After you leave Sotterley Plantation, venture to your left as you continue to paddle down the Patuxent River for 4.3 miles. Eventually, on your left, you will see some tall modern white retirement homes called Asbury. To the left of Asbury are some smaller brownish townhouses. Where these townhouses are located, an unmarked cemetery was discovered in 1989 when the land containing the archeological site was slated for the residential development. Since it is the law that a person cannot build on top of human remains, Maryland Historical Trust decided to excavate the 18 graves ground in the cemetery.

Patuxent Point cemetery was one of the few known 17th century graveyards in Maryland. The individual in grave 18 was the only skeleton found to be formerly of Black or African ancestery. This individual is believed by archaeologists to be a male between the ages of 15-18. The individual was buried about 1670 holding a clay tobacco pipe. Burying someone with objects important to him in life is an African custom. Life in 17th century Maryland was harsh, for master and slaves. Many died young. Tobacco was Maryland's colonial cash crop, and nearly everone took up smoking at an early age.