Samuel D. Burris Burial Site, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
A historic site in Colma, California, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Samuel D. Burris Burial Site, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is filed here for what the record attaches to it. 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 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Samuel D. Burris Burial Site, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park 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
Burris' grave is the sold — the 'auction block' that's the sentence's cruelty, the 'free man sold' that's the law's twist. The 'abolitionist buyer' is the turned — the 'PAS sent' that's the impersonator bid, the 'bought to free' that's the trick played. The '14 months' is the served — the 'Dover jail' that's the conviction's cost, the 'Hawkins helped' that's the family guided.
The 'moved bones' is the twice — the 'Laurel Hill' that's the '63 buried, the 'Cypress '40' that's the redevelopment moved. The 'pardoned '15' is the late — the 'Markell signed' that's the state's apology, the '168 years' that's the justice delayed. Burris' is the conductor — the 'Still documented' that's the record kept, the 'hundreds helped' that's the count claimed.
The file keeps Burris: the auction's trick, the jail's months, the moved bones, and the pardon's century.
Burris' grave is the archive's California file — the conductor sold then pardoned 168 years late.
Why this file matters
Burris' grave is the archive's California file — the free man sentenced to slavery for freeing others.
A grave keeps its pardon — the file's suggestion being that Burris' hold is the late justice: the 'sold at auction' that's the sentence's irony, the 'abolitionist bid' that's the rescue's trick, and the 'pardoned '15' that's the 168-year wait.
Two accounts on file
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CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The conductor’s grave—where Burris 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 45CA01, source row 699. 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'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceSamuel D. Burris Burial Site, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park 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 record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
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 45CA01, source row 699. 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.