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Ebenezer AME Church Cemetery (Galesville) (Anne Arundel) 967 Main Street Galesville, Maryland 20765 (410) 867-4910
African-American cemetery
Tombstones range from 1948-2001
Approximately 90 graves, many unmarked
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. 107.
Neither the trustees nor the pastor of the church are aware of the existence of any cemetery records. There may be many more unmarked graves than those noted above.
The church was built in 1880 and was the first church built in Galesville according to Galesville, MD, The Legend The Legacy by Jean Siegert Trott, 2001, p. 69.
Many of these family names can be found at Chews Memorial Chapel cemetery also.
Photo by Beverly Davis Valcovic |
Ebenezer AME Church Cemetery |
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