LANGRALLS
ISLAND
DORCHESTER
COUNTY MARYLAND
This
posting is for those unfamiliar with the vast Chesapeake Bay
marshes
and their islands.
The
island is Langralls less than five mile below Vienna, just
above
Henry's Cross Roads and Lewis' Wharf of the Nanticoke
River
side
of Dorchester County. It has been described, thus; “ stands
of tall
pie
in a sea of grass, with ponds, quicksand flats, winding
brackish
streams,
menaced by erratic storms and tides. About all there is to hear
when
there is the 'whistle' of duck wings, fogs hold it in a snug
grip,
ice
locks the ponds and steams tight. Savage winds have bent the
stunted
loblollies and clouds of mosquitoes and other insects rise like
a
mist. A beautiful, landscape, ever changing.”
It
appears that the state owns Langralls. The only track left by
long
departed
settlers is a forgotten grave yard sitting far back off the
western
side
roadway, The stones in disarray among trees and shrubs, fallen,,
broken,
and some imbedded in tree trunks and roots. The oldest stone
is
dated 1834, the most recent 1869. There are nineteen burials,
all but
two
are Langrells. A two year old , James Evins, and a thirty five year
old
Saley
McCrareadey each have a marker. A simple marker holds an
epitaph
“ Memory of Rebecca A. the wife of Henry W Langrall, born
May
18, 1823, died July 16 1854 “. This marriage did not change
the
brides
maiden name> Rebecca Langrall married Henry W. Langrall,
May 17, 1847, she being 24 years old, probably cousins.
Abstract:
Tuesday, August 25, 1998, Salisbury Daily Times , article by
Hal
Roth, of Vienna, author of “You can't never get to Puckum from
here”.
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