Rediscovering the North Tract, An Anne Arundel Time Capsule

Hopkins Cemetery

One of the larger cemeteries in the North Tract is Hopkins. At the southern-most curve of Wildlife Loop along the border between Areas G and K, Hopkins Cemetery lies on an elevation in an irregularly shaped enclosure. The entrance is easy to miss when negotiating the curve in the Loop but the gate is visible up a short incline on the north side of the road. Except for the surrounding trees the knoll on which the site lies would provide an attractive view of the countryside as it is reasonably high.

Andy Watcher's 1977 cemetery census lists 18 marked graves here but the actual number is quite high. Most of the graves are marked only with fieldstone markers and it is difficult to tell them apart from naturally occurring rock at the site. The placement of numerous stones in straight lines of three, four, or five or more, with attendant smaller footstones, is one indicator of intentional marking. General depressions of approximately three-by-six foot dimensions with a fieldstone at one end is another. This was the most time-consuming cemetery to document thus far and the mix of stones, rolling topography and irregular fence line provided a seemingly endless tangle of measurements.

It is interesting to note that there are no Hopkins names engraved on any of the stones remaining. It is possible that the place was named for someone other than who was buried here, perhaps a nearby church, or that the Hopkins graves are only marked with fieldstones. The largest family represented is Johnson and about half of those are children.

CEMETERY NO. 15 - HOPKINS CEMETERY

Located at Intersection of Boundary and South Rds. at Range 14
1976 Ft. Meade Map Coords: 48,23
Number of Graves - 18

NAME	BORN	DIED	ADDITIONAL NOTES
Chisley, Harry
Chisley, Zinerovar			Wife of Harry Chisley
Duckett, William	December 20, 1872	December 25, 1915	Husband of Emma Duckett
Hawkins, Isaac	September 20, 1877	January 20, 1898
Hawkins, Martha	October 16, 1863	July 27, 1904	Dau of John Taylor
Johnson, Beatener	1900	1906
Johnson, Cora E.	1892	1906
Johnson, Edgar W.	1896	1896
Johnson, Howard	1899	1899
Johnson, James	May 15, 1850	July 24, 1911	Husband of Muih Johnson
Johnson, Nannie	1865	1909	Wife of James Johnson
Johnson, Oliver B.	1899	1909
Johnson, Regia P.	1903	1908
Johnson, Thelmore	1905	1907
Johnson, Tylor E.	1887	1903
Queen, Eliza L. Chesley		February 7, 1914
Simms, Hester	February 22, 1834	February 4, 1873	Wife of Henry Simms
Wilson, Ariana		December 4, 1919	Wife of Isiah Wilson

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Hopkins Cemetery Epitaphs

Ariana Wife of Isaiah Wilson Died Dec. 4, 1919 At Rest.	Elizabeth Chesley Queen Died Feb. 7, 1914 Aged 67 Years	(Footstone) E.L.C.Q.	William Duckett Beloved Husband of Emma Duckett Born Dec. 26, 1872 Died Dec. 25, 1915	(Footstone) W. D.
Oliver B. Johnson 1889 - 1909	(Footstone) O.B.J.	James Husband of Emma Johnson Born May 15, 1850 Died July 24, 1911 Died in Christ	(Footstone) J. J.	Nannie Wife of James Johnson 1865 - 1909
(Footstone) Mother	Regia P. Johnson 1903 - 1908	(Footstone) R. P. J.	Howard Johnson 1899 - 1899	(Footstone) H. J.
Beartener Johnson 1900 - 1906	(Footstone) B. J.	Tylor E. Johnson 1887 - 1903	(Footstone) T. E. J.	Cora E. Johnson 1892 - 1905
(Footstone) C. E. J.	Edgar W. Johnson 1896 - 1896	(Footstone) E. W. J.	Harry Chisley Also His Wife Zinerovar Chisley	Thelmore Johnson 1905 - 1907
(Footstone) T. J.	Isaac Hawkins Born Sept. 20, 1877 Died Jan. 20, 1898	(Footstone) I. H.	Martha Ann Wife of Daniel Hawkins Daughter of John Taylor Born Oct. 16, 1863 Died July 27, 1904	In Memory of Hester Wife of Henry Simms Born Feb'y. 22, 1834 Died Feb'y. 4, 1873
(Footstone) H. S.

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