Ezion Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
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Wilmington, Delaware 19805 United StatesCoordinates: 39.74831, -75.57402 - Cemetery ID:
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Add PhotosThe records for this cemetery were compiled using the publicly-available Delaware death records (available in several on-line sources and the Delaware State Archives). Review these for additional information – address, occupation, parents' names, place of birth.
This cemetery was located between 2nd and 3rd on Union St.
1884 Wilmington City Directory - EZION cemetery - Burial Ground of Ezion M.E. Church; located between Second and Third; and Union and Pyle's Lane
1919 Wilmington City Directory – Ezion Cemetery - located between 2nd and 3rd and Union and Pyles' Lane.
The earliest recorded burial for this cemetery is 1871. The latest record is 1913.
The cemetery at 2nd and Union (called Ezion, Union, and sometimes Zion in the early death records) was sold and the burials transferred to the new Mount Zion cemetery.
The Morning News (Wilmington, DE) 26 Oct 1918 page 8. Bids have been advertised for by William E Grinnage for the removal of several hundred bodies from the Negro Burying ground at Second and Union St. The cemetery was established about 75 years ago. Some of the stones in the cemetery bear dates as early as 1843. New Mt Zion cemetery on the Lancaster Pike adjoining the P & R Railway at Silverbrook, a burial ground exclusively for Negroes is now finished. (1919).
No trace of the original cemetery site remains.
The records for this cemetery were compiled using the publicly-available Delaware death records (available in several on-line sources and the Delaware State Archives). Review these for additional information – address, occupation, parents' names, place of birth.
This cemetery was located between 2nd and 3rd on Union St.
1884 Wilmington City Directory - EZION cemetery - Burial Ground of Ezion M.E. Church; located between Second and Third; and Union and Pyle's Lane
1919 Wilmington City Directory – Ezion Cemetery - located between 2nd and 3rd and Union and Pyles' Lane.
The earliest recorded burial for this cemetery is 1871. The latest record is 1913.
The cemetery at 2nd and Union (called Ezion, Union, and sometimes Zion in the early death records) was sold and the burials transferred to the new Mount Zion cemetery.
The Morning News (Wilmington, DE) 26 Oct 1918 page 8. Bids have been advertised for by William E Grinnage for the removal of several hundred bodies from the Negro Burying ground at Second and Union St. The cemetery was established about 75 years ago. Some of the stones in the cemetery bear dates as early as 1843. New Mt Zion cemetery on the Lancaster Pike adjoining the P & R Railway at Silverbrook, a burial ground exclusively for Negroes is now finished. (1919).
No trace of the original cemetery site remains.
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- Added: 2 May 2017
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2640983
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