the information if you please. > >> > >> Mike > >> --------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 7 > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:31:36 -0700 (PDT) > >> From: Lauren Brantner <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > >> To: [email protected] > >> Message-ID: > >> <[email protected]> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >> > >> The cemetery was read by Samuel Webster Piper > before 1935-36 and is in Vol. > >> II > >> of Washington County Maryland Cemetery Records by > Morrow and Morrow. P. 91 > >> SHANG Graveyard, Boonsboro, MD. First Church > located here, Called Adam or > >> George Kealhofer Farm. > >> > >> There is a Dorothea SCHUPP buried there in 1805 as > well as Peter, Sophia and > >> Daniel SHANG.  There are also SCHOUPE/SCHUP > burials - no SHUNK in the > >> listing.  > >> At that point in time, there were quite a few > graves with descriptions like: > >> one grave plain stone, four graves plain stones, 2 > graves no markers or > >> twelve > >> graves plain markers. > >> > >> There isn't a Baltzer listed in volume 2. You > might ask the list for a lookup > >> in the other 6 volumes (there are 7 total). > >> > >> It would be interesting to compare that list with > what you find today. The > >> pictures are a great idea too. We have some family > stones that weathered away > >> between the 1980's when photos were taken to 2005 > when I visited the > >> graveyard > >> at Trinity Reformed in Boonsboro. Some stones just > didn't weather very well. > >> It is important to capture the photos and make > them available. > >> > >> Other names are Petre, Beeler, Weast, Hofman, > Evey, Schlecter, Spilmenin, > >> Bomberger, Knochelsingibo, Abel, Nicodemus, > Thomson, Stinger, Blecher, Wolf, > >> Nikirk, Neukerch, Schindel, Stinger, Haynes, Netz, > Beard, Easterday and > >> Dagenhart.  Petre graves were moved to the > Dunkard Church at Beaver Creek. > >> > >> Earliest burials in that list are Knochelsingibos > - Frederick died in 1788 > >> and > >> Elizabeth in 1779. > >> > >> Peter SHANG's stone is in German - June 4, 1726 - > 24 September 1801. > >> I don't know if this church site was a predeceser > of the Trinity church in > >> Boonsboro. I looked at it because I thought my > husband's ancestor Andreas > >> Brandner might be buried there. I still can't find > his burial. > >> > >> Lauren Brantner > >> > >> > >> --- On Sat, 8/13/11, Marilee Cunningham <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > > >> Message: 8 > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:46:24 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > >> From: Boni <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > >> To: [email protected], > [email protected] > >> Message-ID: > >> <[email protected]ink.net> > >> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >> > >> > >> take pictures of each stone and all broken > bits... > >> > >> check to see if the cemetery is listed in any > deed. > >> boni > >> www.nnygenealogy.com > >> stories in stone. > >>  > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message