This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oQB.2ACE/1590.7.1 Message Board Post: I visited the Timbuctoo Cemetery today. I t is a small cemetery. There are a total of 11 grave stones and four graves marked with field stones. There is room for many other graves but there are no visible markers. All of the graves except one have GAR medallions with a small US flag in the flag holder. The grave that does not have a GAR medallion is marked with a field stone and there was a flag with a broken flag stick on the ground. I think the medallion was stolen. The inscriptions on all the grave stones are in poor condition and hard to read. I was able to identify 10 of the graves stones recorded by Denise Davis and Sharon Fitzpatrick. The grave stone of Frisby Parker was not legible (to me). The cemetery is being maintained and now has brass plaque mounted on a small stone base. TIMBUCTOO CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY WE HONOR THE BRAVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO JOINED THE UNION ARMY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. WE REMEMBER THAT TIMBUCTOO IN WESTAMPTON, NEW JERSEY, WAS AN IMPORTANT STOPPING PLACE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD HELPING SLAVES ON THEIR JOURNEY TO FREEDOM WESTAMPTON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY – 2006 Each line is centered on the plaque. I will repeat my previous message and add a few corrections at the end. The Burlington County Library has a few records from Timbuctoo cemetery. They were published in Burlington County Cemetery Records, Vol. 7, R NJ 929.3 Bur Curt Miller Timbuctoo Cemetary Church Street Westampton Twp Armstrong, Louis Co, D 22 Regt, N.J. Vols. Died May 11, 1903 Chapman, Edward Sgt. 22 U.S. Cld. (Colored) Inf. No dates GAR medallion Davis, William H. Co. D 22nd Colored Inf Died April 4, 1914 age 77 GAR medallion Johnson, John Co. B 6th Regt Pa. Inf Died Aprol 10, 1895 Age 54 GAR medallion Love, Charles H. Co. F. 22nd U.S. Inf. Died July 16, 1922 age 77 GAR medal Marshall, Ephraim CPL 22 U.S. Cld. Inf. GAR medallion Parker, Eliza Died Sep 18--(?) in the 14th or 44th year of her age Parker, Frisby, son of David & Eliza Parker, Married Oct. 20 1872 Died June 26, 1873 aged 45 years Parker, Matilda wife of David Parker Died March 1, 187—(?) Aged 6—(?) Pinion, Theophilus W. Co. 1 29th Regt. U.S. C.T. (Colored Troops) Died Dec 14, 1904 Age 57 GAR Medallion Sullivan, William H. Private Co. D. 29th Regt I11. Inf. no dates Aged 53 GAR medallion Many unmarked graves; some fieldstones Read: Spring 1980 Denise Davis Sharon Fitzpatrick Corrections and additions as I read them. I may be wrong. Armstrong, Lewis – Addition - Aged 70 years. Parker, Eliza – Correction – I think she was 44 years old but she may have been 11. The upright part of the numbers that look like 11 are very clear but both numbers have faint markings that make them look like 44. Please remember all the markers were hard to read. This is just how I read them. Curt Miller (I got to get a digital camera.)