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Unknown Cemetery, 52-1 Summary Report, page 14

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During Matkin ownership of the land, a half acre of it was sold to trustees of the “Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church” in 1874 in the Southwest Corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 33. Another acre was sold for the purpose of a school (Chapman School?) in 1902. The quarter of Section 28 for school location was not specified in the INDEX TO LANDS, but it was found to be in the NE/4 in other documents. That places the cemetery about halfway between the school in the NE/4 of Section 28 and the church in the SE/4 of Section 33 (examine the 1998 map excerpt). Such a location suggests that the cemetery may well have been the burying ground for the Negro church, as well as the community around the school. 14 - (2060)    

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