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William Ellmore (farmer)
Mother: Mary E.
Sister: Nora

William owned his farm mortgage free

Lived in Dranesville

A picture taken from the back of the cemetery near the African American section (Virlinda Thomas's headstone is right in front of the meeting house and Benjamin Cockrille's headstone is to the right of the meeting house).

This marker which can be seen from Centreville Road gives a brief history of the meeting house.

This is another original property marker that would mark the four corners of the meeting house property. It has been enclosed by a tall black metal fence for protection.

This marker describes the integration of blacks and whites as church members at the meeting house.

One of the four original stones that marked the property of the meeting house circa 1791. The Daughters of the American Revolution presented the plaque on June 9, 1991 in tribute to early relgious freedom.

This picture was taken next to the parking lot and the road at the entrance to the cemetery. The Spencer and Ellmore familes are off in the distance. This picture shows the number of unmarked graves in the cemetery. One of these could be Mortimore…

This picture was taken at the back of the cemetery next to the African American section. The gravestone to the left is the Ellmore family and the gravestone to the right surrounded by a wooden fence is the Spencer family.

This is a map from 2002 that show the planned revisions to Frying Pan Park. It shows the main historic places such as the Baptist Cemetery and the Old Floris Schoolhouse.