Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory 2018

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MONTGOMERY PRESERVATION INC P.O. Box 4661 | Rockville, Maryland 20849-4661 | www.montgomerypreservation.org

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CEMETERY INVENTORY REVISITED BURIAL SITE INFORMATION

Name: Moses Hall Cemetery Inventory ID: 105 Alternate name: Gibson Grove AME Church Cemetery, Moses Lodge Cemetery Address: Access from right-of-way just south of 495 Beltway overpass on Seven Locks Road, Cabin John Website: GPS coordinates: Latitude: 38.982811 Longitude: -77.162538 FindaGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2659176

BURIAL SITE TYPE Category: Religious Community Family African American Other:

BURIAL SITE EVALUATION Setting/location description: Rural Urban Suburban Wooded Other: General condition (See conditions sheet): Excellent Good Fair Poor None Is there a formal entrance? Yes No, right-of-way Accessibility: Inaccessible By foot By car Is cemetery active (recent burials)? Yes No Is there a cemetery sign: Yes, Interpretive Sign Is cemetery being maintained? Yes Minimal No (If yes, note caretaker’s name below)

Are there visible markers? Yes No Approximate number of burials/visible markers: 12+ Date ranges:

Description: (markers, materials, arrangement, landscaping/vegetation, fence, paths and roads, etc.) • Sunken graves and random field stones throughout • Periwinkle throughout

BURIAL SITE CONTACT Name: Morningside Tabernacle Relationship to burial site: Owner Advocacy contact: Address: 6940 Seven Locks Rd Phone: City: Cabin John State: MD ZIP Code: 20818

BURIAL SITE SURVEYOR Name: Glenn Wallace Survey Date: 1/28/2018 Time spent: 30 min. Email: mococems@gmail.com Photographer: Glenn Wallace

COMMENTS Suggestions for follow-up: • Worthy of scout clean-up project to uncover more grave locations Safety issues, invasive vegetation removal, fence removal/restoration, signage, trash, erosion, vandalism: • Long dirt path to cemetery along right-of-way with a steep embankment along portions of the path. Must traverse through bamboo. • Severe encroachment of bamboo • Several construction debris piles, scattered concrete, bricks, glass bottles, cans, and rusted metal objects throughout the site Anything of significance about this cemetery? • Former site of Moses Hall (within bamboo overgrowth). Signs of brick paths and concrete foundations

SOURCES Cite sources used and resources available: “Gibson Grove Gone But Not Forgotten: The Archaeology of an African American Church” by Alexandra Jones, 2010

Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory Photograph Log

Cemetery Name: Moses Hall Cemetery Inventory ID: 105

Photographer: Glenn Wallace Date: 01/28/2018

Time & Date Photo No. Description and direction you are facing (Ex: detail of wall around Carr plot facing North)

1:40 pm 1 Interpretive sign at right-of-way pull-off from Seven Locks Road

1:41 pm 2 Right-of-way, facing west

1:42 pm 3 View to center of cemetery, facing south-west

1:43 pm 4 View to center of cemetery, facing west

1:45 pm 5 Panoramic 1 – west to north to east

1:46 pm 6 Panoramic 1 – east to south to west

1:48 pm 7 Panoramic 2 – west to north to east

1:49 pm 8 Panoramic 2 – east to south to west

1:51 pm 9 Southern edge along residential fence

1:52 pm 10 Bamboo overgrowth where Moses Hall formerly stood, facing north

1:55 pm 11 Bamboo overgrowth where Moses Hall formerly stood, facing west

1. Interpretive sign at right-of-way pull-off from Seven Locks Road

2. Right-of-way, facing west

3. View to center of cemetery, facing south-west

4. View to center of cemetery, facing west

5. Panoramic 1 – west to north to east

6. Panoramic 1 – east to south to west

7. Panoramic 2 – west to north to east

8. Panoramic 2 – east to south to west

9. Southern edge along residential fence

10. Bamboo overgrowth where Moses Hall formerly stood, facing north

11. Bamboo overgrowth where Moses Hall formerly stood, facing west

Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory 2018

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