Tate Township Cemetery
A cemetery in Bethel, Ohio, an NPS Network to Freedom, Tate Township Cemetery is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The township cemetery—where the abolitionists rest. It sits in the archive under Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The grounds are open to visitors.
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Is Tate Township 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
Tate Township is the four — the 'Rice, Mace, Thompson, Chase' that's the most active buried, the 'Sugar Tree' that's the church they shared. The 'oats' is the cover — the 'false bottom wagon' that's the carpenter built, the 'Felicity to Bethel' that's the route run. The 'teenager' is the started — the 'Thompson' that's the doctor began young, the '1835-1940' that's the century spanned.
The 'Chase' is the founder — the 'Wesleyan '45' that's the schism's pastor, the 'Cincinnati convention' that's the '50 organized. The 'Mace' is the assisted — the 'frequently' that's the Rice's partner, the 'died '64' that's the war's toll. Tate is the concentrated — the 'four graves' that's the network's core, the 'one cemetery' that's the town's conductors.
The file keeps Tate: the four buried, the oats wagon, Thompson's teenage start, and Chase's church.
Tate Township Cemetery is the archive's Ohio file — the four conductors' rest.
Why this file matters
Tate Township Cemetery is the archive's Ohio file — one graveyard holds a whole network.
A cemetery keeps its network — the file's suggestion being that Tate's hold is the gathered: the 'four in one place' that's the Bethel's core, the 'oats-covered' that's the wagon's secret, and the 'teenager to 105' that's the lifetime's work.
Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The burial ground'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. '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 ServiceTate Township Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Tate Township Cemetery's history is documented — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath the ghost stories. 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
UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.