Whitehall Cemetery
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Whitehall Cemetery

Also known as Ridout Cemetery

Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA

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  • Get directions 1915 Whitehall Road
    Annapolis, Maryland 21409 United States
    Coordinates: 39.00436, -76.42953
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Obtaining thousands of acres of frontier land over several years, Colonial Maryland Governor Horatio Sharp built in 1764 his mansion, the "Whitehall," which was located eight miles from Annapolis, Maryland . Many indentured servants helped to build this 26-room mansion on his waterfront property. Made of the finest wood and marble along with being furnished in the best of taste, his home is now a National Historical Landmark. When Sharp returned to England on the dawn of the American Revolution, his personal friend and secretary, John Ridout acquired the governor's home. The Ridout family's final resting places are located on the grounds in unmarked graves, as Ridout "directed that no tombstones be erected on his or other graves at Whitehall, an order religiously obeyed by four generations."



On the Whitehall property there is also the Scarlet Cemetery with one burial.



There are 128 burials dated 1781 to 2013. The earliest do not have headstones. Starting in 2016, tours of the Whitehall mansion have included at times the cemeteries.



From the Maryland Archives, Biography series: John Ridout died in 1791, leaving much of his property to his wife (Mary). It is thought that Mary ended her days at Whitehall, where she was buried in 1808 alongside her husband. Her mother, Anne Tasker Ogle, after living to her mid-nineties, was also buried at Whitehall.





Obtaining thousands of acres of frontier land over several years, Colonial Maryland Governor Horatio Sharp built in 1764 his mansion, the "Whitehall," which was located eight miles from Annapolis, Maryland . Many indentured servants helped to build this 26-room mansion on his waterfront property. Made of the finest wood and marble along with being furnished in the best of taste, his home is now a National Historical Landmark. When Sharp returned to England on the dawn of the American Revolution, his personal friend and secretary, John Ridout acquired the governor's home. The Ridout family's final resting places are located on the grounds in unmarked graves, as Ridout "directed that no tombstones be erected on his or other graves at Whitehall, an order religiously obeyed by four generations."



On the Whitehall property there is also the Scarlet Cemetery with one burial.



There are 128 burials dated 1781 to 2013. The earliest do not have headstones. Starting in 2016, tours of the Whitehall mansion have included at times the cemeteries.



From the Maryland Archives, Biography series: John Ridout died in 1791, leaving much of his property to his wife (Mary). It is thought that Mary ended her days at Whitehall, where she was buried in 1808 alongside her husband. Her mother, Anne Tasker Ogle, after living to her mid-nineties, was also buried at Whitehall.





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