Weaver, Indiana Cemetery - Free African American Community 1900s

Here is the information gathered from my first trip to Weaver, Indiana cemetery in fall 2005.

This is the area surrounding Weaver - taken from the car. Myself with one of the gravestones - this one was especially difficult to read. Picture of rubbing below. This is the rubbing of that gravestone. It is not on the list of gravestones previously recorded. I came to understand that it reads:

Luzena

dau of A & Diga Hill

died

Aug 18, 1860

Was listed on gravestone list. Reads Louisa, Wife of A. Jones Feb 27 1855 Oct 13 1916 - "Mother" was written on another portion

Also on list. Ethel Ruth -Reads - Dau of Z. & F. Jones died Apr 28, 1907 aged 9Y. 6M.

We also found a gravestone for Elvira Smith which read - Elvira G b. 8-14-1918 d. 6-17-1933 - This stone was lying face down but in good condition. Another gravestone - that of Jane Burden who died at 63 had the inscription of "Blessed are the down hearted in the Lord" - but this was difficult to read. I did not do grave rubbings of all of the stones, but a few that were on the list to see if I got the same readings that they had - which I did. It definitely was a learning experience and I hope to go again to continue the discovery.