Porter-Rea Cemetery
Also known as Porter Cemetery , Rea Cemetery
North Liberty, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
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North Liberty, Indiana 46614 United StatesCoordinates: 41.54935, -86.35281 - Cemetery ID:
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This cemetery was officially created September 6, 1854 when Samuel Gard deeded land to trustees for a burial ground. Free African-American settlers from Huggart Settlement were buried here alongside their white neighbors, not segregated. Porter Cemetery Association was formed May 9, 1884 with both white and African-American charter members.
Cemetery has always been a neighborhood burial ground for members from churches of various denominations. It has been called Porter Rea for decades perhaps because both Porter and Rea families owned adjacent land. Although enclosed in Potato Creek State Park, it remains an active independent cemetery managed by Porter Cemetery Association.
http://www.in.gov/history/markers/25.htm
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 452742 (Porter Cemetery).
This cemetery was officially created September 6, 1854 when Samuel Gard deeded land to trustees for a burial ground. Free African-American settlers from Huggart Settlement were buried here alongside their white neighbors, not segregated. Porter Cemetery Association was formed May 9, 1884 with both white and African-American charter members.
Cemetery has always been a neighborhood burial ground for members from churches of various denominations. It has been called Porter Rea for decades perhaps because both Porter and Rea families owned adjacent land. Although enclosed in Potato Creek State Park, it remains an active independent cemetery managed by Porter Cemetery Association.
http://www.in.gov/history/markers/25.htm
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 452742 (Porter Cemetery).
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- Added: 11 Nov 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2559637
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