How to read a record
Recorded in a numbered lot means the transcribed burial register assigns a person to a lot numbered 1 through 148. It does not indicate the position of their individual grave within the lot, whether the grave has a visible marker, or whether every burial was accurately indexed.
Independent lot match means a later ACGSI surname listing was checked and its Section 14 lot assignment agreed with the working register entry. Only eight such surname-index confirmations appear in this edition; no broad claim of independent verification is made for the others.
Unresolved lot means the original notation is missing, malformed, ambiguous, or falls outside the 148-lot diagram. The person remains searchable but is not pinned to an invented location. There are ten such entries in this edition.
Supplemental reinterment refers specifically to Samuel Kaboo Morris. He died in 1893 but was transferred to Section 14 in 1928, so he is included outside the 1,098-record register-derived roster. His death year should not be mistaken for a Section 14 burial year.
Dates and historical spellings
Names and death dates are preserved as transcribed, including entries that may contain spelling errors, inconsistent initials, or conflicting dates. A particularly clear inconsistency is an entry dated 1827 whose burial falls in 1927. This website does not silently rewrite such records. Original cemetery interment cards, death certificates, and other contemporary materials can resolve some questions.
Race annotations in the historical register
The register sometimes included the historical label “(c).” Because the notation reflects a racial category applied by clerks, we do not use it as a name suffix or a person's self-identification in public search results. It remains documented as part of the original source's history. Its absence is not evidence that a person was not Black.
Headstones and unmarked graves
A preliminary comparison of the research roster with the 2011 Section 14 headstone transcription identified 236 matching stones among 1,098 recorded burial entries. This is a comparison to a dated transcription, not a 2026 inventory of what can be seen on the ground. Historical and physical verification remain necessary.
Our commitment to corrections
We expect new documents, family testimony, cemetery records, and field observations to add or correct this work. Corrections should record the previous entry, proposed change, evidence supporting it, and the date of review. Unverified information should remain distinguishable from sourced fact.
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