LANGRALLS ISLAND

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”.