Name/Title
Grave Concerns (Firm)Entry/Object ID
2016.002.0002Scope and Content
1 folder ; 14 3/4" x 9 1/2"
Scott Lawrence was descended from the Hammetts. At one point, he started to research his forbears and discovered that one or more were buried at St. Nicholas Church in Pearson. The church had been engulfed by the Patuxent River Naval Air Station and all the gravestones had been laid down and covered. Scott had taken courses and apprenticeships to learn how to explore and restore cemeteries and gravestones. Using this experience, he proposed to the base commander that his company, Grave Concerns, find and re-install the stones in the cemetery. He was first allowed to locate and restore the gravestones of twelve veterans and the work went on from there. Scott has done similar work in other cemeteries around Maryland and has become an authority on private cemeteries in Saint Mary's County.
[2003?] Bio sheet for Scott Lawrence
April 25, 2005 Application for a home business location for Grave concerns at Lawrence's home in Park Hall
April 22, 2006 Report on work at Menokin (home of Francis Lightfoot Lee near Warsaw, Va.) during the second week
March/April 2007 Bulletin of the Prince George's County Genealogical Society of Maryland with a report on a presentation Scott had made at one of their meetings about cemetery restoration
April 13, 2007 News article with a color photo from the Milford, De. Beacon about Scott's restoration of a cemetery in that area
January 13, 2010 Invoice and report for Grave Concern's restoration of the Union United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lothian, Maryland
January 24, 2010 Payment and thanks from the above church and a request to make a presentation to the congregation about the restoration
March 31, 2010 Letter from John Hanson Briscoe thanking Lawrence for his work on the Chronicles of St. Mary's
October 29, 2010 Article in SouthernMarylandNews.com asking for information about family cemeteries to update the list maintained by the Historic Preservation Commission
No date Photocopy of a hand drawing of the lands around Cross Manor and Elizabeth Manor whose boundaries were in dispute in James Pattison's will
No date Eleven pages of the specific gravity and weight per cubic foot of many substancesCollection
Scott Lawrence PapersArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
2003 - 2010Location
Container
Scott Lawrence Papers, Box 1Shelf
Rack 13, Shelf 3-BackRack
Rack 13Wall
East wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Scott Lawrence Papers, Box 1Shelf
Rack 13, Shelf 3-BackRack
Rack 13Wall
East wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Briscoe, John HansonPerson or Organization
Lawrence, Scott