"1933":
"HARD LABOR
HD WARK
CARINGS":
"HARD LAbo_"
"MIltON
SAYINGS":
"MY h_ _ _e
_ _ _ _ _
By Henry Hershey
Built This
On 9/1/33":
Don't miss the signs of African American burials. This tree, growing out of it's concrete planter, is the only visible grave marker for this individual:
Trees are marking a line of graves, this is not a property line (even though that's what it looks like):
I have never seen a grave marker like this. Remarkable!!
There was no discernible name on the marker. I wonder if the red stars are somehow for "Star Hill"?:
Head stone & foot stone:
Foot stone:
Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County, Virginia
Slavery Inventory Database
