Somerset Cemeteries Project
Somerset Cemeteries Project

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Gale Cemetery

Pine Pole Road · historic Monie (modern Venton) · 1877 Atlas map: Dames Quarter District No. 2

Location and Site Information

Gale Cemetery contributor image
Contributor photograph 00559. Click to enlarge.

A small burial site near Pine Pole Road, possibly the burial place of John Gale. Census research by the contributors indicated that John Gale, an African American resident, lived near this area. The visible grave had lost its headstone; only a footstone remained. The site was once enclosed by a small fence with stone corner posts and iron-pipe rails.

  • 1877 Atlas map Dames Quarter District No. 2
  • Modern map locality Venton (historic Monie)

Transcription note: The wording, spellings, uncertain readings, and bracketed field notes below are retained from the contributor record. Obvious formatting artifacts from the old word-processing file have been removed, but uncertain text has not been silently corrected.

Graves Recorded

Gravestone of Unidentified Grave — J.H.G. Footstone
Unidentified Grave — J.H.G. Footstone. Click photograph to enlarge.

Unidentified Grave — J.H.G. Footstone

Transcription

Footstone: J.H.G.

Cemetery note: The contributor record states that the headstone had been removed and only the footstone remained.

Contributor Photographs and Maps

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Contributor photograph 00561
Contributor photograph 00561

Contributor Notes

Listed February 13, 2011 by Ed Smith, Philip L. Goldsborough, and Jerry Bloodsworth.