At tonight's Planning Board meeting. Town Historian, Willa Skinner read a letter to the board in regards to the Black Church, Cemetery and Underground Railroad on Baxtertown Road.
She stated that all existed in the area, but was unable to confirm the exact locations.
In regard to the Cemetery, she mentioned that the Negro cemetery on Osbourne Hill Road. Was incorporated in 1850, and that headstones from a earlier period were found on that site. She suggested that those markers and graves "may" have been re-located from Baxtertown.
However, slaves during that period rarely had any headstones.
The Planning Board suggested further investigation of the site.
I can only hope that underground sonar, similiar to the one that saved the Fishkill Supply Depot Burial Ground, can be used. This can be a special addition to the great history of the Town of Fishkill. It is worth saving.
http://www.fishkill-ny.gov/pdfs/PlanningBoardAgendas/2010Agendas/10-14-10%20PB%20Agenda.pdf
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