Star Hill A.M.E. Church, Camden, DE

"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