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Research identifies Lynchburg Union Cemetery on privately held parcels; council hears preservation options
Summary
A volunteer researcher told council staff that a previously forgotten African American burial ground established in 1925 lies in dense woods at the end of Smith Street; at least 10 burials were documented and staff said the land is privately owned across multiple parcels, making preservation or relocation legally and financially complex.
Ted Delaney presented research on a small, historically African American burial ground identified in the Darrington neighborhood at the end of Smith Street. Delaney said the cemetery — advertised for plot sales in 1925 as "Lynchburg Union Cemetery" — contains at least 10 identified burials dated roughly between 1927 and 1935, with only four surviving markers…
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