Hello everyone, In the Jan. 5, 2000 issue of the CAROLINE PROGRESS there is an article about the Dickinson Cemetery. Thought maybe I would pass on a few quotes from the article which was written by A.G. Hutchins. Apparently a new subdivision is planned for the area and the concern is over the disturbance of the cemetery. I'll watch for updates in the coming weeks. "Only vague and worn down descriptions are left to tell the tale of the Old Dickinson Cemetery. The history of the location and dates of the gravesites vary due to the lack of written records. The Dickinson family were among one of the first settlers of Bowling Green in 1737. Records state that Dickinson purchased land that consisted of 900 acres, located off of what is now Main St. He built a house and plantation that had changed remarkably over the years, through the various owners and natural disasters. After the death of Mr. Dickinson and his wife, Dr. William Winston Roper bought the home and may have made some slight changes in the layout of where some of the slave quarters were and where some of the stables were. The family name of the home changed once again when the land was left to the daughter of Mr. Roper, Mrs. Sallie Raines. In turn she left the home to her son, Roper Raines, in 1932. The layout of the plantation has been lost over the years so the location of the burial sites is foggy. Documents found state that Mrs. Roper Raines was one of the informants that had said the location of the old gravesite was in a group of old locust trees that are about 30 yards east of the Old Dickinson house. Ten bodies are buried there and it is marked with one large monument. Today, these trees are no longer standing due to a storm that came through Bowling Green in 1969. It is not recorded whether or not the monument was knocked over or if the once standing iron gate fell during that storm. (Herb Collins is quoted as saying the monument was not moved, just things around it. He also states hearing about the locust trees being dug up.) Another local resident says Antioch Church was once used as a marker of the gravesite. Records show this church burned down but another was built right to the side of the original. Herb Collins describes in his book PRIVATE CEMETERIES, the location of the mass grave and that is can be found about 90 yards behind the Reynold home which is where the original Antioch Church stood. The Historical Society of Caroline County refused to comment when asked for information about the location of the cemetery...." I checked in Herb Collins's book and he further states that "at one time there were memorial windows in Antioch Christian Church to commerorate 2 people buried there: Festus and Elizabeth B. Dickinson. As a gift to their son, Col. A.G. Dickinson, the windows were dedicated Dec. 4, 1887, but destroyed when the church burned in the Spring of 1892." The names listed on this page were in addition to Festus and Elizabeth, their children Julia M., William Allen, Elizabeth B. and William Festus (son of William Festus and Julia M. Dickinson.) Also: Ellen B. Brashear, Mary Ann Brashear, Dr. Saml. Dickinson and his wife Evelina." (p. 56)