Cemetery: Kingstead Farm Cemetery
Other: N/A
Sign: Yes
Street: 11411 Kingstead Road
City: Damascus about 1.5 miles northeast
Township: n/a
County: Montgomery
State: Maryland
Nation: USA
Zip: N/A
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
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Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: In Damascus, from the intersection of Bethesda Church Road and Highway 27, turn west on Bethesda Church Road and go .33 miles west until you reach Kings Valley Road. Turn left on Kings Valley Road and go south 1 miles until you reach Kingstead Road. Turn on Kingstead Road and go to the first farm. The cemetery is on the farm in the middle of a field.
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: Cedar Trees
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: 1828
Gravestones: 10-12
Oldest: 1828
Newest: 1900
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Availability:
Landscaping: Yes
Paths: No
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: Yes
Marble: No
Native: Yes
Slate: Yes
Others: No
Wood: No
Materials: No
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: Yes
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: Yes
Urns: No
Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: No
Vandalized: No
Report: Yes
VA1:
VA2:
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason: Roads
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: No
Contacted: The owners of the farm

Surnames:

Burdette and King

Other Information:

The cemetery is in very bad condition. Some of the headstones are broken and lying on the ground. The owner's of the farm who is no relation to the people buried there asked how they could go about fixing up the cemetery.

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Name: Anne Braun
Email: a_nnieb52@aol.com
Date: June 5 2003