The south side of Sugar Hill Road
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Last updated on May 20, 2024
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Directions from White Post to site 17:
- Go south on White Post Rd
- In 0.9 mile turn left onto Sugar Hill Rd
- In 0.4 mile the Sugar Hill Cemetery and ruins of the Old School Baptist Church
- Please not there is nowhere to pull over
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In 1880, Bushrod Cary, an African American man, was deeded five acres by Caroline E. Sowers, trustee. The following year, Cary deeded 1.5 acres of that land to the Trustees of the Old School Baptist Church, intended as a place of public worship and burial ground. This structure was the log church that is now in ruins. A large cemetery is located behind the former church and includes army veterans from World War I who were among the first black engineers to arrive in France in 1918. It is uncertain where the name Sugar Hill originated from, as it does not always appear in official records. However, the name was used in a deed from the Trustees of Boyce School District to the County School Board in 1922 that mentioned the “Sugar Hill School.” It is unclear where that school was located within the community as later newspaper accounts mentioned a Stone Bridge Colored School (1937).
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