Robert Ball Anderson Burial Site at Hemingford Cemetery
A historic site in Hemingford, Nebraska, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Robert Ball Anderson Burial Site at Hemingford 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 Robert Ball Anderson Burial Site at Hemingford 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
Anderson's grave is the risen — the 'ran '64' that's the Ball plantation left, the '125th Colored' that's the uniform joined. The 'first claim' is the broke — the '1870 homestead' that's the Nebraska's first Black, the 'lost '81' that's the grasshoppers took. The '2,080 acres' is the rebuilt — the 'largest Black landowner' that's the '10 title, the 'Box Butte' that's the west won.
The 'married at 79' is the late — the 'Daisy 21' that's the bride young, the 'memoirs wrote' that's the help gave. The 'widow 97' is the stretched — the 'died 1998' that's the century crossed, the 'Civil War widow' that's the last three. Anderson's is the arc — the 'enslaved by Revolutionary vet' that's the span absurd, the 'car crash '30' that's the end sudden.
The file keeps Anderson: the flight to arms, the lost claim, the 2,080 acres, and the century's widow.
Anderson's grave is the archive's Nebraska file — from slavery to the state's largest Black landowner.
Why this file matters
Anderson's grave is the archive's Nebraska file — the slave who became the state's largest Black landowner.
A grave keeps its arc — the file's suggestion being that Anderson's hold is the improbable: the 'fled '64' that's the start, the '2,080 acres' that's the peak, and the 'widow died '98' that's the century bridged.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The freedman’s grave—where Anderson 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 28NE01, source row 511. 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. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceRobert Ball Anderson Burial Site at Hemingford Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Robert Ball Anderson Burial Site at Hemingford Cemetery'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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. 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 28NE01, source row 511. 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.