Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

Record Detail

Record #5 from United States Colored Troops Gravesite Inventory

County Wicomico
Cemetery Name and Gravesite Information FREEDMAN?S METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY / FREEDMAN?S CHAPEL CEMETERY, TYASKIN ? 21584 Tyaskin Road. From its name it can be assumed this church was founded by freed African-Americans in 1881. Here are buried at least six Union veterans.
Name of Deceased Veteran HANDY, MILBURN
Information About Veteran and Gravestone Private, gravestone (military) inscription: MILBURN HANDY/ CO. I. / 7 U.S.C.I.

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