Slave, Freed Servants, and their Children Memorial - Flat Rock, NC, USA
Posted by: NCDaywalker
N 35° 16.991 W 082° 26.602
17S E 368740 N 3905402
The rock bordered cemetery holds the remains of slaves, freed servants, and their children.
Waymark Code: WMXFH5
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2018
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The plaque honors those buried here through the years. The plaque text states it all.
"This memorial recognizes and honors the slaves, freed servants, and their children who worshipped as early members of the Church of Saint John in the Wilderness and were buried here, during the Nineteenth Century.
It is estimated that about 100 people rest at this site, their graves originally marked with field stones. No engravings have been found on these stones. Those buried beneath these markers are known only to God.
Place by the St. John Historic Churchyard Committee, Donors and Grant from The Episcopal Diocese of WNC Foundation
2015"
Location: Outside church cemetery
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed
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