1) Memories of the Old Homestead
2) Garrett County, MD Historical Roadside
Markers
3) "British" Gen. Braddock's
March Through Garrett County, MD
on Way to Ft. Duquesne in 1755 Accompanied
By "Col." George
Washington (French & Indian War)
4) Known Revolutionary War Veteran’s
of Garrett County, MD
5) Cemetery Access Law
6) Garrett County, MD Related Web Links
1) Memories of the Old Homestead
(Composed and Written by: Delphine "Dellie" Americus (Savage) Branton, about 1900, about the old Savage Home and surrounding Sang Run area of Garrett County, MD. )
1 The old homestead is dear to me
16 The oriole our native bird,
By "Yough" river flowing dreamily.
Wears Marylands colors as you've heard.
Moss covered rocks, wild flowers and trees,
And builds their nests secure and high,
There perfume floating on the breeze.
To hide from each curious eye.
2 The old fireside I seem to see,
17 In a pond not far away,.
Our parents seated centrally
Frogs are croaking and do say,
We children circled around to hear,
Spring has come and so have we,
Fathers bedtime stories we loved so dear.
No more winter now you'll see.
3 Mothers knitting needles did fly,
18 The meadow lark and wipporwill,
While fathers pleasantries, Oh My!
Come later in the season still.
He told us of the pioneers,
The buttercup and daisies do,
The red man, the bear and deer.
Bring their messages to us too.
4 Hunting tales he told galore,
19 In the morn at break of day,
Of wild deer grazing near the door.
I can hear my father say.
Tales of interest he had in store,
"Children arise, I have some hay,
Until bed time, so now, no more.
In yon meadow to make today".
5 To the family alter now we turned,
20 Then the gentle patter of mothers feet,
To hear Gods word and there we learned.
And her sweet smile as each she greets.
Of God and Christ his son,
As we'd descend from the stairway door,
And of our eternal home.
And land upon the kitchen floor.
6 Then soon in pleasant dreams were we,
21 Then from the barn yard soft and clear,
Nothing to worry, we were carefree.
Our fathers voice in song we'd hear.
Living in peace with all you see,
"Soy in the morn thy seed at eve,
How could we help but happy be.
Hold not thy hand to doubts and fears".
7 The old sugar camp I now can see,
22 The fragrance of new mown hay,
On Indian tablets keeping our diary.
Is wafted from the fields where lay.
Where brother and sisters too,
The harvest now is in full sway,
Penciled each happening new.
And busy as bees are we all day.
8 The sweet sap did drip and flow,
23 The cows low "moo" for pastures new,
From maple trees tapped high and low.
The lambs romp, and play too.
The syrup and sugar too,
From pasture fields they do view,
We all enjoyed the season through.
Fresher food and streams anew.
9 It was so pleasant there to be,
24 When evening falls this time of year,
The robins trilling from tree to tree.
With the weather cool and clear.
The turtle doves soft coo,
The harvest moon with silver light,
Was quite enchanting too.
Did make the night always bright.
10 While other birds joined in anew,
25 The twilight steals o'er vale and hill,
A rippling brook flowed gently through.
And all is now hushed and still.
Which caused us neither tear nor sigh,
When bright stars begin to peep,
Above this scene the deep blue sky.
The nightingale is not asleep.
11 How close to nature we may be,
26 In autumn we gathered the ripening fruit,
While we roam among the trees.
Placing them neatly in our "Root".
Where squirrels are scampering wild and free,
When Jack Frost we soon preceived,
And birds caroling sweet songs to me.
And gorgeous coloring of the leaves.
12 And violets vie with roses sweet,
27 The chestnuts fall now to the ground,
Their perfume wafting each to greet.
The winds shrill whistle tells in sound.
They bloom from spring till late in June,
That old king winter is coming round,
And sometimes till the harvest moon.
And will spread his white mantle down.
13 The speckled beauties of some stream,
28 The winter we enjoyed all through,
Of Garrett County is no dream.
At school we had lessons to do.
But the fishes multiply and team,
We had coasting and skating too,
Till these beauties have no chance it seems.
And school mates old and many new.
14 The mountain top seems not too high,
29 Some years have now passed away,
Its purple crest in beauty lie.
The old homestead in ashes lay.
Against the sky we see the green,
And parents, brother and sisters too obey,
The wooded wonder it would seem.
Their call to go to heaven to stay.
15 Pink arbutus peeping through,
30 We hope to meet them on that shore,
Its foliage all wet with dew.
Where pain and sorrow we know no more.
And ferns so cool and new,
Our kindred, friends and school mates too,
How pretty and fragrant too.
Let us all meet them ------ won't you.
2) Garrett County, MD Historical Roadside Markers
A. “Charles Friend’s Home, George Washington stopped here September
26, 1784 on his
trip to determine a feasible passage between the Potomac and
the Ohio for a canal or easy
portage between these rivers as a passage to the Western Territory.
Erected by State
Roads Commission.”
Located between Oakland and Crellin, Md. on State Route 39.
Sign PRESENT at this location. 39°23'30" N, 079°26'25"
W.
B. “McCulloch’s Path, (Named for an Early Pioneer), The first
trail through the Glades
passed near this point. George Washington on his visit
here in September 1784 wrote of
it: McCulloch’s Path which owes its origin to Buffaloes, being
no other than their tracks
from one lick to another. Archy’s Spring is near by.
Erected by State Roads
Commission.”
Located at US Route 219 and Paul Friend Rds., South of Oakland,
Md.
Sign PRESENT at this location. 39°22'02" N, 079°
25'08" W.
C. “Bear Camp, General Braddock’s 6th Camp on the march to Fort
Duquesne Saturday
and Sunday June 20th and 21st, 1755. Washington was forced
to remain behind with a
guard on account of “Violent fevers” until cured by “Dr. Jame’s
powders (one of the most
excellent medicines in the world),” he wrote his brother Augustine.
Erected by State
Roads Commission.”
Located ½ mile East of PA State line on North side of
US Route 40, near Cove, Md.
See note at end of listing, *, pole present. 39°42'57"
N, 079°17'54" W.
D. “Shade Run Camp, General Braddock’s 5th Camp on the ill-fated
march to “Fort
Duquesne,” June 19, 1755.”
Located Southwest of Grantsville, Md.
The actual encampment area was located on the western slope of
Shade Hill, just SW of
Grantsville, behind 39 S. Old Shade Hollow Rd. on the old John
P. Miller farm
(39°41'31" N, 079°10'32" W).
E. “Castleman’s River Bridge, (“Formerly Little Youghiogheny”),
Erected 1813 by David
Shriver, Jr. Superintendent of the “Cumberland Road” (The National
Road). This 80 foot
span was the largest stone arch in America at the time.
It was continuously used from
1813 to 1933. Erected by State Roads Commission.”
Located one mile East of Grantsville, Md., on East side of new
US Route 40 Castleman
River Bridge.
See note at end of listing, *, pole present. 39°41'46"
N, 079°08'30" W.
F. “The Little Crossings, (Of the Little Youghiogheny River),
So called by George
Washington. When he crossed on June 19, 1755 with General
Edward Braddock on the
ill-fated expedition to Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh). Erected
by State Roads Commission.”
Located one mile East of Grantsville, Md., on West side of new
US Route 40 Castleman
River Bridge.
See note at end of listing, *, pole present. 39°41'46"
N, 079°08'31" W.
G. “Little Meadows, General Braddock’s 4th Camp on the march
to Fort Duquesne June
17, 1755. Washington arrived here after Braddock’s defeat
July 15th, 1755. Washington
also stopped here May 9th, 1754, July 7th or 8th, 1754, October
1st 1770, November
26th, 1770, and September 10th, 1784. Erected by State
Roads Commission.”
Located at old Stone House, four miles East of Grantsville, Md,
on US Route 40 (0.3
miles East of US Route 40 & US Route 219N intersection).
See note at end of listing, *, pole present. 39°41'31"
N,079°05'40" W.
H. “Savage River Camp, General Braddock’s 3rd Camp on his march
to Fort Duquesne
June 16, 1755. The route later known as The Old Braddock
Road, passed to the
Southeast of the National Road, Captain Orme’s diary says “We
entirely demolished three
wagons and shattered several descending Savage Mountain.”
Erected by State Roads
Commission.”
Located 11 miles East of Grantsville, Md, on US Route 40 at “Race
Farm”.
PRESENT at this location. 39°41'21" N, 079°58'19"
W.
I. “Hoye Crest, Highest point in Maryland, Backbone Mountain,
Garrett County, 3,360 feet
above sea level. Named for Captain Charles E. Hoye, founder
of The Garrett County
Historical Society. Dedicated September 1st, 1952.
Erected by Maryland Historical
Society.”
Located at the highest point in Maryland on Backbone Mountain,
near Kempton, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°14'15" N, 079°29'12"
W.
J. “The Grave of Meshack Browning, 1781-1859, Born at Damascus,
Maryland. Garrett
County’s most famous hunter, Browning wrote the book, “Forty-four
Years of the Life of
a Hunter.” During this time he killed two thousand deer
and five hundred bear. Erected
by Maryland Historical Society. Erected October 10, 1964.”
Located on State Route 42, just South of Hoyes, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°35'11" N, 079°22'20"
W.
K. “Friend’s Graveyard, Nearby are the graves of John Friend,
Sr. (1732-1808),
Kerrenhappuch Hyatt (D 1798) his wife, their son Gabriel (1761-1852).
John and Gabriel
were Soldiers in the Revolution. The first permanent settlers
on the Youghiogheny River
at “Friend’s Fortune” now known as Friendsville. Erected
by Maryland Historical
Society. Erected July 30, 1966.”
Located just West of Friendsville, at Interstate 68 & State
Route 42 intersection,
Friendsville, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°39'44" N, 079°24'43"
W.
L. “Campsite, In August, 1918, and again in July, 1921, Henry
Ford, Thomas A. Edison,
Harvey Firestone, John Burroughs, and company, encamped here
by Muddy Creek Falls.
Erected by Maryland Historical Society. Erected August
2, 1966.”
Located at Muddy Creek Falls in Swallow Falls State Park, Swallow
Falls, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°30'03" N, 079°25'02"
W.
M. “Cleveland Cottage and site of Deer Park Hotel, The Hotel
was built by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. Open July 4, 1873, and operated until 1929.
Dismantled 1942. President
and Mrs. Grover Cleveland spent their honeymoon at the cottage
in June 1886. Erected
by Maryland Historical Society. Erected June,1968.”
Located on State Route 135 just South of Deer Park, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°25'24" N, 079°20'19"
W.
N. “Deer Park Hotel, Built by the B&O Railroad. Opened
July 4, 1873, and operated until
1929. Razed 1942. This was one of the most exclusive
mountain resorts in the East.
Many nationally prominent people, including four United States
Presidents, were guests
here. Erected by Maryland Historical Society. Erected
June, 1968.”
Located on old Deer Park Hotel grounds, Hotel Drive, Deer Park,
Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°25'04" N, 079°19'15"
W.
O. “Cleveland Cottage, President Grover Cleveland and his bride,
the former Frances
Folsom, arrived here the day following their White House wedding
on June 2, 1886. They
spent their honeymoon at this Deer Park Cottage. Erected
by Maryland Historical
Society. Erected June, 1968.”
Located among Deer Park Cottages, Hotel Road, Deer Park, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°25'18" N, 079°19'47"
W.
P. “Deep Creek Lake, Garrett County, Property of the Youghiogheny
Hydro-Electric
Corporation of the Associated Gas & Electric System.
Lake under the Supervision of the
Conservation Department of Maryland. The following streams
flow into the lake: Deep &
Cherry Creeks, North and Green Glades, Meadow Mountain, Piney,
Poland, Pawn,
Gravley, Marsh, Smith and Bulls Arm Runs. Erected by Swepson
Earle, Commissioner.”
Located on US Route 219, Thayerville, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°31'12" N, 079°19'44"
W.
Q. “Thayer Game Refuge. 1,029 acres, purchased June 28,
1927, from John O. Thayer,
from “Hunters License Fund”, for the purpose of propagating Game.
Erected by E. Lee
LeCompte, State Game Warden of Maryland.”
Located on US Route 219, McHenry, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°31'48" N, 079°20'43"
W.
R. “Col. James McHenry of Baltimore (1753-1816).
Aide to Gen. George Washington
during the Revolution. McHenry was a physician, signer
of the Constitution from
Maryland and Secretary of War from 1796 to 1800. Named
in his honor was the
Baltimore fort that withstood the British bombardment, Sept.
13-14, 1814. He purchased,
circa 1805, land near here in what was then called Buffalo Marsh
and Cherry Tree
Meadows, and this settlement took his name. Erected by
Maryland Bicentenial
Commission and Maryland Historical Society.”
Located on US Route 219, McHenry, Md.
PRESENT at this location. 39°32'58" N, 079°21'02"
W.
S. “Bear Creek Trout Hatchery & Rearing Station”. Purchased
by the State of Maryland in
1928.
See note at end of listing, *, no pole present. No one
at the Trout Hatchery & Rearing
Station knowns where the original location is/was.
* Note: As of 1987, ALL placements (initial or replacement) of historical roadside markers have been the responsibility of the Maryland Historical Trust, a quasi governmental organization. In recent correspondence with the Maryland Historical Trust (100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland 21032, 410-514-7644) it was learned that nine (9) roadside historical markers from Garrett County, Maryland were in the possession of the State Highway Administration (SHA), OOTS/Sign Shop, 410-787-7670 for repairs and/or repainting.
3) "British" Gen. Braddock's March Through Garrett County, MD on
“Savage River Camp, General Braddock’s 3rd Camp on his
march to Fort Duquesne
June 16, 1755. The route later known as The Old Braddock
Road, passed to the
Southeast of the National Road, Captain Orme’s diary says “We
entirely demolished three
wagons and shattered several descending Savage Mountain.”
Erected by State Roads
Commission.”
Located 11 miles East of Grantsville, Md, on US Route 40 at “Race
Farm”.
PRESENT at this location. 39°41'21" N, 079°58'19"
W.
“Little Meadows, General Braddock’s 4th Camp on the march
to Fort Duquesne June
17, 1755. Washington arrived here after Braddock’s defeat
July 15th, 1755. Washington
also stopped here May 9th, 1754, July 7th or 8th, 1754, October
1st 1770, November
26th, 1770, and September 10th, 1784. Erected by State
Roads Commission.”
Located at old Stone House, four miles East of Grantsville, Md,
on US Route 40 (0.3
miles East of US Route 40 & US Route 219N intersection).
In for repairs, pole present. 39°41'31" N,079°05'40"
W.
“The Little Crossings, (Of the Little Youghiogheny
River), So called by George
Washington. When he crossed on June 19, 1755 with General
Edward Braddock on the
ill-fated expedition to Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh). Erected
by State Roads Commission.”
Located one mile East of Grantsville, Md., on West side of new
US Route 40 Castleman
River Bridge.
In for repairs, pole present. 39°41'46" N, 079°08'31"
W.
“Shade Run Camp, General Braddock’s 5th Camp on the ill-fated
march to “Fort
Duquesne,” June 19, 1755.”
Located Southwest of Grantsville, Md.
MISSING, no pole or marker found. The actual encampment area
was located on the
western slope of Shade Hill, just SW of Grantsville, behind 39
S. Old Shade Hollow Rd. on
the old John P. Miller farm (39°41'31" N, 079°10'32"
W).
“Bear Camp, General Braddock’s 6th Camp on the march to
Fort Duquesne Saturday
and Sunday June 20th and 21st, 1755. Washington was forced
to remain behind with a
guard on account of “Violent fevers” until cured by “Dr. Jame’s
powders (one of the most
excellent medicines in the world),” he wrote his brother Augustine.
Erected by State
Roads Commission.”
Located ½ mile East of PA State line on North side of
US Route 40, near Cove, Md.
In for repairs, pole present. 39°42'57" N, 079°17'54"
W.
4) Known Revolutionary War Veteran’s of Garrett County, MD
*T William Armstrong, 3/17/1763
- 4/5/1848
*T William Ashby, ? - Abt. 12/6/1803,
“Skipton’s Co.”
*T Israel Bartlett, Jr., 1748 -
1838
*T Thomas Bell, ? - 11/25/1823
*T Moses Beeman, ? - ?
*T Martin Bowman, 1730 - 1816
*T Thomas Casteel, Abt. 1760 -
?, PA Militia
*T Benjamin Coddington, 11/10/1759
- 4/19/1840
* William Coddington
*TF Francis Deakins, 11/12/1739 - 10/28/1804
*TF Leonard Marbury Deakins, 3/9/1747 - 6/28/1824
*TF William Deakins, Jr., 3/12/1742 - 3/3/1798
$*T Peter DeWitt, Sr., Abt. 1762 - ?
Pvt., in Capt. Michael Cresap's company. Filed an
application for pension on 10/18/1833, in Clarke Co., KY.
*TF James Drane, Jr., 8/1754 - 10/1828
*T Casper Durst, Sr., 1732 - 1823
* Benjamin Duvall
*T Johann Georg Fazenbaker,
Jr., 8/15/1757 - Bef. 5/12/1810
$T Isaac Fowler, Jr., 4/30/1746
- 5/1820
Lt., NY Militia, per Eager’s History of Orange Co., NY.
$T Isaac Fowler, Sr., 1722
- ?
Capt, NY Militia, per Eager’s History of Orange Co., NY.
$*TF Andrew Friend, Capt., Abt. 1730 - ?
Pvt. in the 7th Maryland Regt. from Dec. 30, 1777 -
Feb. 8, 1778, "Archives of Maryland, Volume 18,
"Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of
Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775 -
1783". (Brother of Augustine, & John “Old John” Friend, Sr.).
$*T Augustine Friend, Capt., Abt. 1736
- Abt. 1841
Commander, Rangers Co., protecting the Sandy Creek
settlers from Indians & British. (Brother of Andrew,
& John “Old John” Friend, Sr. above & below).
$*T Gabriel Friend, 1st Lt., 6/17/1752
- 1/8/1854
Washington Co., PA Militia (1775-81), Sandy Creek
Rangers, per TGS, 3/31/1942. Pension Application,
TGS, 3/31/1942. (Brother of John, Jr., & Nicholas Friend below).
$*T John Friend, Jr., 1764 - 3/23/1849
Rev. War, Pvt. (Brother of Gabriel Friend above, & Nicholas Friend
below).
$*T John “Old John” Friend, Sr.,
1732 - 1808
Rev. War, Pvt., Wash. Co., MD Militia, per MGCG,
p. 80. (Brother of Andrew, & Augustine Friend above).
$*TF Nicholas Friend, Abt. 1759 - Abt. 1776
Rev. War, KIA. (Brother of Gabriel, & John, Jr. Friend above).
*
Jacob Froman
* Abijah
Herrington
*
John Irons
*
John Jonas
*TF William LaMar, ? - ?
*TF Dudley Lee, Sr., 5/15/1759
- 4/10/1815
*
John Lynn, Col.
*T John
Michael, Sr., 6/1765 - 9/3/1855
*T Edward
McCarthy, Col., (I), 1756 - 8/24/1824, Hampshire Co., WV.
*
Aaron Parker
*T Michael
Paugh, Sr., Abt. 1750 - Abt. 1850
*T Daniel
Reckner, Abt. 1759 - 11/8/1829
*
George Reinhart
*T Jacob
Rush, 3/19/1755 - 1/14/1850
*
David Seibert
*T John
Simpkins, Abt. 1750 - Abt. 11/24/1827
*
Adam Spiker
*T John
Steyer, Jr., 1792 - 1879
*T John
Steyer, Sr., Abt. 1765 - ?
*T Richard
R. Tasker, Abt. 1770 - Bef. 4/30/1841
*T Abel
Thayer, 1741 - 1805
*
Jesse Tomlinson
*T William Trent,
? - ?
*T Cornielus
Ward, Abt. 1750 - 1895 (UNKNOWN INFORMATION SOURCE).
*T Thomas Wilson
(II), 4/5/1740 - 1824
*T Daniel Wonderly,
8/27/1737 - ?
NOTES: (1) Information obtained from
various sources;
(2) * = GC Resident;
(3) F = Family Tree Maker, CD133 is source of information;
(4) T = In Fowler Family Tree;
(5) $ = Jeffrey Fowler descended from
Maryland Law : "Access To Burial Sites, was enacted 10/1/1994, and amended the Real Property Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland by adding a new section 14-121, which defines a "person of interest" relative to that person's right to access a burial ground.
A "person of interest" means:
1) Is related by blood or
marriage to the person interred in a burial site; or
2) Has a cultural affiliation
with the person interred in a burial site; or
3) Has an interest in a
burial site that the Office of the State's Attorney for the County where
the burial site is located recognizes is in the public interest after consultation
with a local
Burial Sites Advisory Board or, if such a Board does not exist, The Maryland
Historical Trust.
The law further states that any "person of interest", may request the owner of a burial site or of the land encompassing a burial site that has been documented or recognized as a burial site by the public or any "person of interest", to grant reasonable access to the burial site for the purpose of restoring, maintaining, or viewing the burial site.
6) Garrett County Related Web Links
"The Maryland State Archives"
"The Maryland State Department of Natural Resources"
"McHenry, Garrett County, MD Current Weather Conditions"
"Garrett County, MD Library Listing"
"The Maryland State Historical Society"
"Maryland State Vital Records"