Edgemere in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Shaw Family Cemetery

Photographed by F. Robby, September 8, 2013

1. Shaw Family Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Restored by the Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society and Museum, assisted by Beta Alpha Tau Honor Society-CCBC-Dundalk and B & B Welding Company.

The Shaw residence, located 100 feet west, was used by the British officers as a staging headquarters in the War of 1812 - Battle of North Point.

On September 12, 1814 legend has daughter Eleanor Shaw leaping from a second floor window to avoid improper advances of a British officer. General Robert Ross sent him back to the fleet in disgrace and left this site for the Battle of North Point. The house was dismantled by the Bethlehem Steel Company in 1976.

Erected by Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society and Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War of 1812. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1955.

Location. 39° 13.679′ N, 76° 26.012′ W. Marker is in Edgemere, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is at the intersection of Foulkes Farm Road and North Point Spur, on the left when traveling south on Foulkes Farm Road. North Point Spur is closed to vehicles. Marker is accessible from North Point Road's intersection with unmarked, unpaved Foulkes Farm Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sparrows Point MD 21219, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "O! say can you see…" (approx. half a mile away); Unexpected Resistance (approx. half a mile away); War in the Chesapeake (approx. half a mile away); Nature's Engineer (approx. 0.7 miles away); North Point (approx. 0.8 miles away); Todd’s Inheritance (approx. one mile away); A Heavy Price (approx. one mile away); The Presbytery of Baltimore (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edgemere.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Todd’s Inheritance (was approx. one mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Shaw Family Cemetery and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by F. Robby, September 8, 2013

2. Shaw Family Cemetery and Marker

Shaw Family Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by F. Robby, September 8, 2013

3. Shaw Family Cemetery

Viewed from North Point Spur.

Photographed by F. Robby, September 8, 2013

4. Shaw Family Cemetery

Shaw House Cellar image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, March 7, 2026

5. Shaw House Cellar

The ruined cellar of the ca. 1800 Shaw House is not 100' west as the marker says; instead, it is 290' southwest. The house was quite a bit larger than this ruin would indicate, and was expanded east from this original segment (which dates to ca. 1800). the concrete steps into the cellar are a much later addition.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2013, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,831 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 9, 2013, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. 5. submitted on March 9, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia.