WOODLAWN CEMETERY
Historic Site — 1200 Walnut St, Elmira, Chemung County, New York
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/woodlawn-cemetery-new-york/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in Elmira, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Woodlawn Cemetery is filed here for what the record attaches to it. 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 — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Woodlawn is the sexton — the 'John W. Jones' that's the escaped who buried, the '2,973 Confederates' that's the enemies honored. The 'seven unknown' is the precise — the 'records kept' that's the national cemetery made, the 'Hell-mira' that's the camp's nickname. The 'Freedom Baggage Car' is the ran — the '4 o'clock' that's the train's schedule, the '800 freed' that's the none captured.
The 'Still's partner' is the linked — the 'Philadelphia forwarded' that's the parties sent, the 'St. Catharines' that's the destination reached. The 'dogwood' is the buried — the 'Jones's own grave' that's the cemetery he kept, the 'yellow house' that's the home beside church. Woodlawn is the mercy — the 'slave burying soldiers' that's the dignity given, the 'enemies named' that's the records' grace.
The file keeps Woodlawn: the sexton's precision, the baggage car, the seven unknowns, and the dogwood's shade.
Woodlawn is the archive's New York file — the fugitive who buried his captors' side.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Woodlawn is the archive's New York file — the escaped slave who buried Confederates.
A cemetery keeps its sexton — the file's suggestion being that Woodlawn's hold is the gracious: the '2,973 named' that's the enemies honored, the 'freedom car' that's the 800 sent north, and the 'dogwood' that's the sexton's rest.

HISTORY — 3 documented facts
· 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 fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· Woodlawn Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
· The cemetery is documented. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. 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. It remains the site's standing claim.

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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