Has there been a search through the town's/county's survey plats? I ask because here in Norfolk we found an early (1700s to about 1840s) "Negro burial ground" in the northern section of Downtown Norfolk. It was on a copy of a survey filed with Norfolk City. The survey was done in 1902, but it is based off an earlier survey. https://cdm15987.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15987coll17/id/14/rec/10 Does the town's code or ordianances mention negro burial grounds or burial of slaves/free blacks? Something to consider... Sincerely, Troy Troy Valos, MA, MSIS Special Collections & Supervising Librarian Sargeant Memorial Collection Norfolk Public Library 235 East Plume Street Norfolk, VA 23510 757-431-7451 office| 757-431-7429 dept. 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Please exercise caution. *** ________________________________ Although Id long supposed that someplace on W&Ms original 330 acres is a burial ground for those the College enslaved over some 170 years, Im now of a mind that we more likely buried our enslaved at a largely forgotten potters field of some sort near the Williamsburg Inn, as I explore in https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/___https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3074&context=aspubs___.YzJ1OmNpdHlvZm5vcmZvbGsyOmM6bzpjNTg3OGUxOGMzMjNkZGFkZTdiYjU1ZGUwZjIzNTgyZTo2OjgyZmE6OWViMzM5ZjAyOGQwYzM3ZGVjZjY5NzYwYTczZGU4MmVkMWUyYTM0OThkZTU0ZmQ5MjE4ODg3MGZiODFlMDIxNTpwOlQ But Ive also found an account in the student newspaper, the Flat Hat (April 10, 1925; p. 1d<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/___http://hdl.handle.net/10288/4841___.YzJ1OmNpdHlvZm5vcmZvbGsyOmM6bzpjNTg3OGUxOGMzMjNkZGFkZTdiYjU1ZGUwZjIzNTgyZTo2OjY5YTI6ODIwYWFjYTBlOTNmMzlhMzM2ZTJhMjlmOTUzNDBiYTVhMDc0NTI4OTZjOTc3ODYxZDgzMjQ3MWY1YzcxNzI2YzpwOlQ>), of a burial or burials off the north west corner of the Wren Building speculatively linked to a tradition that there was a farm there dating from ca. 1627. I know of no such tradition." If there was a farm there, the place might be a family burial plot. It not a farm, it might conceivably be a burial ground for enslaved. Is it possible to determine whether a farm was there from before 1693 or not? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry L. Meyers, Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus, The College of William and Mary, in Virginia, Williamsburg 23187 Offset Your Carbon Footprint? 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