205 Nelson Street
Mount Jackson, Virginia 22842
Last updated on April 2, 2024
Directions from First Baptist Church to site 17:
  • Turn right onto Broad St
  • Make a right onto Tinsiger St
  • Then make another right onto Gospel St 
  • In 300 feet turn left  onto Orkney Dr
  • Keep right onto Orkney Dr
  • Turn left onto Main St
  • In 0.9 mile turn left onto Nelson St
  • In 400 feet the cemetery is on the left 
Years following the American Civil War, a plot of land was given to the African American community of Mount Jackson to be used as a cemetery. At this time, the burial grounds of African Americans and White Americans were separate. The cemetery has been used for graves for 150 years. However, many of the buried are unknown due to lack of records, tombstones, and years of neglect because the African American community was disenfranchised and did not have the means to care for the grounds. Today, Mount Jackson Historic Colored Cemetery is cared for by community members such as Mrs DeLoris War, who worked hard to raise funds to clean, fence, and install a monument. The stone historical monument with 74 identified individuals' names stands tall at the cemetery to honor the lives and burials of previous African Americans in the community.
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