Mt Joy Cemetery

Location: 3515 Middleburg Rd, Union Bridge, MD 21791

Mt. Joy Methodist Episcopal Church was one of the earliest African American congregations established in Carroll County. In 1858, formerly enslaved Singleton Hughes and his wife Eliza purchased the property for the church from free landowners Barney and Catherine Dunson. An ordained minister, Hughes organized the first meetings of the Mt. Joy congregation in a private residence. In 1880, a frame church was built using materials salvaged from a demolished church. Although the Mt. Joy Church was on Uniontown’s west side, it mainly served the African American community on the east side of town. The church was used until 1962 and was demolished in 1975. The Mt. Joy Cemetery remains, and a marker shows the former site of the church.

At Strawbridge, congregants are motivated to “deny ungodliness and worldly desires and live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself, His own special people, zealous for good works!”

Mt Joy Cemetery

Location: 3515 Middleburg Rd, Union Bridge, MD 21791

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