This is the deed for Lot No. 116 in the United Brethren Church in Christ, known as Weller Church located at Mechanicstown, Frederick county in the State of Maryland. This fifteen foot by sixteen foot burial lot was sold to John B. Gilbert for the sum of $15.00 on March 12, 1879. THe deed is signed by Cemetery Trustess Jacob Wastler, Washington H. Ward and William L. Martin. The deed was witnessed by Frederick White J.P., Justice of the Peace of the State and County. This deed was executed 141 years ago and still reads very well. This deed is one of the documents Col. John R. Rouzer was holding for the family of John Gilbert.

This document is part of the Bill Zentz Collection, thanks to Candy Zentz for making it available for display.

This is a deed for burial spaces in the United Brethren Church in Christ, known as the Weller Church at 'Mechanicstown, in the County of Frederick and State of Maryland'. The deed is dated July 8, 1867 and names Joseph E. Kuhn as the owner of one half of Lot 27 measuring eight feet by eight feet. Mr. Kuhn paid $5.00 for the grave lot and was given 'free access to and from the same, and subject to his own control and fancy in beautifying the same by Trees, Shrubbery, enclosure or otherwise'. The deed is signed by George Stokes, Jacob Perry and James Baltzell, trustess of the cemetery. Reuben Osler, Justice of the Peace for the State of Maryland witnessed the signing of the deed.

This deed is one of the documents Col. John R. Rouzer was holding to the family of John B. Gilbert. Even though the deed is 153 years old it still reads very well and it remains in excellent condition.

This document is part of the Bill Zentz Collection, thanks to Candy Zentz for making it available for display.

This is the back of the deed Joseph Kuhn received for one half of Lot 27 in the Weller Church Cemetery. 

This is the back of the deed for Lot No. 116 in the United Brethren Church in Christ, known as Weller Church and  sold to John B. Gilbert on March 12, 1879.

This is the top half of the plat. Baker Tree Service is now located between Hunting Creek and Water Street, shown here as the road to Thurmont. The MVRR was the Monocacy Valley Rail Road, it would later be part of the Frederick & Hagerstown Railway and is now used as the Thurmont Trolley Trail. Moser Road now makes a sharp turn just past the crossing and becomes Woodland Avenue.