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Perry Corner Cemetery (Bryantown Cemetery)
Grasonville, Queen Anne County, Maryland

Next to: 1401 Perry Corner Road, Grasonville MD

Lat: 38° 56' 07"N, Lat: 76° 11' 16"W

Contributed by Josh Jenkins, Apr 30, 2004, last edited Nov 01, 2010 [josh@joshjenkins.net]. Total records = 26.

Cemetery is about a mile west of Bryantown on the north side of the road, adjacent to property of 1401 Perry Corner Road, in south Grasonville, Maryland.

This old church cemetery is in very poor condition. The M. E. church that once stood here is gone and weeds are high. Very few tombstones remain, and grave depressions can be found scattered about the site.

The woman who owns the property adjacent to the cemetery explained the County sometimes comes along and cleans up the site. The apparent main section of the cemetery surrounds a large tree and is enclosed in a rectangular white pipe.

This transcription contains the only stones I found when I visited the site, which were Hessey and Bryan. The Sewell information is provided from my family death records. The remainder of the information was provided by Miss Bertha Dadds from her family records. 'Queen Anne Remembers', Vol 1, pg. 90, has a diagram of plot information.

I visited and walked this cemetery on Apr 29, 2004.

- Josh Jenkins

Legend:
br/s: broken stone
d/o: daughter of
h/c: hand-chiseled stone
h/o: husband of
s/o: son of
w/o: wife of

Blount, Mrs, no dates, w/o Noah K. Blount
Blount, Noah K, no dates, h/o Mrs. Blunt
Bryan, Susanna W, d. Nov 15, 1855, br/s
Dadds, Elizabeth Allen, no dates, w/o William J. Dadds
Dadds, John W, d. Oct 20, 1901, h/o Hettie L. Chance, s/o William J & Elizabeth T. Allen Dadds
Dadds, Madison B, b. Sep 6, 1883, d. Jan 16, 1914, s/o William J. & Elizabeth T. Allen Dadds
Dadds, William J, b. Mar 1, 1857, d. Jan 15, 1920, h/o Elizabeth Allen
Dadds, William James, b. Nov 6, 1912, d. Mar 6, 1914, s/o James A. & Annie E. Pinder Dadds
Hessey, Georgiana?, 18__, s/w John Hessey, h/c
Hessey, John, 18__, s/w Georgiana? Hessey, h/c
Lloyd, Edward T, h/o Mrs. Lloyd
Lloyd, Mrs, w/o Edward T. Lloyd
Mason, Mrs, no dates, w/o William Mason, nee Biley
Mason, Walter, no dates,
Mason, William, no dates, h/o Mrs. Mason, nee Biley
Ruth, Margaret Strannahan, no dates,
Sewell, James Kersey (Jr), b. 25 Apr 1880, d. 21 Feb 1925, s/o James Kersey Sewell, Sr and Martha Elizabeth Sewell, h/o Julia Melvina Sewell nee Young
Sewell, James Kersey (Sr), b. 12 Jan 1852, d. 15 Mar 1917, h/o Martha Elizabeth Sewell, s/o Edward H. Sewell & Mary E. Sewell nee Kersey
Sewell, Martha Elizabeth, b. 9 Sep 1856, d. 1 Oct 1882, w/o James Kersey Sewell, Sr, d/o Peter Horney & Sarah A. Horney nee Blunt
Strannahan, Ablert, no dates, h/o Mrs. Strannahan
Strannahan, Mrs, no dates, w/o Albert Strannahan
Thompkins, Mrs, no dates, w/o Burley Thompkins
Usilton, Hattie, no dates,
Usilton, Mary, no dates,
Wrightson, Baby, no dates, "son"
Wrightson, Clara Caulk, no dates, w/o George Gustus Wrightson

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