A Guide to the Black Section of Union Cemetery, Waterford, VA, 2003 #SC 0006

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Processed by: Rebecca Ottinger

Abstract

The collection contains the results of research performed by Adam Anderson as an Eagle Scout Service Project in 2003. The purpose of the project was to map the "black section" of Union Cemetery in Waterford, VA and to record the information inscribed on the tombstones.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Open for research

Use Restrictions

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred Citation

Black Section of Union Cemetery, Waterford, VA (SC 0006), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Adam Anderson, Lovettsville, VA

Alternative Form Available

None

Accruals

2004.0059

Processing Information

Processed by Rebecca Ottinger, 5 June 2006

Historical Information

Waterford, Virginia was founded by Quakers who moved from Pennsylvania. Although Quakers did not believe in slavery, the Union Cemetery in Waterford laid out in the early nineteenth century was strictly segregated.

The "black section," located at the rear of the cemetery has some fine marble headstones, but many graves are marked with field stones. The wooden markers sometimes used have rotted away, leaving gaps in the rows of graves. Much of the cemetery has fallen into disrepair and many of the headstones (or footstones) have become almost unreadable. The graves of seven individuals not previously documented were found in section 1.

Scope and Content

Graves showed births from 1776 and deaths until 1941

Other Finding Aid

Contents List

Folder 1: Black Section of Union Cemetery, Waterford, VA (SC 0006) 2003

5 pages describing the scope of the project

4 pages of pictures of the "black section" of the cemetery

3 pages documenting approval of the project, materials used, and names of persons who helped with the project

6 pages of pictures as the work was being performed

1 page showing approval of the completed project

1 page of graves located in Section 1 of the cemetery. The seven names and inscriptions had not been previously recorded in records of the cemetery.

1 page of inscriptions on graves in Section 2.

1 page of inscriptions on graves in Section 3

3 pages of inscriptions on graves in Section 4.

1 page showing grid of the graves in the "black section" of the cemetery.