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Known as "Deacon" Carter, he was a member of the Gettysburg High School Class of 1955.
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Harris was murdered while visiting Gettysburg in 1965 when a fight broke out at the Dorsey-Stanton American Legion building on West High Street.
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His obituary notes that he was unmarried and a native of Mississippi. On his death certificate, his occupation is given as "labor."
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Her obituary noted that she came to the area in 1901, and was a member of St. John's Baptist Church.
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Jackson, a widow at the time of her death, is listed on the Insane Hospital registry for the Adams County Almshouse, which notes that she was buried in the "colored cemetery."
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Wise was a trustee of St. Paul's A.M.E. Church in Gettysburg. He also worked for the Adams County Office of Aging.
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Wise was a member of St. Paul's A.M.E. Church in Gettysburg. She moved to Gettysburg from McConnellsburg at the age of three.
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John (also known as Jacob or Jehue) Wilson served in Company D, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry. Records indicate that he deserted shortly after enlistment. Wilson is listed as white on some records and black on others, so it is possible he had a very light complexion. His death was recorded in the Star and Sentinel on August 15, 1890. On some records, his birthplace is listed as Pennsylvania, but on others (two of his daughters' death certificates), it is Carroll County, Maryland.
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His parents' names were derived from the 1880 Census.
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Wilson was a veteran of the United States Army, having been discharged after six months for disability. He died at 37 from rheumatism and heart problems.
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No notes.
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Williams lived her entire life in Gettysburg and was a member of St. Paul's A.M.E. Church in Gettysburg.
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Wheeler was a member of St. Paul's A.M.E. Church in Gettysburg and a member of the congregation's Emergency Club.
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Wheeler was head waiter at the Hoffman hotel. He had come to Gettysburg in 1876 and was well known to locals and tourists. His obituary notes that he "served presidents, cabinet officials, governors, senators and thousands of others of high and low estate." He died in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The death index notes that she resided on West Middle Street at time of her death.
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Violet is listed on the 1850 Census in Cumberland Township at the family farm. Her grave appears on the 1906 survey of the York Street Colored Cemetery, but was evidently lost prior to the 1937 survey of the cemetery.
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Watts' grave was listed on the 1906 survey of the York Street Colored Cemetery in Gettysburg. He brought the Watts family to Adams County during the 1840s and acquired land west of the Emmitsburg Road along what is now Confederate Avenue. His grave was lost between 1906 and 1937.
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Sarah (Armstrong) Watts was the husband of Lloyd F.A. Watts and mother of their only child, Laura F.A. Watts. She is likely the person identified as "Sally" on the 1850 Census in Gettysburg in the household of Joseph and Anna Armstrong.
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The first wife of Lloyd F. A. Watts, she died at age 30 in Gettysburg. The couple had no children.
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Watts was a teacher in Gettysburg, a church deacon, and a veteran. He served in Company B, 24th United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. His obituary noted that he "taught the colored school of Gettysburg for a number of years under Aaron Sheely," and that he was "an ordained deacon of the A.M.E. Zion Church," and also president of the church's Board of Trustees.
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Watts served in Company A, 8th United States Colored Troops during the Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Olustee, Florida in 1864. Pension records note that he wed Lydia A.C. Devan on December 27, 1860 in Gettysburg. His headstone was originally located in the York Street Colored Cemetery.
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Watts is listed at her family's farm in Cumberland Township on the 1850 Census. Her headstone was originally located in the York Street Colored Cemetery in Gettysburg.
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Watts died at age 18. She is listed on the 1850 Census in Cumberland Township at the farm of her mother located along what is now Confederate Avenue. Her headstone was listed on the 1906 survey of the York Street Colored Cemetery, and was moved to Lincoln Cemetery where it is located today.
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Washington died at Montefiore Hospital in New York. Her obituary notes that she was a native of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
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Washington died at six months old.
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Died at three months old.
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Known as "Greenie" Washington, he was a porter at the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Station.
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She is listed on the 1870 Census in Cumberland Township.
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The source for her birth date, birthplace, and parents is the 1850 Census. Her grave is also listed on the 1906 survey of the York Street Colored Cemetery. The stone was evidently lost at some point between 1906 and the 1937 survey of Lincoln Cemetery.
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The death registry gives her occupation as "cook." She appears to be the wife of Lewis Ward (a Virginia-born laborer) on the 1870 Census in Gettysburg.
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No notes.
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Wagner served in Company I, 127th United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. He had come to Adams County from Maryland in 1861 and lived near Biglerville in what is known as "Quaker Valley."
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Wagner is likely the sister of Mary (Wagner) Craig, a white woman who married Benjamin Craig. See the 1860 Census for the Wagner/Craig families.
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Valentine died at nine months old.
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Died at two years old.
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Valentine, a laborer, died in Cumberland Township.
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No notes.
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Died at five months old. Likely the child of Calvin Carson Valentine and Fannie Roberts.
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No notes.
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Prior to his death, Valentine had lived with his brother, John Valentine. His son's death certificate notes that he was a native of Frederick, Maryland.
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Tyler was "well known about town" and worked for Edgar C. Tawney for many years. He also "conducted the livery" behind the Wabash Hotel in Gettysburg.
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Turner's served in Company D, 25th United States Colored Troops. His birth place is given on military records as Stafford County, Virginia, but he enlisted at Chambersburg and gave Gettysburg as his residence place. He died at the Adams County Almshouse in 1899 after experiencing frostbite and having both feet amputated. His lengthy obituary notes that he "had many friends in this locality," was "a great reader of the Bible and loved to read it to others." The obituary also references his military service: "He was a soldier and fought valiantly with the CIvil War.... He will be given a burial with the honors of war."
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No notes.
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Townsend died at 16 days old.
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Tonsel, a porter at the Greyhound post house, was hit by a truck and killed in West Virginia while hitchhiking.
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Tonsel died at age nine after falling against a stove.
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Tonsel was a porter at the City Hotel in Gettysburg.
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No notes.
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Her obituary recorded her death date as August 16, but her headstone reads August 14. Tonsel was a member of the United Primitive Baptist Church in Harrisburg.
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Stillborn child.
