Frederick County, established 1748, county seat Frederick.
News from the County:
Frederick County Historic Preservation Plan (adopted 2007)
Noted Reinterments:
Intention of Maryland State Roads Commission to move certain Graves (1965) Whereas, the State Roads Commission of Maryland, in its contemplated improvement to US Route 15 from Frederick to the PA State Line, under the provision of Right of Way Project F-522-17-720 found it necessary to acquire a portion of the property of Robert D LEATHERMAN, which is located on the north side of MD Route 15, approximately 1000 feet west of the town of Lewistown, in Frederick Co, and Whereas, there is presently situated within the area to be acquired for said improvement to US Route 15 a burying ground contained several grave sites and markers. One marker dated 1784 has the name Ruth Engelbe MORGENSTERNIST inscribed thereon, and Whereas, the State Roads Commission of MD will, at its expense and in a decent and reverent manner, exhume and reinter or cause to be exhumed and reinterred, in the Lewistown Cemetery, located at Lewistown, MD, all the remains found in said burying ground, except in those cases where descendants may come forward to claim any of said remains for reinternment in places of their own choice, in which event the State Roads Commission of MD will fully reimburse said persons for all reasonable costs so incurred. (Portion from The News, Frederick, MD
Saturday May 15 1965)
Frederick County Cemetery Mapping Project (updated Mar 2023)
provided by Bryan Main
Helpful County Resources:
Frederick County – Sailor, Maryland’s Public Information Network
http://directory.sailor.lib.md.us
Frederick County Library System
Frederick County – MD Tombstone Transcription Project
www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/frederick.html
Frederick County Circuit Court
100 West Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 694-1976
Frederick County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 234
Monrovia, MD 21770-0234
www.frecogs.com
Historical Society of Frederick County
24 East Church Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Frederick County Home Page
www.hsfcinfo.org
Emmitsburg Historical Society
P. O. Box 463
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
www.emmitsburg.net/history/
Middletown Valley Historical Society
305 W. Main Street
P. O. Box 294
Middletown, MD 21769-0294
(301) 371-7582
http://mvhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/
Thurmont Historical Society
P. O. Box 251
11 N. Church Street
Thurmont, MD 21788-0251
(301) 271-1860
www.thurmonthistoricalsociety.org