{"id":3642,"slug":"pleasant-hill-cemetery-new-vienna-ohio","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Pleasant Hill is the song — the record pins New Vienna, but the cemetery stands in Rushville, Fairfield County, where 'Darling Nelly Gray' was born. The 'Joe Selby' is the inspiration — the 'escaped to buy her freedom' that's the Nelly sold away, the 'pneumonia' that's the died in Rushville days from Canada. The 'eight' is the buried — the 'unmarked graves' that's the freedom seekers, the 'wooden crosses' that's the markers long removed.","The 'Hanby' is the writer — the 'Bishop William' that's the hid them, the 'Benjamin '56' that's the ballad composed. The 'Uncle Tom's Cabin of music' is the reach — the 'abolition anthem' that's the song became, the 'Hyde' that's the doctor buried too. Pleasant Hill is the mourned — the 'never made it' that's the journey's end, the '2019 marker' that's the finally named.","The file keeps Pleasant Hill: Selby's grave, the eight unmarked, the Hanby ballad, and the 2019 monument.","Pleasant Hill Cemetery is the archive's Ohio file — the graves that made a song."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Pleasant Hill Cemetery is the archive's Ohio file — where a freedom seeker's death became an anthem.","A cemetery keeps its melody — the file's suggestion being that Pleasant Hill's hold is the sung: the 'Selby's story' that's the Hanby heard, the 'Nelly Gray' that's the sold away, and the 'eight unnamed' that's the marked at last."]}],"name":"Pleasant Hill Cemetery","aliases":[],"type":"CEMETERY","type_label":"Cemetery","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD_HISTORY","AFRICAN_AMERICAN_HISTORY","HISTORIC_SITE","CEMETERY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD"],"groups":["cemeteries","dark-history"],"desc":"The Quaker cemetery—where the abolitionists rest.","full_desc":"Pleasant Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in New Vienna, Ohio, an NPS Network to Freedom. The Quaker cemetery—where the abolitionists rest. The archive files it under Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The grounds are open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"New Vienna","county":null,"state":"Ohio","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":39.325762,"lon":-83.692764,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"NPS Network to Freedom","current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":67.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A cemetery in New Vienna, Ohio with this much on record gives the file real ground to stand on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"Pleasant Hill Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A cemetery in New Vienna, Ohio with this much on record gives the file real ground to stand on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Public cemetery; generally open during daylight hours. Be respectful of active burials; check nps.gov for current hours and alerts.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"Underground Railroad","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":2,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":3}}