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. Marker 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker

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, measured as the crow flies. 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); Wetlands (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edgemere.

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

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2013, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 846 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 9, 2013, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.