Smith Chapel Cemetery in Foristell, Missouri
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.
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Is Smith Chapel Cemetery in Foristell, Missouri 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
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.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The chapel cemetery—where the congregation 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 47MO03, source row 740. 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. 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.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceSmith 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.
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 47MO03, source row 740. 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.