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 African--American Cemetery, The - Montgomery NY Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 41° 30.304 W 074° 15.242
18T E 562256 N 4595094
The African-American Cemetery, known historically as the Colored Cemetery, in the Town of Montgomery, New York, United States, holds the graves of roughly 100, mostly believed to be African slaves.
Waymark Code: WMMXGV
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2014
Views: 1
All the originally marked graves that have been identified have had the stones used to mark them supplemented with small pipes. Only two have any kind of discernible inscription, one of which dates its occupant's passing to 1756. The site had grown neglected until the town and private donors undertook to fix it up in the early 1990s. It was fully restored and rededicated, with a new wooden fence and explanatory plaque, in 1995. It was then added to the National Register of Historic Places. Source: ( visit link)
Street address:
Co. Rt. 416, approximately .5 mi. S of jct. with NY 84
Montgomery, NY
County / Borough / Parish: Orange
Year listed: 1996
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Information Potential, Event
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Historic function: Funerary
Current function: Funerary
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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