I have volunteered to help cleanup the cemetery. Along with descendants of an ex slave whose brother was the first Harrisburg African American policeman. My great grandparents are buried there and many great aunts, uncles and mom's cousins on her dad's and mom's side. I just found out these things two years ago from ancestry.com. also my great grandmother and the wife of the first black cop were sisters and I knew that already. Most African Americans buried before the mid 40s were buried in Lincoln Cemetery. Black Military veterans could not be buried in government cemeteries so most were buried in ' colored ' cemeteries. The cemetery has been neglected for decades and it is a shame.
Contact the Wesley Union AME Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They manage the oversight of the cemetery. Thank you.
When I was a small child in the 1950's, my godmother, Julia Toliver used to visit this cemetery. She said that she was visiting her godson's grave. His name was Wainwright. The grave was unmarked, but I remember it being alongside a fence, and sunken in, somewhat.
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