Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemeteries History

• Old Methodist Burying Ground - 1975, Paul E. Sluby

• Female Union Band Society of Georgetown, D.C., Constitution (Washington, D.C., 1859)

• 1879 Dumbarton & Mount Zion Churches Burial Ground Lease Agreement

• 2008 Historic American Landscapes Survey (and history)

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Burial Records

• Composite of all known death, burial records, biographies, and headstone inscriptions for interred persons (11122022)

• Mount Zion Methodist Church death and burial records

• The Methodist Burying Ground, Burial Records and Map - 1975, Paul E. Sluby

• The Methodist Burying Ground, Burial Records - 1975 Paul E. Sluby with further research annotations

• 1975 FUBS monuments and headstones locations

• Interred - With Known Military Service (11172022)

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Cemetery Surveys 

• District "Colored Cemeteries Survey"

• 1919 Survey of Cemeteries and Adjoining Georgetown

• 1960 District of Columbia Survey of Cemeteries

• 1968 Topographical Map & Potential Subdivision Survey

• 1975 Survey of FUBS monuments, graves locations

• 1975 Survey of Mount Zion monuments, graves locations

• 2008 NPS GIS Overlay of 1975 Gravestones Location for Return Survey

• 2008 Historic American Landscapes Survey (and history)

• 2018 Headstones, Monuments, Artifacts Inventory

• Property maps

• Grounds penetrating magnetometer scan

• Trees and Foliage Survey Plat and Index 

• 2021 Geophysical Surveys of the Cemeteries

"I never would have guessed..."

• Cemetery Symbols and Inscriptions

• Alternative sources of headstone materials (Dresser top marble and Military Cemetery surplus headstones)

• "Sexton and Ghouls Fight", Grave Robbing (Washington Times October 3, 1894)

• "To Quiet the Sprits - Playthings for Negro Ghosts", Grave Memorial Traditions at Mt. Zion Cemetery (San Francisco Chronicle October 20, 1894)

 

Place Holder - Resources To Be Developed

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Cemeteries Information System

• Death, burial, and biographical details

• Portraits, headstones, documents, press images

• Profiles of deceased 

 

Photographs and Videos

• Cemetery photos

• Monuments, headstones and artifacts photos

• Cemetery Events Photos

  • McKinley Tech Day of Service June 2019​

• Overview of the Cemeteries video

• Cemetery events videos

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Cemetery Preservation

• Monuments, headstones, artifacts

• Grounds

• Invasive plant species

• Tree canopy

• Groundwater management

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Other Valuable Records and Information Links

• History of Georgetown / Black Georgetown

• 1784 Georgetown Residents Directory

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