Elizabeth Denison Forth
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N 42° 38.636 W 083° 16.934
17T E 312904 N 4723800
Inside the Oakhill Cemetery on the north side of westbound University Drive, just east of the M-59 interchange (as in you can't get there from here). Take a quick right at North Paddock and go around the block clockwise. Parking available inside the cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMFQT
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2006
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In 1825, Elizabeth Denison, "a woman of color," purchased 48.5 acres of land from Pontiac's founder, Stephen Mack, agent of the Pontiac Company. She became Pontiac's first black property owner, but never lived on the property. In 1827 she and her husband, Scipio Forth, leased the land to her brother Scipio Denison. In 1836 and 1837, Mrs. Forth sold the land for $930. Elizabeth Denison was born in the 1780s as a slave in present-day Macomb County. In 1807 she fled to Canada, returning to Detroit around 1812 as a free woman. At her death in 1866, she donated money used toward the construction of St. James Episcopal Chapel on Grosse Ile. She is buried in Detroit's Elmwood Cemetery. Part of Oak Hill Cemetery now occupies Elizabeth Denison Forth's property.
Historical Name: Elizabeth Denison Forth
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Local Site #1860
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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