The Old Southern Burial Ground.– By the action of the City Council condemning and ordering the opening of Fort and Hanover streets as public highways, the quiet of the dead reposing in this burial ground, fronting on Light street, will be disturbed, as the beds of the streets lay directly through a portion of it. The trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the city and precincts have accordingly notified all lot holders to have the remains of their relatives or friends interred there removed, or a disinterment will be made under the authority of the city. The remaining portion of the burial ground not condemned by the opening of the above streets will also be subjected to similar interruptions by the opening of other avenues as that portion of the city continues to grow.
SOURCE: The Sun (Baltimore) 22 May 1858: p. 1
The Monumental City 