Date: October 5, 2000
Cemetery: Terre Haute Cemetery
Street: 2521 Huguenot Springs Road
City: Midlothian
County: Powhatan
State: Virginia
Nation: USA
Zip: 23113
Nearby: Huguenot Springs Road
Land Type: Private
Status: Inactive
Accessible: No
Unmarked graves: Yes
Graves within: 38
Oldest grave: Late 18th - early 19th Century
Newest grave: 1937
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Department of Historic Resources, Louis
Berger and Associates
Owner: Jean Hudson
Condition: Describe the current condition of the cemetery
Overgrown-ground cover
Overgrown-vines
Broken Headstones
Removed Headstones
Other problems: The Virginia Department of Transportation plans
to build I-288 through this cemetery. All attempts at registering it
with the VDHR as an historic landmark have been unsuccessful, even
though it is an African-American cemetery dating from the 18th-19th
centuries, and containing the remains of at least one African-American
veteran.
Previous contacts: VA Dept of Historic Resources, NAACP, many
newspapers and television stations.
Work Status: Work underway - Minor improvements made
Submitted by / Contact for additional Information:
name: Teresa Hudson
Email: rhudson2@richmond.edu
