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Nathan Power Burial Site

Farmington, MichiganGill Road about 6/10 of a mile south of Grand River Ave, between Cortland and State Streets1 min readFile amended October 2, 2026Directions

Nathan Power Burial Site is a historic site in Farmington, Michigan, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it 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

Access

Open to public

Designation

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Coordinates

42.461, -83.378 · Approximate (city centroid)

County

Oakland

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

Signal: cold trace

Is Nathan Power Burial Site haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

Dark History Historic Sites

The record — long form

Power is the son — the 'Arthur' that's the Farmington's founder, the 'Quakertown' that's the settlement named. The 'diary' is the silent — the 'not one mention' that's the discretion kept, the 'fugitives' letters' that's the named him instead. The 'Liberty Party' is the '41 — the 'lieutenant governor' that's the ran for, the 'Oakland County' that's the society president.

The 'six months' is the application — the 'primary documents' that's the NPS demanded, the '2012' that's the accepted. The 'Sojourner' is the spoke — the 'Quakers' that's the Truth addressed, the 'pivot point' that's the Detroit's approach. Power is the evidenced — the 'his silence' that's the their testimony, the 'Quaker Cemetery' that's the Gill Road plot.

The file keeps Power: the founder's son, the silent diary, the letters that named him, and the '12 listing.

Nathan Power's grave is the archive's Michigan file — the documented silence.

Why this file matters

Nathan Power's grave is the archive's Michigan file — the diary that kept secrets.

A grave keeps its absence — the file's suggestion being that Power's hold is the unwritten: the 'diary silent' that's the discretion honored, the 'others' letters' that's the named him anyway, and the 'Liberty candidate' that's the politics of hiding.

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

The conductor’s grave—where Power rests.

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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 24MI01, source row 444. 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 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.

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Documented history

NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Nathan Power Burial Site is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. 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. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Power’s work is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park Service