Presbyterian Church Cemetery

John Sadler deeded this land to the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of York Springs (then known as Petersburg) on October 4, 1858. The chapel was destroyed by fire in 1897 and a new church building was erected on Main ...

Paint Lick Presbyterian Church/Paint Lick Cemetery

Founded 1784 by Rev. David Rice. Early elders of the church: Thomas Maxwell, Alexander Henderson, James Woods, Samuel Woods, Robert Brank, George Denny, Robert Henry. First located in Paint Lick Cemetery. Second building erected circa 1830 on present site. During ...

Olde Greenfield Church and Historic Cemetery

In Memory of Rev. T.C. Gregory

This site, along with 19,600 acres, was purchased through a state land lottery, September, 1843-44, by Rev. Eli Graves, formerly of Vermont. In March, 1848, all was sold to his brother, Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Joel ...

St. Mary’s Church and Cemetery

Mudd Meets Booth

On November 13, 1864, here at St. Mary’s Catholic

Church, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was introduced to John

Wilkes Booth, the future assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Booth had come to Charles County to

contact the Confederate underground here and recruit

men ...

Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church and Vaughn’s Cemetery

Established in 1833 when James and Susannah Vaughn donated 5.7 acres of land to the Mt. Pleasant congregation. After Judge John Perkins donated an adjacent 5-acre plot to the congregation in 1851, the church was moved and the original site ...