| The cemetery presently known as "Baptist Cemetery" is traced to 1823, when a group of former members of Seneca Church organized the Bethel Baptist Church, bought a parcel of land on present S. Van Buren Street, opposite Great Falls Road and a short distance south of present W. Montgomery Avenue, Rockville, built a church and established a cemetery there. |
| In 1897 a southerly segment of the land was deeded to the Mayor and Council of Rockville, evidently to enable the westward extension of Jefferson Street to Van Buren Sreet. As a result, it was then necessary to relocate 16 graves to the Rockville Cemetery, according to minutes of the Mayor and Council of Rockville of May 4, 1897; in addition to which there were at least 3 other removals to Rockville Cemetery not mentioned in the Council minutes. | The congregation built a new church in 1908 on S. Washington Street Rockville, and at that time the then-existing church building on the old site was razed, leaving the cemetery as the only use of the parcel. The last known interment in the cemetery was that of William Veirs Bouic in 1896. | The information here presented is made possible by the kind assistance and cooperation of Peerless Rockville, an organization devoted to the restoration and preservation of Rockville's past, the present owner of the cemetery. | John D. Bowman (Cewtal@aol.com) May, 2003 |
| NAME | DOB | DOD | INSCRIPTION/SHARES STONE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemetery Sign | |||
| ALBY, Elizabeth, Mrs. | 12/31/1856 | ||
| AUSTIN, William Nelson | 1792 | 9/23/1864 | Aged 72 years |
| BOGLEY, Ada B. | 2/10/1872 | 6/11/1874 | Child of William A. & Isabel | Shares tombstone with Clarence & Eugene |
| BOGLEY, Clarence N. | 3/15/1881 | 9/91881 | Child of William A. & Isabel |
| BOGLEY, Eugene | 9/28/1876 | 1881 | Child of William A. & Isabel |
| BOGLEY, Grace | 1/6/1881 | Age 18 | Daughter of R.A. Bogley | |
| BOGLEY, Mary A. | 4/8/1883 | Wife of John | |
| BOHRER, Cornelia L. | 1825 | 9/10/1874 | Removed to Rockville Cemetery 1897 |
| BOHRER, Wallace A. | 1847 | 1864 | Removed to Rockville Cemetery 1897 |
| BOUIC, Louis Aubrey | 5/12/1871 | 2/14/1872 | Infant son of Alice A. & W. Veirs Bouic, Jr. | With God |
| BOUIC, Mary | 1845 | 5/19/1849 | Aged 4Y-5M | Daughter of William V. & Mary A. |
| BOUIC, Mary A.M. | 1816 | 1888 | Nee VEIRS: Eldest Daughter of Samuel C. | Wife of William Veirs Bouic | Safe at Home |
| BOUIC, Mrs. | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| BOUIC, Peter A. | 1802 | 1/10/1860 | Moved to Rockville Cemetery |
| BOUIC, Unnamed child | Of ‘Mrs” Bouic | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| BOUIC, William Veirs | 1816 | 1896 | Lawyer | Married Mary, eldest daughter of Samuel C. & Julianna Veirs |
| BRADDOCK, Annie | 1856 | Aged 3M-8D | Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of ____ | |
| BRADDOCK, Elizabeth | 1854 | 12 Dec 1870 | Aged 16Y-7M-4D | At home with loved ones above |
| BRADDOCK, Isaiah | 26 Jul 1848 | 13 Jul 1866 | Son of William & Roberta V. | He rests in peace |
| BRADDOCK, John P. | 1845 | 1864 | Aged 19Y-2M-26D | A dutiful and loving son, a kind and affectionate brother |
| BRADDOCK, Mary R. | 1852 | 11 Sept 1864 | Sged 12 yrs, 9 mos & 3 days | She is not lost but gone before |
| BRADDOCK, Roberta V. | 1826 | 1866 | Asleep in Jesus |
| BRADDOCK, William | 1818 | 10/31/1850 | |
| BRADDOCK, William, Jr. | 30 Jun 1850 | 15 Dec 1868 | Age 18 yr, 4 mo & 25 d | Asleep in Jesus' blessed sleep |
| BREWER, John | 9/14/1804 | 7/10/1866 | Second son of William & Mary R. |
| CAMPBELL, John L. | 1837 | 01 Nov 1839 | Sacred to the memory of … son of GW & MA Campbell who departed this life … aged 21 months | Weep not for me oh mother dear but to my savior look. Twas _ _ _ my spirit__; My name is in his book | Oldest remaining stone |
| CASE, Unnamed Man | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| DAVIS, Unnamed Child | Of Mrs. William Davis | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| DAVIS, Unnamed Child | Of Mrs. William Davis | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| DAVIS, William, Mrs. | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| GREEN, Alice R. | 3/6/1860 | 3/291881 | |
| GREEN, Melchisadek | 1890 | Reported in Sentinel, but no other record | A commissioner of Rockville 15 years | |
| GREEN, Rebecca | 1825 | 24 Feb 1884 | Wife of Melchisadek | In memory of … ; died … | Aged 59Y-7M-3D | No pain, no grief, no anxious fear can reach the peaceful sleeper here |
| GREEN, Richard Clyde | 3/20/1885 | Son of ‘M’ | |
| HANCE, Unnamed Child | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| HANCE, William R. | 1818 | 4/2/1878 | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 |
| HANEY, Eliza P. | 1875 | 1875 | |
| HANEY, Leonora | 3/15/1889 | Age 19 | Daughter of Joseph | |
| HANEY, Rosa | 2/16/1889 | Age 24 | Daughter of Joseph M. | |
| HOFFMAN, Unnamed Man | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| HORNER, Elizabeth | 1875 | ||
| JONES, Ellen Brewer | 7/22/1845 | 7/21/1876 | Wife of Spencer C. | Daughter of John & Elizabeth S. Brewer. |
| KEYS, Belle | 8/__/1876 | 11/29/1878 | “Little” Belle Keys | Daughter of John W. Keys & Josephine Riley |
| LITCEY [?], Unnamed Child | Removed to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| MONDAY, Margaret C. | 3/24/1859 | Age 23 | Wife of Bernard | |
| MULFINGER, Unnamed Child | Removed to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| PATTERSON, George C. | 1815 | 1889 | In memory of … son of Dr Thomas Patterson | Twice a member of the Maryland legislature | Librarian to U.S. House of Representatives | Killed in train accident |
| PATTERSON, Thomas, Dr. | 1767 | 1848 | Tombstone now missing | Was librarian to U.S. House of Representatives. |
| RICKETTS, Mary Ella | 1858 | 12/10/1882 | In memoriam of … beloved wife of Ulysses Magruder Ricketts | Age 24 yrs, 9 mons & 26 days | It was midday's silent hour, when all was hushed to rest, thy gentle spirit took its flight, to mansions of the blest | Killed in buggy/train accident |
| RILEY, B. F. | Dec.1845 | 8/21/1872 | |
| RILEY, Isaac | 7/5/1850 | ||
| ROBERTSON, Unnamed Child | Removed to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| SELBY, Brice | 1811 | Infant | 3 months | No present marker | |
| SELBY, Brice | 1774 | 4/15/1844 | Sacred to the memory of … who departed this life … age 70 years | Member House of Delegates | Judge of Orphan's Court | Sheriff | Clerk of the Circuit Court |
| SLAVES, Unnamed | |||
| SMITH, Charles | 1817 | 8/13/1845 | Sacred to the memory of … Aged 25? yrs |
| SOMMERS, Clarence | 1858 | ||
| SOMMERS, Edwin | 1870 | Age 15 months | In memory of …, son of A.H. & V Sommers | |
| SOMMERS, Virginia Sophia | Abt. 1845 | 5/17/1872 | In the 44th? Year of her Age | Wife of Dr. Abraham H | second daughter of Samuel C. Veirs & Julianna | In memory of … an affectionate wife & devoted mother |
| SOMMERS, William W. | 2/23/1863 | 12/11/1878 | In memory of Willie W. son of A.H. & Virginia |
| SPATES, Charles | 1790 | 10/15/1873 | Sacred to the memory of … Aged 81? years |
| SPATES, Ruth | 6/17/1788 | 10/13/1866 | Sacred to the memory of …, wife of Charles Spates | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord |
| STEPHEN, Mary | 1807 | 1850 | In memory of … |
| VEIRS, Clarence | Age 25 months | Son of __ & Sarah | ||
| VEIRS, Henry Franklin | 03 May 1891 | Age 72 | |
| VEIRS, Julianna | 24 May 1794 | 27 Nov 1878 | Youngest daughter of Dr. Diffendorfer of Baltimore | Sacred to the memory of … wife of Samuel Clark Veirs |
| VEIRS, Samuel Clark | 1798 | 08 Nov 1872 | Sacred to the memory of … a beloved husband and father who fell asleep in the arms of his Savior … in the 75th year of his age | Owned 'Veirs' Mill from which the road takes its name |
| VEIRS, Unknown | |||
| VINSON, Thos. F. W., Col. | 1785 | 9/8/1843 | |
| WHITE, George, Mrs. | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
| WHITE, Unnamed Child | Of Mrs. George White | Moved to Rockville Cemetery 1897 | ||
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