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Gott Family Cemetery

RESEARCH: The following information was recorded as part of the Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory Revisited Project in 2018. Documentation from this effort is provided below, and generated from the original record currently managed by the Historic Preservation Office in the M-NCPPC Planning Department.

Inventory ID: 165
Alternate Name: None provided (amended 5.8.2023, Fertile Plains)
Address: White Ground Road, Bucklodge, MD

Google Maps GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.161550 Longitude: -77.340995
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Find a grave Cemetery 2543384

Burial Site Type: Family

Evaluation

Location description: Rural, wooded
General Condition: None
Formal entrance: No
Accessibility: By Foot
Cemetery Remain Active: No
Cemetery signage: No
Maintained: No
Visible markers: Yes
Approximate Number of burials/visible markers: 4
Date Ranges: 1812-1871

Description

Approximately 100 feet beyond and uphill from stone ruins of the Gott home, built in 1812.
Building stones and bricks strewn throughout site
4 Seneca red sandstone bases for upright stones (Stones possibly moved to Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville)
Overgrown with trees and fallen limbs
Possible burial depressions at the site

Comments

Suggestions for Follow-Up: none provided
Safety issues, invasive vegetation removal, fence removal/restoration, signage, trash, erosion, vandalism:
Parking at pull-in at a farm field access to the north
Campfire residue from people using the Hoyles Mill trail
Danger of falling rocks from building ruins
Significance of this cemetery: None provided

Burial Site Contact

Property Steward: Maryland Department of Natural Resources (Hoyles Mill Conservation State Park) (amended 5.8.2023, M-NCPPC Hoyles Mill Conservation Park)
Relationship to Burial Site: Owner
Advocacy Contact: None listed (amended 5.8.2023, Jamie Ferguson)
Address: 15400 Hoyles Mill Road
Phone: 301-495-2592 (amended 5.8.2023, 301.495.2595)
City: Boyds
State: Maryland
Zip Code: 20841
Burial Site Supervisor Name: Susan Soderberg
Survey Date: March 6, 2018
Time Spent: 20 minutes
Address: not provided
Email: not provided
Photographer: Cay Savel

Sources

Cite sources used and resources available:
History of Western Maryland, vol. I, J. Thomas Scharf, p. 730
amended 5.8.2023 – please consult with the Montgomery County Planning Department, Historic Preservation Office

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