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Harriet Tubman Burial Site at Fort Hill Cemetery

Auburn, New York19 Fort St1 min readFile amended Directions

Harriet Tubman Burial Site at Fort Hill Cemetery is a historic site in Auburn, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. 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 3 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 4 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
42.934, -76.567 · Approximate (city centroid)
County
Cayuga

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Is Harriet Tubman Burial Site at Fort Hill 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

Fort Hill is the end — the 'March 10, '13' that's the pneumonia at ninety-one, the 'Home for the Aged' that's the she built and died in. The 'funeral' is the thousand — the 'military honors' that's the buried with, the 'Bishop Blackwell' that's the preached 'the fight is on'. The 'stone' is the '37 — the 'Empire State Federation' that's the women's clubs raised it, the 'Servant of God, Well Done' that's the carved.

The 'Moses' is the route — the 'thirteen trips' that's the back to Maryland, the 'seventy' that's the led out personally. The 'scout' is the war — the 'Combahee' that's the 750 freed in one raid, the 'spy' that's the Union paid and didn't. Fort Hill is the plot — the 'West Lawn C' that's the lot 439, the 'simple stone' that's the unadorned.

The file keeps Fort Hill: the '13 death, the thousand mourners, the women's-club stone, and the Moses legacy.

Tubman's Grave is the archive's New York file — the conductor's rest.

Why this file matters

Tubman's Grave is the archive's New York file — the terminus of the line.

A grave keeps its inscription — the file's suggestion being that Tubman's hold is the completed: the 'thirteen trips' that's the never lost a passenger, the 'died in her own home' that's the built for the aged, and the 'Well Done' that's the women's clubs' verdict.

Two accounts on file

Place Type
On file

HISTORIC_SITE

Also reported

CEMETERY

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Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

Fort Hill—where Tubman rests under the simple stone.

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Historic Designation
On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

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Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 15NY01, source row 322. 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.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 2; VERIFY task auto-queued.

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Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Harriet Tubman Burial Site at Fort Hill Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Harriet Tubman Burial Site at Fort Hill Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman Burial Site at Fort Hill Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • The 1913 burial is documented. Harriet Tubman Burial Site at Fort Hill Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 15NY01, source row 322. 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.

"Harriet Tubman Burial Site at Fort Hill Cemetery." HauntHunt dossier 0838, https://haunthunt.com/place/harriet-tubman-burial-site-at-fort-hill-cemetery-new-york/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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