Elk Run Drive
|
Last updated on April 9, 2024
|
Directions from St. Paul United Methodist Church and Cemetery to Site 31:
Elk Run Cemetery is a historic African American cemetery. There is an area in Section 1 that is a “slave cemetery,” designated with an inscribed stone marker that reads:
“Beloved Slaves – Gone But Not Forgotten.” There is a ceremony held annually on the second Saturday of February to honor the lives of those formerly enslaved and buried in Elk Run. The event is held near President Lincoln’s birthday, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed enslaved persons in the Confederacy. The service includes hymns, prayers, the laying of a wreath, and the reading of 23 names of an enslaved family believed to be buried there. |
|
References
Grahram Hensley and Barbara Hensley, “Elk Run Cemetery,” Rocktown History, accessed April 9, 2024, https://www.rocktownhistory.org/static-pages/cemeteries/cem/cem267.html.
Peter DeLea, “NAACP Honors Slaves at Elk Run Cemetery,” Daily News Record, February 11, 2018, last updated March 11, 2024, https://www.dnronline.com/news/naacp-honors-slaves-at-elk-run-cemetery/article_388a03de-0fa3-11e8-81ca-87978fb2daab.html.
Grahram Hensley and Barbara Hensley, “Elk Run Cemetery,” Rocktown History, accessed April 9, 2024, https://www.rocktownhistory.org/static-pages/cemeteries/cem/cem267.html.
Peter DeLea, “NAACP Honors Slaves at Elk Run Cemetery,” Daily News Record, February 11, 2018, last updated March 11, 2024, https://www.dnronline.com/news/naacp-honors-slaves-at-elk-run-cemetery/article_388a03de-0fa3-11e8-81ca-87978fb2daab.html.