Burial Site of Madison and Kitty Smith at the St. Louis Cemetery
A historic site in Louisville, Kentucky, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Burial Site of Madison and Kitty Smith at the St. Louis Cemetery is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Burial Site of Madison and Kitty Smith at the St. Louis Cemetery haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
The Smiths are the bought — the 'purchased freedom' that's the pair freed, the '1837 married' that's the future bishop blessed. The 'Indiana farm' is the sheltered — the '29 miles from Ohio' that's the station's distance, the 'Jennings County' that's the settlement joined. The 'segregated slope' is the laid — the 'East Slope' that's the Black section, the '719 souls' that's the unmarked field.
The 'Catholic conductors' is the rare — the 'enslaved Catholics' that's the faith kept, the 'Archdiocese endorsed' that's the church's honor. The 'returned for weddings' is the stayed — the 'witnessed sacraments' that's the ties kept, the 'son's grave' that's the '68 joined. The Smiths are the risked — the 'arrest, kidnapping' that's the NPS's words, the 'free then helping' that's the courage doubled.
The file keeps the Smiths: the bought freedom, the Indiana farm, the segregated slope, and the Catholic rare.
Madison and Kitty Smith is the archive's Kentucky file — the conductors who were once cargo.
Why this file matters
The Smiths are the archive's Kentucky file — the formerly enslaved who ran the station.
A slope keeps its conductors — the file's suggestion being that the Smiths' hold is the turned: the 'bought freedom' that's the self-made, the 'farm sheltered' that's the risk returned, and the 'segregated grave' that's the honor late.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Smiths’ graves—where the couple rests.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 46KY01, source row 729. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Burial Site of Madison and Kitty Smith at the St. Louis Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceBurial Site of Madison and Kitty Smith at the St. Louis Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
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Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 46KY01, source row 729. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.