Union Baptist Cemetery South Hill Section
| I was surprised to see the two headstones being side by side. They are at the far end of the cemetery on South Hill. | Daddy Dear's plot in the registry is South Hill Row 19 Grave 12. His name was spelled incorrectly, it should read JULIUS, not JULUIS. |
| Lauretta's plot in the registry as South Hill Row 19 Grave 11. | The photo was taken at the foot of their graves looking back toward the street (Cleves Warsaw) in Price Hill. It's hard to tell but the area in the background slopes down about 12 feet. |
| The two graves are located between the flag and the two headstones between the trees. | This is the same shot as the picture on the left with the telephoto lens at minimum. The slope is a little more evident here. |
| The marker here and the one to the right are on opposite sides of each other on the road leading to the back of the cemetery. Union Baptist Established in 1864, the Union Baptist Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Hamilton County at its original location purchased, maintained, and still used by a black congregation. The Union Baptist Church was organized in 1831 as the Colored Branch of the Enon Baptist Church when fourteen black members of predominantly white Enon Baptist congregation withdrew and formed their own congregation. After four years, Reverend David Leroy Nickens was hired as the first minister and the name changed to African Union Baptist Church, and in 1845, the Union Baptist Church of Cincinnati, Ohio. Prominent African –Americans including Reverend Nickens, Honorable George W Hays, Jr., and Jennie D. Porter, founder and principal of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School, are buried in the cemetery. Many former slaves, anti-slavery advocates, and active members of the Underground Railroad are interred here. The Ohio Bicentennial Commission 48-31 | The marker here and on the left are on opposite sides of each other on the road leading to the back of the cemetery. Powhatan Beaty Born in Richmond, Virginia, Powhatan Beaty moved to Cincinnati in 1849, where he spent the majority of his life. Beaty enlisted as a private in the Union Army in June 1863 and two days later was promoted to first sergeant, Company C 5th United States Colored Troops (USCT). All the officers of Company C were killed or wounded during an attack on Confederate forces in New Market Heights, Virginia in September 1864. Beaty took command of his company , and for his valor received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Beaty was one of two African Americans buried in Ohio to receive the Medal of Honor for service in the Civil War. He died on December 6, 1916 ,leaving two sons, attorney and state representative A. Lee Beaty and John W. Beaty. He is buried in Union Baptist Cemetery along with nearly 150 USCT veterans.
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| The main entrance to the cemetery as seen from across Cleve Warsaw Road. | Left brick pillar with UNION BAPTIST CEMETERY inscribed on metallic plaque. |
| Right brick pillar with ESTABLISHED 1864 inscribed on metallic plaque. |
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