Old Providence Methodist Church Cemetery
Page last updated 24 January 2026.
Old Providence Methodist Church cemetery sign, Kacie's Photography, 2016
12001 Old Fort Road, Fort Washington (Chapel Hill), Prince George's County, Maryland 20744
This cemetery is located at the site of the first Providence church building, then called Providence Methodist Episcopal Church. All but one headstone in the Old Providence cemetery (also called the Chapel Hill Cemetery) are no longer there or visible. It is believed that up to 35 graves are located in this cemetery. The remaining headstone is that of James E. Sansbury, who died on January 10, 1871.[1]
NOTE: Several of the people listed below were known to be buried at the Old Providence cemetery, while others were discovered in funeral home records. Because the additional names were not mentioned on a Providence cemetery plot map, it is assumed that they are buried here due to their date of death and family connection.
Be sure to also check the Providence cemetery for burials in the newer cemetery.
Those buried at the old Providence cemetery include:
Abbreviation Key:
d. = infant's/child's year of death
m. = maiden name
(*) = This person was included while working with the cemetery; no evidence yet that we are related.
NOTE: Several of the people listed below were known to be buried at the Old Providence cemetery, while others were discovered in funeral home records. Because the additional names were not mentioned on a Providence cemetery plot map, it is assumed that they are buried here due to their date of death and family connection.
Be sure to also check the Providence cemetery for burials in the newer cemetery.
Those buried at the old Providence cemetery include:
- BERRY, Katie
- FISHER, Samuel Henry (*)
- HECKLING, Mary (m. unknown) (*)
- HINTZE, Inez Elizabeth
- HINTZE, Robert
- ROLAND, Infant (d. 1901)
- ROLAND, Infant (d. 1902)
- SANSBURY, J. (*)
- SANSBURY, James E. (*)
- SIMMONS, James Alexander
- SIMMONS, Lillian Goldsmith (m. FISHER)
- SIMMONS, William Harry
- THORN, Elizabeth Roberta (m. TAYLOR)
- THORN, George Washington
- THORNE, Myrtle Eva
- UNKLE, Marian E. (m. unknown)
- WARD, Child (d. 1904)
- WARD, Child (d. 1912)
Abbreviation Key:
d. = infant's/child's year of death
m. = maiden name
(*) = This person was included while working with the cemetery; no evidence yet that we are related.
SOURCES INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
Providence-Fort Washington United Methodist Church history (edited). Available at https://pfwumc.org/church-history/. Cemetery descriptions compiled from various sources.
Maryland Historical Trust. “Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties.” Inventory No. PG:80-54 (pending). Available at https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/Medusa/MedusaMap.html.
Providence Methodist Church. (1941). Record of Cemetery Trustee. [NOTE: The previous records were incomplete. This document rewrote what information known before August 1, 1941. Information was added through March 18, 1983.]
Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter tombstone project. (1955).
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
Family information compiled from the FindAGrave website (https://www.findagrave.com), FamilySearch website (https://familysearch.org/), GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/) and family records.
Providence-Fort Washington United Methodist Church history (edited). Available at https://pfwumc.org/church-history/. Cemetery descriptions compiled from various sources.
Maryland Historical Trust. “Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties.” Inventory No. PG:80-54 (pending). Available at https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/Medusa/MedusaMap.html.
Providence Methodist Church. (1941). Record of Cemetery Trustee. [NOTE: The previous records were incomplete. This document rewrote what information known before August 1, 1941. Information was added through March 18, 1983.]
Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter tombstone project. (1955).
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
Family information compiled from the FindAGrave website (https://www.findagrave.com), FamilySearch website (https://familysearch.org/), GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/) and family records.