Heuston Burying Ground
Heuston Burying Ground is a historic site in Portland, Maine, 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 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. Access is restricted — check current rules before planning anything.
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Is Heuston Burying Ground 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 Heuston ground is the doubled — the 'formerly enslaved' that's the Francis born, the 'conductor' that's the role turned. The 'Clara Batteasse' is the sheltered — the 'escaped '50' that's the month before birth, the 'became Mary' that's the name reborn. The 'married Francis' is the closed — the 'after Mahitable' that's the '51 wed, the 'circle' that's the rescued to wife.
The 'Bath Vigilance' is the joined — the 'Paul sent' that's the stage to Canada, the 'Smyth's referrals' that's the college's line. The '1829 to '54' is the span — the 'family's dead' that's the century kept, the 'only Black cemetery' that's the county's one. The Heuston ground is the witnessed — the 'free Black neighborhood' that's the community served, the 'NTF '13' that's the marker earned.
The file keeps Heuston: the enslaved conductor, Clara's rebirth, the vigilance work, and the century of graves.
Heuston Burying Ground is the archive's Maine file — the conductor buried beside his work.
Why this file matters
Heuston Burying Ground is the archive's Maine file — the free Black family who ran a station.
A cemetery keeps its conductors — the file's suggestion being that Heuston's hold is the turned: the 'born enslaved' that's the start given, the 'rescued became wife' that's the story's depth, and the 'burying ground' that's the family kept.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The burying ground—where the Black community 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 25ME01, source row 458. 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. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceHeuston Burying Ground is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Heuston Burying Ground's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
Verified historyNational Park Service
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 25ME01, source row 458. 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.