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Old Liberty Cemetery and Site of Enon Primitive Baptist Church
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Enon Primitive Baptist Church was organized near Old Havana on June 7, 1845. Like many new churches of its day, it first met in members' homes, schools, and brush arbors. In 1861, Anderson Miles deeded four acres on this site to church trustees W. Griffin, W. Burkhalter, and W. Knight, and the congregation erected a wood frame building on the east side of what may have been an existing cemetery. The oldest marked grave in Old Liberty Cemetery is that of William Hill (1790-1850) of Tennessee. About 200 marked graves are present, and about the same number of unmarked graves is estimated. Many graves are marked only by piles of rocks. Oral legend holds that the northwest corner of the cemetery was set aside for slaves, possibly Black members of the church, and Civil War-era records show at least two Black members. The Baptist congregation moved to Queen City, probably in the 1880s. A Pentecostal group later occupied the building for several years, and the structure was torn down in the 1940s. Veterans, both men and women, of six wars are buried in the cemetery: the War of 1812, the Blackhawk War, the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and World Wars I and II.
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