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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Signs, Signs & A Good Fence @ Sparks Cemetery

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Yesterday was so nice out so the boys wanted to I wanted to go to the Booker T Washington National Park and walk the trails. We picked up some sandwiches and picnicked outside the park then started on the Jack-O-Lantern trail:
Click Here for interesting info on the trail and how it got its name.


Towards the end of this trail, coming up the ridge I saw this:
I have never seen this little cemetery before so I had to investigate!


This little marker was the only one I could barely make out:
The only words I can see are "Sid Dide August 1823"...I think...

I was going to ask about the cemetery in the park's visitor's center but they were busy with a large group so I just came home and Googled it. Little is known about the cemetery, but oral tradition has it to be "Sparks" and perhaps having been a slave cemetery. It was in use before the Burroughs purchased the property in the mid-nineteenth century.

Some interesting reading Here and Here

I've shown you around Booker T before HERE

Linking with Tex's Good Fences & Signs, Signs

25 comments:

  1. What a great find along your walk in the woods. What a great time of year to be going for a walk. Nothing like spring.

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  2. Oh I love finding surprises like this on a walk. Lots of history involved and it is moving.

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  3. A very peaceful place, full of memory, I think.

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  4. Hello, looks like a wonderful trail and a great park. The cemetery is a neat find. Happy Thursday, enjoy your day!

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  5. Part of the stone's left side seems worn away as under Dided is Ths 3Yr some number of mths (months) and 3 years old if I can see it right. So there may also be more to the left of SID or not, hard to tell without knowing a little more about who it might be. We have a similar cemetery at our c. 1800 house and I figured it out once I researched who might have been here based on court house records.

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  6. Poignant, beautiful, peaceful! Lovely photos Tanya and thank you for the links.

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  7. Looks like a great walk, full of history. And your sons are lucky to have a mom who will take them where they want to go (or is it the other way round ;>)? Either way, seriously, they are lucky to get to do things like this with you.

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  8. I love the hidden, historic cemetery. I'd be there too, walking around.

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  9. That is an interesting primitive cemetery. Lots of history on those trails, too.
    Visiting from signs and fences!

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  10. It´s interesting to learn a little about it. Fine images :)

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  11. Great little fence around the place! Nice find!

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  12. Really a nice time of year for a hike. Spring, so glad it is here! That cemetery is a nice find.

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  13. Looks like a very nice place for a spring hike. The old cemetery has a nice rustic fence. I always feel sad though when graves seem so neglected like that.

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  14. Very beautiful place to enjoy spring-like weather. Sad that there is not more info available about the cemetery. I appreciate your kind comment on Theo and his new fence!

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  15. What a great trail for a walk. Love the split rail fencing.
    Old cemeteries are fascinating.
    Have a great weekend!

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  16. Interesting post. I am glad you found the little Cemetery. I find old cemeteries very interesting. I hope you can "dig up" more info about it.
    MB

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  17. What an interesting walk!
    I wonder about the cemetery too Tanya.
    Enjoy your weekend.

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  18. Hello!:) It's great to have a day out like that, with the family. The cemetary was an interesting find.

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  19. Nice way to enjoy the weather. I always like to discover new things so I like the little cemetery.

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  20. The stone is very interesting, I imagine it took someone a lot of time to carve those letters.

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  21. I love old cemeteries! This looks like a wonderful place to visit to hike and enjoy nature, but also has a good historic link!

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  22. I love traipsing around old cemeteries too..matter of fact i just wrote a post on one. So much to learn on a cemetery visit...

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