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Woodlawn Cemetery

Elmira, New York1200 Walnut St1 min readFile amended October 2, 2026Directions

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.

Archive note: 4 conflicting records

Status

Operating

Access

Open to public

Designation

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Coordinates

42.093, -76.810 · Approximate (city centroid)

County

Chemung

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Signal: cold trace

Is Woodlawn Cemetery haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

Dark History Historic Sites

The record — long form

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.

Two accounts on file

Place Type

On file

HISTORIC_SITE

Also reported

CEMETERY

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Short Description

On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The cemetery—where the town’s abolitionists rest.

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Historic Designation

On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

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Research Notes

On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 16NY05, source row 337. 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.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 2; VERIFY task auto-queued.

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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 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.
Verified historyNational Park Service
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.
Verified historyNational Park Service
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.
Verified historyNational Park Service