Stevenson AME Church Cemetery in Sparks, Maryland

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Get directions 811 Quaker Bottom Road
Sparks, Maryland, USA

Coordinates: 39.52967, -76.65186
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The African American community of Sparks centered around the Stephenson A.M.E. Chapel (BA-427). The church is an outgrowth of a cemetery established on the property in 1855 by Azahel Stephenson. The cemetery associated with Stephenson Chapel is sited directly to the south (rear) of the church building. Many of the headstones date from the 1880s prior to the construction of the church. The graves are not strictly organized in rows from front to rear but more haphazardly placed in small rows throughout the parcel. The headstones are made out of both granite and marble.

Forms of the headstones range from rounded upright markers, obelisks, and flat upright markers. The cemetery which dates to 1855 continues to be in use by the present congregation.