TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.–The Trustee’s of Baltimore City Station give notice that Mr. JOSEPH SHANE has been appointed Superintendent of the Southern Burial Ground of the Methodist E Church. Persons removing their dead from said ground to Mount Olivet Cemetery prior to February 28th next, can exchange their lots with Mr. THOS. FRANCE, Agent for the Cemetery. Office adjoining Light street Church.
SOURCE: The Sun (Baltimore) 9 October 1854, p. 3 (ProQuest)
Vandalism — It is discovered that within the past few nights several of the old family vaults in the burial ground at the head of Broadway of the old Glendy congregation, known as the Second Presbyterian church, have had their locks and doors wrested off and the coffins broken, and the bones scattered around in the vaults. Among other vaults, thus mutilated were those of the family of the late John Gregg, and the vault of the late Capt. John M. Kane. It is a disgrace that such things should occur in the city. The object of the vandals is supposed to be plunder of the coffins of any valuables that might possibly have been buried with the corpses. The city is being built up rapidly in the vicinity of this old burial place, and hence it is the more necessary to use vigilance in guarding it from intrusion.
SOURCE: The Sun (Baltimore) 17 September 1873, p. 1
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 