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Moses Cemeteries 1, 2, and 3
(Anne Arundel)
Lilly of the Valley Cemeteries, Sands Road
Lothian, Maryland 20711
Moses Cemeteries 1, 2, and 3   

Moses #1 on FindAGrave
On west side of Sands Rd.
Over 250 known graves
Tombstones range from 1990-current
Tombstones include WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam veterans

Grave Matters: African-American and Slave Cemeteries, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 2004, Anne Arundel Genealogical Society, p. 172

Moses #2 on FindAGrave
On east side of Sands Rd.
Over 189 known graves
Tombstones range from 1960-current
Tombstones include WWII, Korea, and Vietnam veterans

Grave Matters: African-American and Slave Cemeteries, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 2004, Anne Arundel Genealogical Society, p. 184

Moses #3 on FindAGrave
Off a dirt lane on the west side of Sands Rd. before Moses #2 on the left near the treeline
Over 25 graves and over 22 known individuals
Tombstones range from 1994-current
No known veterans

Grave Matters: African-American and Slave Cemeteries, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 2004, Anne Arundel Genealogical Society, p. 196

General information:
Three separate African-American cemeteries maintained as one entity
A.U.O.S.-D. B.-S. stands for Ancient United Order, Sons and Daughters, Brothers and Sisters.  
These cemetery sites were previously associated with Sollers U.M. Church.  
This Lothian location was of a secret African-American society and is one of its few remaining locations (others being in Washington, D.C., East Orange, NJ, Baltimore, MD, Highland Park, MD in Montgomery County, New York, Atlantic City, NJ, and Dunkirk, MD in Calvert County.