Lamington Cemetery, Bedminster

Entrance to the cemetery

Lamington Cemetery is an African American cemetery in the Lamington section of Bedminster Township, New Jersey, located on Cowperthwaite Road. It is sometimes called Lamington Black Cemetery or Cowperthwaite African American Cemetery. ^[1] The cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places.

African American portal

Plaque at the entrance

Graves in the cemetery

Grave of William H. Van Horn, Private, Company 11, 43rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops

References

1. ^ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (2002). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813521114. http://books.google.com/books?id=uDfIJt5RFWgC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=auks4TKY6W&sig=SZl5W1s0xzASDS2kY9a9srYICb0&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fq%3DOld%2BBurial%2BGrounds%2Bof%2BNew%2BJersey%26sourceid%3Dnavclient-ff%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2006-11,GGGL:en&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title. 

External links

• Lamington Cemetery
• Courier News
• Findagrave

Coordinates: 40°39′27″N 74°42′32″W / 40.6576°N 74.7088°W / 40.6576; -74.7088