Dorsey Cemetery

This 19 th century gravesite is one of several preserved areas in Columbia maintained by Columbia Association. The graves link our new town to the history of the land and connects some of the place names that

are drawn from this history. Many of these sites M go unnoticed by passing motorists and even cyclists. Amos Dorsey was born in 1789 and died in Take a moment to step back in time. Other historic 1856. He was married to Evaline. Several of their children are also buried in this cemetery,

gravesites can be found in Oakland Mills and in including Harrison and Pulaski, who were the commercial area on Stanford Boulevard. members of Gaither ’s Howard Dragoons, a militia that trained at Oakland Manor under

THE Colonel Gaither and saw action in There was a large Dorsey extended family presence in Howard County. We find a number of place names that honor that history. on April 19, 1861, during the riot that pitted Among them are the village of Dorsey’s Search and the neighborhood of . The 18th century home known as a secessionist mob against soldiers and Dorsey Hall is the origin of the name. Built on land granted to the civilians. Gaither’s story epitomizes ’s Honorable John Dorsey in 1695, the house remained in the Dorsey family until the 20th century. In the late 1960s, The status as a border state. Soon after helping to Rouse Company purchased the house as part of the larger tract that became the neighborhood. did some bring peace in Baltimore, Gaither — along with renovation work but for many years it was vacant. Developers most of the Dragoons — turned and headed Richard Talkin and Donald Reuwer purchased the house in 2000 and restored it, incorporating it into the development of a small south to enlist with the Confederate Army. office complex. Dorsey Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Homes.

Pulaski Dorsey was one of Gaither’s Dragoons

who fought for the Confederacy. He enlisted at

Leesburg on May 14, 1861 and signed his Oath

of Allegiance to the U.S. on April 19, 1865 at

Edwards Ferry. He later served as judge of

Howard County’s Orphan Court. M

Privately maintained gravesites near Stanford Boulevard.

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