SMITH CHAPEL CEMETERY IN FORISTELL, MISSOURI
Historic Site — 158 Hwy W, Foristell, St. Charles County, Missouri
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/smith-chapel-cemetery-in-foristell-missouri-missouri/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Smith Chapel Cemetery in Foristell, Missouri is a historic site in Foristell, Missouri, 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 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Smith Chapel is the built — the 'nine trustees' that's the freedmen founded, the '1871' that's the acre bought. The 'three seekers' is the rested — the 'Ball Oglesby Boyd' that's the names kept, the 'all enlisted' that's the freedom fought. The 'Douglass school' is the taught — the 'one-room' that's the education named, the 'children schooled' that's the next raised.
The 'church gone' is the left — the 'cemetery stays' that's the acre kept, the 'schoolhouse moved' that's the Oglesby Park's gain. The 'each took steps' is the shared — the 'February, November' that's the enlistments spread, the 'same end' that's the graves side. Smith Chapel is the gathered — the 'AME founded' that's the worship kept, the 'burying ground' that's the dignity bought.
The file keeps Smith Chapel: the nine trustees, the three seekers, the Douglass school, and the acre kept.
Smith Chapel is the archive's Missouri file — the cemetery the freedom seekers built.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Smith Chapel is the archive's Missouri file — the acre nine freedmen bought for their dead.
A cemetery keeps its founders — the file's suggestion being that Smith Chapel's hold is the self-built: the 'nine trustees' that's the own hands, the 'three USCT' that's the freedom fought, and the 'Douglass named' that's the hope taught.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Smith Chapel Cemetery in Foristell, Missouri's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
· Smith Chapel Cemetery in Foristell, Missouri is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Smith Chapel Cemetery in Foristell, Missouri's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.

SOURCES — 3 cited
· Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01 — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223
· NPS Network to Freedom listing — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
· Underground Railroad — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

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