Old Quaker Burying Ground
1672
Here April, 1672, George Fox, founder of Quakerism, opened the first General Meeting of Friends in Maryland, marking the beginning of West River Yearly Meeting and its successor, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends. Site of West River Quaker Meeting House.
Marker is at the intersection of Owensville Road (Maryland Route 255) and Muddy Creek Road (Maryland Route 468), on the left when traveling east on Owensville Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
