From the Death Register of Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown, a (partial) list of slaves buried between 1821 and 1833 in the College Ground, a Catholic burial ground formerly located on the campus of Georgetown University. The College Ground, on the campus of Georgetown College, was one of three burial grounds of Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown, D.C.
(After 1833 slaves were buried in Trinity Church Upper Grave Yard–– now Holy Rood Cemetery––which is also the property of Georgetown University.)
Charity, a servant woman of Mr. Zech. Smith’s, who died the 19th inst.
(January 18, 1821)
Peter, a Servt. Boy of Mrs. Weaver, who died the 21st inst.
(January 22, 1821)
Smith’s Louisa, a col’d child
(January 22, 1821)
Teresa, a servt. woman of Mrs. Spalding
(January 31, 1821)
Rachel, a Col’d Woman of the College Wash House
(October 22, 1821)
Ruth, a Col’d Woman of the Visitation
(January 24, 1823)
_____ a child from the people belonging to the Monastery
(February 20, 1825)
Charles – black – servant of the College
(January 3, 1832)
Mary, (Col’d) daughter of John Lee, a free (Col’d) Man, and of Mary, a slave to Mr. Newton age 6, was buried in the College Ground, paid.
(January 5, 1832)
George – black – servt. of Miss Jane Sewall = chol.[cholera]
(August 29, 1832)
Clare – black – servt. of Mr. Jos. Semmes – chol.
(September 4, 1832)
Sarah – black – servt. of Mrs. Widow Semmes – chol.
(September 6, 1832)
Leonard (Butler) black – a servt. of Mr. Birth – chol.
(September 7, 1832)
A considerably longer list of slave burials at the College Ground was compiled by the Georgetown Slavery Archive in 2019:
Charity–––January, 1821
Peter–––January, 1821
Louisa–––January, 1821)
Teresa––– January, 1821
Joseph Smallwood–––September, 1821
Louis–––October, 1821
Rebecca Robbie–––October, 1821
Rachel–––October, 1821
Margaret–––January, 1822
Catherine––– January, 1822
Harriet–––February, 1822
Sarah–––August, 1822
Teresa Queen–––October, 1822
Ann–––November, 1822
Ruth–––January, 1823
Jane–––January, 1823
Louisa Jackson–––February, 1823
Ignatius––– January, 1824
Mary–––January, 1824
Joseph–––May, 1824
Catherine–––June, 1824
Osborn–––August, 1824
a newborn child–––November, 1824
a child–––February, 1825
a child–––February, 1825
Jacob–––April, 1825
Harriet Jones–––June, 1825
an infant–––October, 1827
Stephen–––August, 1828
Mary Butler–––September, 1828
Fanny Burges–––November, 1828
Mary–––December, 1828
Louisa–––February, 1829
George–––March, 1829
Clare–––March, 1829
Jane–––May, 1830
Charles–––January, 1832
Susan–––March, 1832
David–––July, 1832
Joseph–––July, 1832
a child–––August, 1832
George–––August, 1832
Clare–––September, 1832
Ignatius–––September, 1832
Henry–––September, 1832
July Ann–––September, 1832
Nichola–––September, 1832
Ignatius–––September, 1832
Elizabeth–––September, 1832
Robert–––September, 1832
a child–––September, 1832
John–––September, 1832
Charles–––October, 1832
Mary–––October, 1832
Sarah–––October, 1832
John Dyson–––October, 1832
Lucy–––December , 1832
Sarah–––December, 1832
Charity–––December, 1832
Robert–––December, 1832
Jane–––January, 1833
Jacob–––February, 1833
a child–––March, 1833
Walter–––March, 1833
Dick–––June, 1833
Nancy Smallwood–––July, 1833
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