{"id":686,"date":"2012-11-29T17:35:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T22:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/?p=686"},"modified":"2012-11-29T22:08:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T03:08:54","slug":"wessyngton-plantation-african-american-cemetery-1796-to-1928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/wessyngton-plantation-african-american-cemetery-1796-to-1928\/","title":{"rendered":"Wessyngton Plantation African American Cemetery 1796 to 1928"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The African American Cemetery on Wessyngton Plantation was founded by Joseph Washington who came to Robertson County, Tennessee from Southampton County, Virginia in 1796.\u00a0 Joseph later returned to Virginia and brought African and African American slaves with him.\u00a0 The cemetery was used by the enslaved African American population of the plantation and their descendants from 1796 to 1928.<\/p>\n

In 1995 a memorial monument at the African American Cemetery was erected by Mary Washington Holley, Thomas Blagden and Preston Frazer, direct descendants of Wessyngton\u2019s founder Joseph Washington. It honors those buried there.<\/p>\n

In 2012 a beautiful six-foot aluminum fence was erected to enclose and protect the cemetery. The fence adds charm and dignity to the cemetery.\u00a0 Special thanks go to Stanley Frazer Rose, a sixth generation descendant of Joseph Washington, for his generosity in funding this renovation.<\/p>\n

The African American cemetery is located some distance from the Wessyngton mansion on a hill overlooking Caleb\u2019s Creek.\u00a0 This is near where Joseph and his slaves first settled in 1796. The cemetery measures approximately 640 square feet and contains an estimated 200 graves.\u00a0 A geophysical survey using ground penetrating radar is planned to determine the actual number of graves in the cemetery. At that time, the original monument will be enlarged to honor all those who were buried in the cemetery.\u00a0 This monument will be funded in part by Mary Hotchkiss Gregg, Robina Gregg O\u2019Rourke, Robert Etheridge Gregg, and Robert Hunnewell Gregg, sixth generation descendants of Joseph Washington.<\/p>\n

Based on correspondence and plantation records from the Washington Family Papers collections, death certificates, oral history and eyewitnesses who attended burials at the cemetery, the following persons are known to be buried there:<\/p>\n

Sampson Washington 1808 \u20131836
\nCaesar Washington 1826-before 1838
\nElijah Washington 1823-before 1838
\nMatt Washington 1777-before 1838
\nNicholas Washington 1822-before 1838
\nNoel Washington 1804-before 1838
\nOscar Washington 1825-before1838
\nPeter Washington 1823-before 1838
\nSam Washington 1770-before 1838
\nSam Washington 1770-before 1838
\nSamuel Washington 1770-before 1838
\nSimon Washington 1783-1835-before 1838
\nCherry Washington 1839-1839
\nWill Washington 1820-1841
\nBoyd Washington 1840-1846
\nMariah Washington 1798-1846
\nGodfrey Washington 1787-1846-before 1850
\nRosetta Washington 1827-1850
\nCamilla Lewis 1834-1852
\nMaria Washington 1853-1853
\nWendy Washington 1853-1853
\nWestley Washington 1853-1853
\nOtho Lewis 1838-1854
\nEdward Washington 1834-before 1856
\nAl Washington ?-1838-before1856
\nAndrew Washington ?-1838-before 1856
\nFowler Terry 1815-1838-before 1856
\nSimon Washington 1815-1838-before 1856
\nToby Washington ?-1838-before 1856
\nTony White 1820-1838-before 1856
\nWestley Washington 1822-1838-before 1856
\nDaniel Washington 1808-1841-before 1856
\nWallis Washington 1822-1841-before 1856
\nAnthony Washington 1823-1843-before 1856
\nArcher Washington 1824-1843-before1856
\nCharles Washington 1809-1843-before 1856
\nGeorge Lewis 1785-1843-before 1856
\nJim Washington 1801-1844-before 1856
\nAleck Washington 1795-1846-before 1856
\nNorfleet Washington 1846-before 1856
\nTom Washington 1783-1846-before 1856
\nGabriel Washington 1819-1850-before 1856
\nDempry Washington 1837-1856
\nNed Washington 1844-1856
\nSilvah Washington 1817-1823-before 1860
\nCharity Washington 1828-before 1860
\nMartha Ann Washington 1833-before 1860
\nMartha Washington 1835-before 1860
\nSarah Washington 1840-before 1860
\nArry Leavell Washington 1805-1841-before 1860
\nSally Washington 1816-1829-before 1860
\nMira Washington 1829-1842-before 1860
\nSylvia Washington 1806-1842-before1860
\nBena Washington 1770?-1844-before 1860
\nTom Washington 1782-1846-before 1850
\nEaster Washington 1784-1850-before 1860
\nHenny Jackson Smith 1790-1850-before 1860
\nJenny Washington 1760-1850-before1860
\nUnknown male 1785-1850-before 1860
\nWillie Washington 1820-1850-before 1860
\nAngelina Cheatham Washington 1814-1851-before 1860
\nMillie Washington 1851-before 1860
\nAllen Washington 1813-1856-before 1860
\nMose Terry 1810-1856-before 1860
\nWestley Washington 1830-1856-before 1860
\nHannah Washington 1780-1801-before 1860
\nJuda Washington 1775-1801-before 1860
\nNanny Washington 1802-1804-before 1860
\nRhoda Washington 1814-1819-before 1860
\nFanny Washington 1815-1831-before 1860
\nPeggy Lewis 1795-1843-before 1860
\nLettuce Washington 1857-before1860
\nGreen Cheatham 1817-1860
\nJack Washington 1849-1860
\nMarian Lewis ?-1843-1860
\nTemperance Washington 1795-1861
\nAmanda Washington 1837-1863
\nAaron Gardner 1804-1860-before 1865
\nEsther Washington 1775-1860-before 1865
\nJenny Washington 1785-1860-before 1865
\nSarah Washington 1810-before 1865
\nJack Washington 1859-1865
\nMoses Lewis 1857-1866
\nVina Washington 1843-1869
\nAmerica Washington 1815-1870-before 1880
\nHumphrey Washington 1797-1870-before 1880
\nJenny Blow Washington 1792-1870-before 1880
\nCornelia Washington 1859-1882
\nAxum Washington 1808-1880-before 1890
\nBritain Washington 1800-1880-before 1890
\nHannah Washington 1808-1880-before 1890
\nPrudence Washington 1819-1893
\nAllen Washington 1825-1890-before 1895
\nEmanuel Washington 1824-1907
\nJenny Washington 1830-1900-before 1910
\nWinnie Washington Long Biggers 1860-1900-before 1910
\nHenny Washington 1839-1913
\nSarah Washington Cheatham 1810-1914
\nHezekiah Tom Washington 1850-1918
\nHenry Drake 1868-1928<\/p>\n

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