Second Street Cemetery
Second Street Cemetery is a historic site in Clinton, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with 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.
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Is Second Street 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
Second Street is the keeper — the '1838' that's the city's burial for twenty years, the 'Jones' that's the caretaker sexton. The '860' is the guided — the 'John W. Jones' that's the fugitive turned stationmaster, the 'Freedom Baggage Car' that's the 4 a.m. train. The '1858 riot' is the mistaken — the 'elderly slave' that's the wanted to go back, the 'crowd assumed' that's the rescue unnecessary.
The 'Revolution to Civil' is the span — the 'railroad workers' that's the Elmira built, the 'founding families' that's the pioneers buried. The 'Jones designed' is the irony — the 'Hall' that's the cemetery's designer, the 'riot participant' that's the same man. Second Street is the tended — the 'Jones recorded' that's the every grave tracked, the 'Woodlawn' that's the moved to later.
The file keeps Second Street: Jones's records, the '58 riot, the buried railroaders, and the Freedom Baggage Car.
Second Street Cemetery is the archive's New York file — the sexton who freed hundreds.
Why this file matters
Second Street Cemetery is the archive's New York file — kept by a man who'd been enslaved.
A cemetery keeps its sexton — the file's suggestion being that Second Street's hold is the recorded: the 'Jones's lists' that's the names preserved, the '860 guided' that's the living he helped, and the 'riot's mistake' that's the freedom misunderstood.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The cemetery—where the town’s abolitionists rest.
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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 14NY04, source row 296. 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 record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceSecond Street Cemetery 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. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe cemetery is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.
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 14NY04, source row 296. 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.