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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Maryland's Capt John Smoot chapter marked three graves on 10 Apr 2021
Well-established cemetery in the heart of Cambridge, Maryland. Beginning in 1904, there was an effort to relocate graves of Patriots that were at risk to erosion, overgrowth and farming to an area of this cemetery referred to as Heroes Corner. There are ten known Patriots buried in this cemetery
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Right front of the cemetery one row in from brick wall. Church placard also marks the grave
Author: MG James Allen Adkins
Henry Steele was born in England and came to Maryland's Eastern Shore in approximately 1740.
He held numerous civilian positions during the American Revolution, including Collector of Gold and Silver Coin in 1776, County Justice, and a member of the Orphans Court.
Henry Steele married Ann Billings, and they had six sons.
The Patriot died in 1782, and his gravestone was moved from the family graveyard at Weston on the Nanticoke River, Dorchester County, to the Christ Church cemetery in an effort to preserve Patriot graves.
The Captain John Smoot Chapter marked his grave on 10 April 2021.
Service Source:
Revolutionary Patriots of Dorchester County, Maryland, 1775-1783, by Henry C. Peden, Jr.
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