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Dossier 3677Historic SiteMedium 68

Grantham and Forrest Farm

Cambridge, Maryland1 min readFile amended Directions

A historic site in Cambridge, Maryland, an NPS Network to Freedom, Grantham and Forrest Farm is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The farm—where the fugitives were hidden. HauntHunt files it with Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 3 sources on file
Status
Operating
Designation
NPS Network to Freedom
Coordinates
38.554, -76.077 · Approximate (city centroid)

Is Grantham and Forrest Farm haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

The record — long form

Grantham-Forrest is the camp meeting — the '1857' that's the religious revival, the 'Tillotson' that's the feared Georgia traders. The 'Benjamin' is the walked — the 'during the meeting' that's the slipped the crowd, the 'Kent County' that's the Millington farm. The 'Jarman' is the enslaver — the 'Samuel' that's the named in the record, the 'sale fear' that's the drove the flight.

The 'no access' is the private — the 'view from road' that's the instruction, the 'farm still farms' that's the working land. The 'Network' is the listed — the 'Tillotson's route' that's the north through Delaware, the 'camp meeting' that's the cover of crowds. Grantham is the quiet — the 'Chesterville Bridge Road' that's the address, the 'one man' that's the documented.

The file keeps Grantham-Forrest: the '57 flight, the camp meeting cover, the Georgia threat, and the road view.

Grantham-Forrest Farm is the archive's Maryland file — the revival's exit.

Why this file matters

Grantham-Forrest Farm is the archive's Maryland file — the crowd's cover.

A farm keeps its meeting — the file's suggestion being that Grantham's hold is the opportune: the 'revival' that's the masked the leaving, the 'Georgia traders' that's the feared worse than flight, and the 'private' that's the farmed still.

Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Grantham and Forrest Farm is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Grantham and Forrest Farm's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.

"Grantham and Forrest Farm." HauntHunt dossier 3677, https://haunthunt.com/place/grantham-and-forrest-farm-cambridge-maryland/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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