Five Founding Families of Lina’s Road
Meet five families connected to Lina’s Road and the relationships that shaped their shared community life.
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Church Creek · Dorchester County, Maryland
One road.
A lasting legacy.
Church. School. Cemetery.
Generations built a community here. Together, we can preserve its places, remember its people, and carry their stories forward.
A living heritage, cared for by descendants.
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Download the website QR codeRooted in Dorchester CountyLed by descendantsPreserved for generations
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The people behind the places
They built a community.
We carry it forward.
The church, schoolhouse, and burial ground held the faith, learning, and family life of Lina’s Road through Reconstruction, segregation, and the civil rights era.
Today, descendants are working to keep these places cared for—and the lives connected to them remembered.
Step into the photograph collectionFour families · Many connected lives
Every generation
leaves a story.
01
Spicer
Sam, Hennie, and generations connected through land, marriage, work, and care.
Read their story 02Travers
Freedom records, the Lakes District households, and enduring community service.
Read their story 03Phillips
Rhodia Ann’s descendants and the McNamara, Payton, and Travers connections.
Read their story 04Bowley
Early freedom records, maritime traditions, and Civil War service.
Read their storyThe Lina’s Road listening room
Every name.
A story worth keeping.
Family connections, a one-room schoolhouse, and memories written in stone. Choose a story and listen.
Illustrated covers accompany the recorded stories.
The One Room Schoolhouse That Built a Dynasty
One room, generations of possibility: explore the schoolhouse’s legacy of education, family, and community.
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Lina’s Road Black History Etched in Stone
Discover family connections and individual lives remembered in Lina’s Road’s burial ground and memorial stones.
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The next chapter depends on us
Help keep
our history standing.
Your support can help repair the church, care for sacred ground, and move the schoolhouse toward a future as a preserved landmark.
Make a preservation pledgeA pledge records your intention to give. No payment is collected online.
Care for the church.
Roof, sanctuary, pews, and plumbing repairs. Insurance, groundskeeping, and the everyday maintenance that keeps the building cared for.
See the church’s needs Pledge toward church careHonor sacred ground.
Regular groundskeeping, careful marker repairs, drainage and access, burial records, insurance, and continuing cemetery care.
See the cemetery’s needs Pledge toward cemetery carePreserve possibility.
Assessments, roof and building repairs, and preservation planning—with the hope of restoring the schoolhouse as a preserved landmark.
Explore the schoolhouse vision Pledge toward the schoolhouseSkills, materials, and time can help, too. Talk with the Group about contributing.
Keep your family’s stories together
Create a private family album in Legacy Keeper. Add photographs, type or speak names and memories, and invite family to help. Search by names, places, dates, and stories.
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