Along this section of Sycolin Road, an African American community developed in the last quarter of the 19th century on land created from the larger tract known as Egypt Farm. It was made up of descendants of former slaves who worked the land and formed a community. In 1884, the first recorded African American baptisms at Sycolin Union Church were performed by Rev. William Scott for Charles Norris, Thomas Smith, and Sally Daye. The Union Church trustees owned the land in 1884, and William Manning built most of the pre-1902 houses in the area along with the Union Church, now known as the First Baptist Church of Sycolin. Though the homes are gone, the church remains. The community thrived for about 50 years, sustained by family and a neighborhood that had survived slavery and lived into segregation, standing together from soon after the Civil War beyond the Great Depression. Many people lived, worked, and died there and are buried in Sycolin Cemetery, which consists of two burial areas along this 900 foot loop trail and serves as the final resting place for many former residents. About 65 graves have been identified, including those of Emanual Day, Ida Day, Dorothy Dean, Osburn "Fishy" Gant, Paul F. Johnson, Mary Murray, Robert White, Charles Norris, Mary B. Norris, Charles Sidwell, Fenton Tolbert, Landon Webb, and Frances White.