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Boyhood RecollectionsOf

The Five Churches Of PocomokeCity

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By EBEN HEARNEChapter Nine

Real Estate Holdings ofFitts Creek Presbyterian Church

The site on Market Street in Poco-make City now occupied by the Pitts <Creek Presbyterian Church was ac-quired by a deed signed by James T. <Dickinson and Mrs. Mary Anne Dick-inson (his second wife), dated June

1844, said deed made to the Com-mittee of the Presbyterian Church ofNewtown, the members of the Com-mittee at that time being HandyMills, Stephen W. Hargis, BenjaminAydelotte, John Jones, Wm, Town-send, Oliver Jones, James Massey,and Thomas Slocomb, from a tract ofland originally called “Wooden Un-drage,” the deed containing a pro-viso that there should be no burialsallowed in the premises. (See LiberG. M. H. No. 7, Page 415).

The next real estate that came in-to the possession of the church wasbequeathed to the Committee of theChurch by the will of Handy Mills.The will was dated April 27, 1853. TheProperty consisted of farm propertyknown as “Pittsburgh,” “Bradshaw’sPurchase” and “James’ Choice.” Itwas located near Newtown and on theVirginia Road. The church was to in-herit the property at the death of jthe Testator’s wife, Mrs. Euphemia;M. Mills. She died July 4, 1860. TheExecutor of the will was SamuelJones of John and the witnesses wereJohn S. Stevenson and his brother,Henry M. Stevenson. It is interestingto know that John S. Stevenson wasthe father of the late Mrs. Dr. JohnT. B. McMaster and Henry M. Steven-son was the father of the late Messrs.Jacob E., James G., and Ira T. Ste-venson. (See Liber T. No. 8, Pages68 and 69).

The second property bequeathed tothe Pitts Creek Presbyterian Churchof Newtown consisted of farm prop-erty known by the name of “Shank-land,” located about five miles fromNewtown. It was left to the churchby the will of David Smith, datedSeptember 16th, 1846, and probatedSeptember 9, 1851, to become theproperty of the church at the deathof Miss Esther Smith, the daughterof David Smith. She died in the late1860’s. The executor of the will wasthe late Wm. J. Aydelotte. The wit-nesses to the will of David Smith wereJoshua S. Tarr, James Stevenson andHenry T. Coston. (See Liber T. T.,No. 8, Page 20).

The present Cemetery of the PittsCreek Presbyterian Church of Poco-moke City, Md., is located within thetown limits on the Hearne-StevensonEstate. The original name of the farmwas Cowley and Winter Quarter. Thecemetery originally contained one ac-re of ground and was bought by theChurch Committee, and the deed wasdated April 25, 1867 and was signed

by Dr. John L. Hearne and Mrs. Sal-lie E. Hearne (his wife) and was wit-nessed by Wm. T. Wilkinson, who wasa Justice of the Peace of Newtownat that time. The Deed was record-ed on June 9, 1868. (See Liber G. H.R. No. 3, Page 133.

Although I was only a small boy,I distinctly remember the day in 1866on which Mr. James T. Dickinson call-ed to see my mother to arrange to !buy a tract of land for a Cemetery(above described) for the Pitts CreekPresbyterian Church of Newtown.Mr. Dickinson had suffered the lossof his son, the late J. Edward Dickin-son. who had been accidently drown-ed in the Chesapeake Bay on May 23.1866. His body was recovered andwas brought to his father’s home inthis town. The church at that timehad no cemetery. Hence Mr. JamesT. Dickinson, who was a Ruling El-der of the Church, was desirous of se-curing a site for a cemetery, and wasacting for the Church Committee. Theremains of Mr. J. Edward Dickinsonwere buried on June 20, 1866 and hisgrave was the first grave that wasopened in the present cemetery'.

Mr. James T. Dickinson wr as a wellknown business man of Newtowm formany years. His residence was loca-ted on Second Street, on the lot nowoccupied by the residence of our fel-low' townsman, Dr. J. T. Nock. Mr.Dickinson has tw’o great-grand daugh-ters, who are residents of PocomokeCity, Miss Margaret Dickinson Crock-ett and Mrs. Miriam Dickinson Young,

j The Pitts Creek Presbyterian ChurchHouse, occupied by the present pas-tor, Rev. R. B. Stewart and family,

, which house is located on Second St.,! opposite the block between Willow andMaple Streets, wr as acquired andsigned by Wm. S. C. Polk and Mrs.Sarah E. Polk, (his second wife) dat-ed November 29, 1876, made to theCommittee of the Church in exchangefor the Handy Mills property describ-ed in another paragraph. The deedwas witnessed by the late Mr. JamesL. Nock, Justice of the Peace, Mr.Nock will be remembered as the fath-er of Mrs. Samuel E. McMaster, ofour city. (See Liber I. T. N. No. 5,Page 53.)

On February 11, 1882 the Commit-tee of the Pitts Creek PresbyterianChurch of Pocomoke City, realizingthe necesisty of increasing the area

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Dr. Riley explained that the legu-

I latinos upph to every camp or picnic- ground that is used for six days or

■ longer and that accommodates ten or* more persons. In applying for per-i mils, operators are requested to state

■ the exact location of the proposed or- i xisting camp; and to indicate tin*

i typ" loari.-l, labor, trailin', recrea-! lion, etc. They must also indicate the

approximate number of persons to be■ accommodated and the proposed dura-. tion of the camp season.

There has been a steady increaseyear by year, in both the number of

• camps established and the numberthat have met the State requirements,

i, since 1926 when the present regula-. tions went into effect. In 1926. 4S

; camps were placarded. Over six timesi that number- 610 camps—met the re-

quirements, and wen- duly certified,in 1941.

(if the 610 camps v citified last yearnearly half 160 were for tourists;76 were used for recreational pur-poses; a; as picnic grounds; 2 as la-bor camps, and them were 16 mailercamps.

Anne Arundel with 76 amps hadthe largest number of certified in anyone county; Harford came next with66; Baltimore was third, with 60;Washington was fourth with 26; andBrine • Oeorge’s followed, with 24.Harford, with 1L camps for tourists,had tin* highest number of camps ofthat kind in any one county; Wash-ington Courtt.\ had 22; Prince Geor-ge’s, 18; Allegany and Worcester, 16,each, and the rest were scatteredthroughout the other counties.

PEOPLE’S COLUMNl.os Angeles. Calif.,March 16. 1942

Dr. K. .1. Ciaikc, Editor and Publisher.The Worcester Democrat.Poeomoke City. Md.Dear Dr. Clarke;

May I express my appreciation of,and my great interest in, the seriesof articles Mr. Eben Heame is writ-ing on “Recollections of the FiveChurches of Poeomoke City.” 1 think

i it would also make good copy for theMaryland Historical Journal, don’tyou ?

Among my mother’s papers, I foundan old copy of the Poeomoke paper,giving Dr. J. T. B. MacMaster’s ad-dress on a Fourth of July celebrationin Poeomoke in the year, if I remem-ber correctly, 1875. Some day. I maytake time to look it up and send acopy to you for publication.

It seems I always did have a gen-ealogical and historical bee “bussingin my bonnet.” and when it gets tobussing too strongly, it drives me toaction.

In his article on the history ofBethany Methodist Protestant church,Mr. Hearne gives considerable spaceto my Great-grand-father, Rev. AvraMelvin. May I supplement his infor-

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' of the cemetery owing' to the inereas-ied demand for burial lots purchasedadditional land adjoining- the origin-al cemetery amounting to over an ac-re from the heirs of the kite Mrs. Sal-lie E. Hearne. The deed was signedon the above named date. February11. l'So2 by Mrs. Elizabeth HearneStevenson and .lames (i. Stevenson(her husband), l.avinia <l. Hearne andEhen Hearne. and the deed was wit-nessed bv .John Corbin. .Justice of thePeace. (See Liber I. T. M. No. 10.Page :>l.)

The present Cemetery at the pres-ent time embraces an area of over

j two acrs of land. The Cemetery Com-mittee has had the new part clearedof underbrush and has constructed ahard surfaced driveway extendingnearly to the rear boundary line andare disposing of burial lots in the im-proved area.

In my next chapter 1 will descrih*the Real Estate Holdings of the Pelh-am- Methodist Church.

SUMMER CAMPSAND SANITARYREQUIREMENTS

Owners and operators of all kinds4of “summer" camps—tourist, trail-er. recreational and labor—have beennotified that permits, showing thatthe camps meet the sanitary require-ments of the State Department ofHealth must be obtained before thecamps may bo opened for the season.This requirement applies to all camps

to those that have been establishedfor some time as well as to now onesjust starting. Last year’s permits donot hold over for this year.

Supervision of the camps is underthe immediate direction of the Coun-ty Health Officers. Operators are ac-cordingly reminded by Dr. R. H. Ril-

iey, Director of the State Departmentof Health, that applications eitherfor renewal of permits for camps al-ready in existence, or for new ones,;should be forwarded as promptly aspossible to the County Health Officerof the county in which they are sit-uated so that necessary inspections

| may be made before the season op-'ens. All camps that meet the Staterequirements will be duly certifiedand placarded. No camps may be op-erated without a license.

To be certified, each camp mustcomply with the regulations of theState Board of Health with regard tothe water supply and toilet facilities:the general cleanliness of the build-ings and grounds and the disposal ofsewage, garbage and other wastes.Satisfactory arrangements must alsobe made for the proper handling offoods, milk, cream, and ice cream, soldon the premises.

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-! mation by adding that besides hissix sons, he had also a daughter, Mar-

‘ garet Anne, who newt married. Shepassed away at the home of her hroth-

- ei', l tulf Douglas Melvin. 1 have‘ heard my mother say that he left a

• arm to each ot his six sons and the‘ equivalent in money to his daughter.

His wife was Catherine Justis Bay-ley of Aecomac, Va. She has a grand-daughter named for her in Cousin Ka-tie Melvin Quinn (Mrs. I.orie C. Quinnof Crisfield,) and my cousin, Mrs. T.

‘ P. MacAllen, and myself were bothgiven the middle name ol Kate andCatherine for her. She was a deeply

, | spiritual woman, and when the Civil• War soldiers stationed near my grand-

i father, Wm. W. Melvin’s home werecalled into breakfast, it was she whoasked them to kneel in prayer with

• the family as she made the usualmorning prayer. Her husband had

' then passed on.• 1 haw heard she had 600 slaves

when my Great-grandfather marriedher. It fill- me with horror to thinkof having to find jobs for 600 peopleevery minute in the day. She andgreat-grandfather Avra probably gottired of tin job too, for they allowed

1 all their slaves, who wished it. to gofree when they reached 21 years of

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1 think Mr. Hearne is doing a fine! piece of work in preserving so much

historical data for Poeomoke City and;I wish he could have the articles pub- 'lished in booklet form.

Yours very truly,Marie C. Jones,Hotel Embassy.

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