SanSouci Plaza
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MysticalMom
Witchy Woman
When they were cutting down the woods there to build San Souci and discovered that little family plot, me and some friends went in the middle of the night to see it. It was a muddy and when I leaned down to shine my lighter on one of the baby grave stones the thing fell over. It spooked my "friends" and they ran(dumbasses) leaving me all by myself to try and put it back up. I did my best, but 18 years later it's still crooked. :shrug:
morganj614
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jazz lady said::fixed:
I remember the HH fondly. Lots of good times there.
I never knew about the drugs. I do remember some of the people I worked with tho..hmmm
were notorious for drugs back then. And some of the people who worked there were VERY scary. 
sunnysideup
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Cemetary was once a farm
Back in the day, people would bury their passed on family members on a plot on their land. The cemetary in San Souci was on a family farm and was documented as part of an Eagle Scout project. There are family cemetaries all over St. Mary's county often in odd places because of the magnitude of farms before all of the development. Many are in the woods and some not so easy to find (there is one near St. Mary's River Park) as they are probably covered over. The person who did the Eagle Scout project visited many of these "unknown" cemetaries and documented them including generating rubbings from the headstones.
The Eagle Scout gained permission from Mr. Millison who owned the property at the time to investigate and document the cemetary and did so. In addition to using his results for his project, he turned his results in to Virginia Hammett who happened to be writing her book on St. Mary's at the time. She even argued with the young Eagle Scout that his results were wrong. He promptly showed her the rubbings and still not convinced, he trekked with her back into the woods off Indian Bridge Road to prove his findings.
Years later, Mr. Millison went to develop the property. Apparently once a cemetary is documented, then you have to get permission from the deceased families kin to move them (If you have ever been there, you can see that those graves are pretty old). So Mr. Millison built around the cemetary. And that is why you see it, exactly where it was when it was a farm. The farmhouse did exist and was behind the plaza during the documentation of the cemetary. As a matter of fact, the largest stone in the cemetary had been removed from it's initial home and had been drug out into the field. The Eagle Scout and a friend picked up the heavy stone and returned it to it's proper place where it sits today.
So that is the real story of the Cemetary in San Souci Plaza. Although it is odd that Fashion Bug caught fire, and that several businesses on that side of the plaza have gone out of business or moved, I am not sure that the area is 'haunted' but who knows. The Halloween store sure seemed to thrive with it next door.
Boo!
Back in the day, people would bury their passed on family members on a plot on their land. The cemetary in San Souci was on a family farm and was documented as part of an Eagle Scout project. There are family cemetaries all over St. Mary's county often in odd places because of the magnitude of farms before all of the development. Many are in the woods and some not so easy to find (there is one near St. Mary's River Park) as they are probably covered over. The person who did the Eagle Scout project visited many of these "unknown" cemetaries and documented them including generating rubbings from the headstones.
The Eagle Scout gained permission from Mr. Millison who owned the property at the time to investigate and document the cemetary and did so. In addition to using his results for his project, he turned his results in to Virginia Hammett who happened to be writing her book on St. Mary's at the time. She even argued with the young Eagle Scout that his results were wrong. He promptly showed her the rubbings and still not convinced, he trekked with her back into the woods off Indian Bridge Road to prove his findings.
Years later, Mr. Millison went to develop the property. Apparently once a cemetary is documented, then you have to get permission from the deceased families kin to move them (If you have ever been there, you can see that those graves are pretty old). So Mr. Millison built around the cemetary. And that is why you see it, exactly where it was when it was a farm. The farmhouse did exist and was behind the plaza during the documentation of the cemetary. As a matter of fact, the largest stone in the cemetary had been removed from it's initial home and had been drug out into the field. The Eagle Scout and a friend picked up the heavy stone and returned it to it's proper place where it sits today.
So that is the real story of the Cemetary in San Souci Plaza. Although it is odd that Fashion Bug caught fire, and that several businesses on that side of the plaza have gone out of business or moved, I am not sure that the area is 'haunted' but who knows. The Halloween store sure seemed to thrive with it next door.
Boo!
sunnysideup
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Other Cemetaries
You might check Regina Combs Hammett's book "History of St. Mary's County, Maryland" (sorry not Virginia Hammett as I stated before).
I can also ask the Eagle Scout who did the project next time I talk to him.
The one I specifically remember him mentioning was near St. Mary's River State Park and very difficult to get to - from Indian Bridge road.
You might check Regina Combs Hammett's book "History of St. Mary's County, Maryland" (sorry not Virginia Hammett as I stated before).
I can also ask the Eagle Scout who did the project next time I talk to him.
The one I specifically remember him mentioning was near St. Mary's River State Park and very difficult to get to - from Indian Bridge road.
deadbeatdad
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Hope you all don't mind if I jump in. The Hammett's buried there happen to be kin to me and I surveyed the cemetery before they cleared the land. (yes Morgan, I remember HH too!) It is illegal in Maryland to move a cemetery without written permission from ancestors and, with a cemetery that old, any removal would have to be done by an archaeologist. Big money! I remember the ruins of the old house and barns being completey overgrown.
I have lots of information on the local burial grounds and would be happy to share with others. Send me a message!
I have lots of information on the local burial grounds and would be happy to share with others. Send me a message!
