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| Location | : | Dickerson, Montgomery County, USA |
| Description | : | Big Woods Community This small burying ground is located on a quarter acre portion of the tract purchased in 1846 by Rev. Elijah Awkard, a free Black minister in the antebellum era. Before the Civil War, he became one of the largest Black land owners in Montgomery County, Maryland. The nearby Methodist Church in the Jerusalem community is named after him, Elijah's Rest M. E. Church, and his descendants continue to live in the county. The cemetery is one of the more important sites related to the history of free Blacks in Montgomery County. The Awkard home is no longer... Read More |
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