"Determine the ownership and future preservation of the historic pioneer Black Cemetery that holds the graves of the founding family of the Hansborough Settlement - The Hillsboro-Gazette - July 22 2024."

 Sharing from the Hillsboro "Times-Gazette" in Highland County, Ohio - July 22, 2024.:

Excerpt.:

"I recently discovered our family history was connected to these freed slaves and the heroic story of their journey from a Virginia plantation to Ohio and how they worked to succeed in building this community 22 years before the Civil War. Beyond my family connection, I believe this is an important piece of Ohio history. I wish to preserve and protect the Cemetery, which is now all that physically remains of the Hansborough Settlement, to honor these pioneers and their final resting place, so future generations may know their story. We’re hoping more Hansborough descendants will join and support this effort.

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**James Stearns contact: James Stearns, 1519 Bradley Drive, Boulder CO, 80305. 

720-317-695 stearns.james1112@gmail.com

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**Book reference: 

"Black History of Highland County, Ohio", by Kati Burwinkel, Myra Cumberland Phillips and John Glaze, Highland County Historical Society.

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**Highland County Ohio Court of Common Please, Civil Division, Case Number 24 CV 0157; Judge Coss, Complaint to Quiet Title, filed 6-11-2024"

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For further reference, here is the Hansbrough Cemetery on Find a Grave.

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