Sacred to the Memory
African Americans
Sacred to the Memory of
the Three Hundred or more
African Americans
Free People, Slaves, and
five Black Governors
Who rest in Unmarked
Graves in Hartford's
Ancient Burying Ground
1640 - 1810
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School children in Hartford
conducted the research and
raised the funds to create
this Monument in 1998
[ inscribed on the tablet ]
African Americans Interrred In
Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground
Maid, Mar, 1691 • Child, Apr, 1693 • Negro, Dec, 1693 • Child, Jul, 1696 • Child, Jan, 1696 • Negro, Jun, 1697 • Child, Jul, 1697 • Tamar, Nov, 1705 • Jo, Jun, 1710 • Sam, Sep, 1750 • Peter, May, 1751 • Priscilla, Dec, 1751 • Sarah, May, 1752 • Infant, Jan, 1753 • York, Jan, 1755 • Dego, Jun, 1756 • Lysander, Sep, 1759 • Quintus, Feb, 1760 • Hagar, May, 1760 • Dinah, Sep, 1760 • Tony, Jan, 1761 • Dan, May, 1761 • Child, Oct, 1761 • Child, Mar, 1762 • Phyllys, Apr, 1762 • Dic, Jul, 1766 • Boy, Oct, 1766 • Pomp, May, 1767 • Mime, Jul, 1767 • Child, Aug,1767 • Child, Dec, 1769 • Peter, Jun, 1770 • Peter, Sep, 1770 • Gad, Mar, 1770 • Soldier, Nov, 1778 • Betsey Curtiss, Jul, 1791 • Sabina, Dec, 1791 • Priscilla, Aug, 1792 • Child, Jun, 1793 • Pomp, May, 1794 • Prime, Jun, 1794 • Child of Sarah, Sep, 1794 • Child of Edward Dolphin, Oct, 1794 • Priscilla Wife of Eli, apr, 1795 • Zipporah, Oct, 1795 • Samuel Gibson, Oct, 1795 • Child of Sarah, Jul, 1796 • Neptune, Nov, 1796 • Sally, Jan, 1797 • Sarah, Jul, 1797 • Peggy, Mar, 1798 • Infant of Jemimah, Mar, 1798 • Child of Juda & Boston, Nov, 1798 • Child, Mar, 1799 • Simeon Edwards, Sep, 1799 • Dige, Oct, 1799 • Hanna Peter, Jun, 1800 • Boston Nichols Governor of Slaves, 1810
Although this list of interred is recorded, their graves are unmarked and unknown. Documents also indicate that Abda Jennings and approximately 300 more African Americans, as well as Governors of the Slaves, London, Quaw, Cuff and Peleg Nott, are buried in Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground.
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Gold Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
