Laboring Sons Cemetery (Laboring Sons Mem Ground)
Frederick City, Frederick County, Maryland

Chapel Alley btwn Fifth & Sixth Sts
Frederick City, Maryland

Lat: 39° 25' 14"N, Lon: 77° 24' 26"W

Contributed by Pat Blackwell, Jul 08, 2003 [ualemp8054@aol.com]. Total records = 116.

From Highway 15 North take the Jefferson St. exit. Make a left at the light. Go down three lights to North Bentz St., make a right on north Bentz St. Follow Bentz to 5th St. until you get to Chapel Alley. The Park/Cemetery is on the right side.

The Beneficial Society of Laboring Sons of Frederick was established in 1837 to provide a proper burial fro free blacks, the city's tanners, carpenters, blacksmiths and more. The cemetery was established in 1851.

By the 1940's the cemetery was in disrepair and the elders of the society could no longer afford to take care of it. An arrangement was made with the city that the land would go to the city and a memorial plaque memorializing those buried there would be erected. This never occured. The city added a playground and for many years it was a "whites only" playground.

In 2000 a reporter investigated this, an uproar followed. Since then the playground has been dismantled and a memorial park was constructed. A plaque was erected with the names from city records. It was dedicated Jan 15, 2003. The final dedication will be Jun 20, 2003.

I received much of this information from the Frederick Parks Department, Jun 20 1950. The names are from tombstones at that time.

Approximately 1500 people are buried there and I have only a small portion in my listing. With time many stones were destroyed or there were no stones. Today there are no existing headstones. This transcription contains all names which I could find at this time, Jun 06, 2003.

- Pat Blackwell

Allen, Miranda, b 28 Nov 1828, d. 18 May 1915
Barnes Griffith, d. 28 Jul 1924
Barton, James, b. 11 Mar 1816, d. 7 Jun 1872
Baton, Mary, d. 1861
Bias, Maria, b. 1769, d. 1853
Bowan, John W., d. 1853
Bowan, Margaret A., 1 Mar 1886
Boyd, Agnes C., d. 22 Jun 1905
Boyd, Daniel, d. 14 Oct 1891
Brighton, Francis, b. 25 Apr 1833, d. 25 Jan 1874
Britely, Harriet, b. 16 Sep 1862, d. 22 Aug 1874
Brown, W. H., Co. K. 28th U.S.C.T.
Butler, Harriet, d. 4 Feb 1879
Carter, David, d. 4 Apr 1899
Chambers, M. Catherine, d. 7 Nov. 1898
Coleman, George, b. 6 Oct 1865, d. 11 May 1888
Coleman, Lucinda, b. 28 Apr 1872, d. 28 Jul 1889
Corrine, Maria, no dates
Costely, Walker F., no dates
Costley, Louis P., d. 4 Jun 1921
Craig, Hellen Ann, b. 17 Oct 1856, d. 7 Mar, 1933
Daley, Benjamin, b. 1791, d. 30 Aug 1863
Daley, Jane, b. 1824, d. 9 Aug 1897
Davis, James N., d. 21 Aug 1881
Davis, James N., d. 21 Sep. 1906
Davis, Susan, d. 16 Jun 1881
Dimmy, Adda, no dates, Daughter of Richard and Georgeanna
Dimmy, Emilly, no dates, Daughter of Richard and Georgeanna
Dimmy, Georgeanna, b. 10 Aug 1839, d. 15 Feb 1911
Dimmy, J.Richard, b. 15 Mar 1837, d. 23 Jul 1910
Dimmy, John H., no dates, Son of Richard and Georgeanna
Dimmy, Richard, d. 1 Dec 1889
Dixon, Florence, d. 3 Jan 1900
Dixon, Mable B., d. 7 May 1903
Dorsey, Harry S., d. 5 May 1937
Frazier, Willie F., b. 16 May 1870, d. 11 Aug 1884
Gallaway, Hillery, d. May 1856
Gallaway, Margaret, b. 1800, d. 27 Oct 1855
Gallaway, Maria, d. 16 Apr 1886
Gidyard, Charles, d. 17 Jun 1924
Gross, John Henry, b. 6 Mar 1836, d. 18 Sep 1847
Gross, Martha, d. 2 Oct 1851
Harris, Maria, d. 12 Sep 1879
Hill Mary E., b. 20 Aug 1872, d. 27 Aug 1912
Hill, Elizabeth, b. 6 Sep 1836, d. 3 Aug 1861
Johnson, Ella M., d. 28 Aug 1900
Johnson, George W., d. 11 Sep 1903
Johnson, Rachel, d. 23 May 1887
Jones, Jane, no dates
Lanzel, John H. H., b. 1828, d. 19 Dec 1899, h/o Margaret Louisa
Lanzell, Margaret, d. 18 Jul 1917
Lanzell, Raymond, d. 13 Feb 1921
Lanzell, Thomas, no dates, Co. F 8th U.S.C.T.
Larkins, George, d. 16 May 1857
Larkins, Rachel, d. 29 Sep 1864
Lee, Henry, Co. I, 28th U.S.C.T.
Lee, Madison C., d. 19 Sep 1921
Lowry, Nancy, d. 29 Dec 1813
Lyles, Maria, d. 10 Jul 1908
Maddox, Laura, d. Jan 1875
McCubbin, Elizah, d. 27 Jun 1890
Miller, Mary E., b. 2 Jan 1841, d. 8 Apr 1861
Nicholas, Nickolas, Co. B. 19th U.S.C.T.
Nichols, Clara McK, d. 3 Oct 1922
Nichols, Elizabeth, b. 1878, d. 1932
Offutt, Dortha E., b. 1865, d. 1924
Ogle, Benjamin, d. 17 Jun 1890
Ogle, Susan M., d. 3 Feb 1902
Posey, Mary E., 24 Mar 1942
Powell, Levenia, b. 19 Aug 1806
Powell, Wm. W., 16 May 1836, d. 17 May 1889
Powell, Wm., no dates, Co. D. 2nd U.S.C.T.
Randalls, James, d. 18 Mar 1883
Roberts, Thomas H., b. 1836
Saints, Matilda, d. 11 Apr 1911
Sanders, Anna, d. Aug 1861
Sanders, Elisa Erice, d. 21 Mar 1871
Sanders, John, d. 3 Mar 1871
Smith, Albert, b. 26 Feb 1863, d. 26 Feb 1866
Smith, Aver, b. 18 Jan 1870, d. 21 Feb 1871
Smith, John T., d. 16 May 1893
Stanton, Charles H., d. 13 Aug 1922
Stanton, Eliza, d. 13 Aug 1922
Steward, Jennie, d. 2 Feb 1902
Taylor, Nellie, d. 5 Feb 1902
Thomas, Amelia M., d. 8 Aug 1833, d. 1857
Thomas, Ellen, b. Jan 1805, d. 30 Aug 1875
Thomas, Harrison M., d. 20 Feb 1907
Thomas, John W., b. 3 Jan 1812, d. 16 Jul 1837
Thomas, John, no dates
Thomas, Mary Ellen, b. 22 Jan 1814, d. 13 Aug 1827
Thomson, Nickolas, d. 30 Apr 1863
Turner, James L, d. 25 May 1909
Turner, John H., no dates, Son of Henry and Rosa
Waker, James T., d. 4 Apr 1888
Walekr, William H, b. 1 Nov 1849 D. 15 Nov 1877
Walker, Edward W., d. 23 Jan 1949
Walker, Emily R., d. 16 Apr 1897
Walker, Francis L, d. 30 Aug 1874
Walker, George, d. 1890
Walker, Harriet A., d. 5 Nov 1901
Walker, Horace T, d. 10 Oct 1937
Walker, John A., d. 13 Sep 1888
Walker, Lucy, d. 11 Jan 1886
Walker, Perry, d. 21 Jan 1865
Walker, Phillip, b. 1 Apr 1829, d. 17 Dec 1906
Whims, John, d.26 Mar 1836
Whims, Theodore, d. 16 Jun 1852
White, Samuel, b. 17 May 1806, d. 30 Mar 1880
Williams, George, d. 10 Jul 1871
Williams, Maria, d. 13 Nov 1873
Wilson, Charles C, no dates, Father
Wilson, Ida C, no dates, Mother
Wimms, James, d. 6 Mar 1874
Woodard, Hanna M., b. 2 May 1881, d. 19 May 1898
Woodard, John Robert, b. 20 Aug 1863, d. 5 Mar 1874