Grave Stones as Read by Samuel Piper Before 1935-1936

          Shang Graveyard near Boonsboro, MD.
                       First Church located here.
      Called Adam or George KEALHOFER Farm

SCHUPP, Dorothea age 65 y 8m, d. 17 Nov 1805
One grave, plain stone
HOFMAN, Joseph b. 25 Aug 1801 d. 24 Sep 1801
SHANG, Peter b. Junius 41726 d. 4 Dec 1801.
                 On stone : 'Hatim estand gelebet 43 jahr 7 monst
                 4 tag im derzeit im 12 kinder Gaboren. Wroen
                 woven nocht 9 A.M. Leben Meinesgotes
                  Handhatin ich sebstgesegt in Diesenatand.'
SHANG, Sophia b. 17 Aug 1736 d. 26 Dec. 1797
SHANG, Daniel b. 10 Apr 1769 d. 23 Nov 1804
Six graves, plain stone
THOMAS, Gabriel b. 28 Mar 1785 d. 10 Oct 1823
Two graves, plain stones
BEELER Sarah w/o David BEELER age 31 y 5 m 13 d,
               d. 8 Feb 1834
One grave, plain stone
WEAST, Leonard, stone broken off (n.o.i.)
WEAST, Elizabeth w/o Leonard WEAST b. 20 Feb 1770
                 d. 22 Apr 1838
WEAST, Susan w/o Henry WEAST age 30y 3m 5d,
                 d. 2 Dec 1832
Four graves, plain stones
Two graves, no markers
PETRE, Ludwick b. 13 Jan 1765 d. 15 Apr 1811
PETRE, Elizabeth b. 22 Nov 1775 d. 16 Dec 1812
(p.n. These two graves (above) moved to Dunkard
Church, Beaver Creek)
One grave, plain stone
HOFMAN, Rahel b. Apr 1771, age 34y 9m 10d.
                   d. 11 ienner(?) 1806
EVEY, Elizabeth b. 3 Feb 1798 d. 1 Feb 1818
SHOUPE, John b 2 Jan 1773 d 18 Jan 1818
SHUPE, Adam b. 24 Jan 1744 d. 2 Jun 1820
One grave, plain stone
One stone, marked D.S.
One grave, plain stone
SCHECHTER, Daniel b. 12 Nov 1798 d. 14 Sep 1824
SCHECHTER, Judith b. 22 Jul 1756 d. 15 Feb 1823
SCHECHTER, Infant s/o Jacob & Lydia SCHECHTER,
age 24d d. 11 Dec 1816
SCHECHTER, John Wendel s/o Jacob & Lydia SCHECHTER
               SCHECHTER b. 25 Aug 1828 d. 3 Aug 1832
SCHECHTER, Saryan d/o Jacob & Lydia SCHECHTER
               b. 17  Apr 1822 d. 12 May 1829
Two graves, plain stones
Twelve graves, plain stones
SPILMENIN, Eva 93 y, d. (n.o.i.)
Nine graves, plain stones
One stone marked P.B.
BOMBERGER, Uries b. 30 Mar 11827 d. 28 Aug 1828
KNOCHELSINGIBO, Fredrick b. 1722 d. 12 Sep 1788
KNOCHELSINGIBO, Evalisabeth b. 1762 d 27 Oct 1779
SCHAL, Cathereine, _p_a(?) b. 1762 d. 1787
______, Maria Elisabetakun b. 1779 d. 1783, dinbor
                     WEET,(?) (e.n. not sure if there is a surname
                      here)
ABEL, Margret b. 1760 d. 22 May  1795
NICODEMUS, Henry W. b 29, Sep1827 d. 29 Dec 1829
NICODEMUS, David Franklin s/o Jacob Rowena
                NICODEMUS b. 29 Mar 1829 d. 17 Aug 1836
NICODEMUS, Sophrona b. 24 Dec 1836 d. 8 Dec 1837
NICODEMUS, Joseph Sherrick s/o Jacob & Rowena
                 NICODEMUS b. 16 Oct 1833 d. 14 Aug 1839
THOMSON, Mary b. 12 Dec 1769 d. 24 May 1832
Twelve graves, plain stones
STINGER, Sarah age 21 y 9m 14d, d. 15 May 1836
BLECHER, Tracy w/o Jacob BLECHER b. 28 Sep 1811
                d. 14 Oct 1840
WOLF, Magdalene w/o Frederick Wolf b. 6 Jun 1784
                   d. 9 Feb 1844 was married 43y 8 d.
NIKIRK, George, age 63 2 d d. 5 Jul 1844
NEU KERCH, Margaret w/o George NEU KERCH
                   age 33y 7m 2d, d. 9 Dec 1816
NEU KERCH, Catherine d/o George & Margaret
                  NEU KERCH age 3y 5m  12d, d. 30 Jul 1817
One grave, plain stone
NIKIRK, Henry s/o George & Mary NIKIRK age 2m 20d,
                 d. 23 Apr 1820
NIKIRK, Daniel s/o George & Mary NIKIRK b. 6 Sep 1827
                  d. 12 Dec 1829
NIKIRK, Samuel s/o George & Margaret NIKIRK
                  b. 5 Sep 1806 d. 2 Apr 1837
SCHINDEL, George s/o John & Margaret SCHINDEL
                b. 24 Jan 1838 d.  1 Sep 1839
HAYNES, Martin L. s/o John & Sarah HAYNES
                  age 1y 4m 26d, d. 26 Apr 1847
Nine graves, plain stones
NETZ, Mary w/o John NETZ b. 20 Nov 1812
                  d. 31 Dec 1843
BEARD, Michael age 53y 1m, d. 16 Dec 1810
BEARD, Elizabeth age 62y 7m 5d, d. 23 Oct 1826
EASTERDAY, Michael age 93y, d. 23 Aug 1837
DAGENHART, Ann Mary age 59y  d. 1825
DAGENHART, Rebecca b. 1822 d. (n.d.)
Lot of other graves, no markers



There are a little over one hundred graves in this cemetery. Only fifty of them could be identified in any way by Samuel Piper. Ludwick and Elizabeth Petre have been moved to Dunkard Church in Beaver Creek.

I would imagine a good part of the unmarked graves or unreadable stones that followed certain names were of the same family. I am also inclined to believe that some in the lot of other graves, no markers were Dagenharts.
Some of the family names such as NIKIRK and NEU KERCH are the same family with different spellings. I have done a bit of research and it would appear that George NIKIRK's first wife was Margaret NEU KERCH/NIKIRK' and his second wife was Mary NIKIRK.