Married Sarah Rogers on 17 October 1765 in St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland.
Grandfather of Rebecca Nichols Smith Gittings.
John died at his farm/plantation in what is now the Roland Park area of Baltimore County and was buried on the property. On 20 Sep 1845 his granddaughter, Eleanor (Smith) Gittings had his remains removed to the Gittings vault in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore City, where he remains today. His headstone was left behind. Eleanor was the daughter of John's son William.
In late 1925, the property which had long since passed out of the Smith family, was sold by its owner Francis A. White and a convent for the Sisters of the Visitation was built, incorporating his stately home into the structure.
In February of 1926, two articles appeared in the Baltimore Sun telling the story of John Smith's marker resting in the yard of Francis White's house, attracting unwanted visitors. Mr. White moved the marker at some point to the edge of the roadway near a telephone pole, only to have a lineman for the phone company discover it grown over with bushes and weeds.
It is most probable that the article drew the attention of a Gittings descendant or a member of the county historical society who then coordinated the relocation to the Gittings cemetery off Long Green Pike. In that cemetery is another of his granddaughters, Rebecca Nichols (Smith) Gittings. It is not likely that anyone locally knew of John's location at Green Mount Cemetery at that time, as his grave is unmarked and there was no public record to suggest it.
Married Sarah Rogers on 17 October 1765 in St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland.
Grandfather of Rebecca Nichols Smith Gittings.
John died at his farm/plantation in what is now the Roland Park area of Baltimore County and was buried on the property. On 20 Sep 1845 his granddaughter, Eleanor (Smith) Gittings had his remains removed to the Gittings vault in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore City, where he remains today. His headstone was left behind. Eleanor was the daughter of John's son William.
In late 1925, the property which had long since passed out of the Smith family, was sold by its owner Francis A. White and a convent for the Sisters of the Visitation was built, incorporating his stately home into the structure.
In February of 1926, two articles appeared in the Baltimore Sun telling the story of John Smith's marker resting in the yard of Francis White's house, attracting unwanted visitors. Mr. White moved the marker at some point to the edge of the roadway near a telephone pole, only to have a lineman for the phone company discover it grown over with bushes and weeds.
It is most probable that the article drew the attention of a Gittings descendant or a member of the county historical society who then coordinated the relocation to the Gittings cemetery off Long Green Pike. In that cemetery is another of his granddaughters, Rebecca Nichols (Smith) Gittings. It is not likely that anyone locally knew of John's location at Green Mount Cemetery at that time, as his grave is unmarked and there was no public record to suggest it.
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