Barton Heights Cemeteries is a set of six contiguous historic African-American cemeteries located in Richmond, Virginia, though they were originally part of Henrico County. The cemeteries include Cedarwood - originally called Phoenix and established in 1815 - Union Mechanics, Methodist, Sycamore, Ebenezer, and Sons and Daughters of Ham.
The cemeteries were established between 1815 and circa 1877 and include hundreds of burials. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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