Gravel Hill Cemetery
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Gravel Hill Cemetery

Feltonville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Coordinates: 39.84689, -75.39948
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Gravel Hill Cemetery is located at 49 Concord Road in Feltonville, Chester Township, Delaware County, PA. I could not find an entrace into this cemetery, which is bordered by Concord Road, the railroad tracks, and Green Lawn Cemetery. This cemetery was referred to in the newspaper as the "coloreds" cemetery. Although Gravel Hill is now known as and owned by Green Lawn (47 Concord Road), it has distinct boundaries and was once completely separate, so for historic purposes, it should remain that way here. A Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form dated 9/1981, survey code 07-00-00288-02, gives this description of Gravel Hill: "Triangular burial ground abutting the B. & O. right-of-way. Now filled, it was used by blacks from ca 1876-1907. It is now incorporated into the larger adjacent Green Lawn Cemetery, which was created after the black cemetery [Mount Olive aka Lytle] behind the Old Franklin School (1866-1907) was filled. Many highly decorated markers, including some heart-shaped stones. Dirt roads; 1 story cement block grounds shed. ... Originally Fairlamb property." The condition in 9/81 was listed as good, integrity as excellent.

Using the WPA Survey, 1939, a team headed out to this cemetery to transcribe and photograph all existing monuments. The condition was, in the team's estimation, poor; many tombstones transcribed in 1939 could not be found in 2007. All that were found are currently listed.

All of those listed in the WPA Survey (other than "illegible" or initials only) are listed on Find a Grave as of 20 Oct 2017.



Gravel Hill Cemetery is located at 49 Concord Road in Feltonville, Chester Township, Delaware County, PA. I could not find an entrace into this cemetery, which is bordered by Concord Road, the railroad tracks, and Green Lawn Cemetery. This cemetery was referred to in the newspaper as the "coloreds" cemetery. Although Gravel Hill is now known as and owned by Green Lawn (47 Concord Road), it has distinct boundaries and was once completely separate, so for historic purposes, it should remain that way here. A Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form dated 9/1981, survey code 07-00-00288-02, gives this description of Gravel Hill: "Triangular burial ground abutting the B. & O. right-of-way. Now filled, it was used by blacks from ca 1876-1907. It is now incorporated into the larger adjacent Green Lawn Cemetery, which was created after the black cemetery [Mount Olive aka Lytle] behind the Old Franklin School (1866-1907) was filled. Many highly decorated markers, including some heart-shaped stones. Dirt roads; 1 story cement block grounds shed. ... Originally Fairlamb property." The condition in 9/81 was listed as good, integrity as excellent.

Using the WPA Survey, 1939, a team headed out to this cemetery to transcribe and photograph all existing monuments. The condition was, in the team's estimation, poor; many tombstones transcribed in 1939 could not be found in 2007. All that were found are currently listed.

All of those listed in the WPA Survey (other than "illegible" or initials only) are listed on Find a Grave as of 20 Oct 2017.



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