This headstone in the Smith family cemetery at 2511 Hopkins Lane in South Side is visible from the street. At least 45 people are believed to be buried at the site, which is said to have been a private burial ground for the enslaved from a nearby plantation.
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Old forgotten cemeteries dot the city
Peggy Stoots made an urgent call to the Richmond City Attorney’s Office just two days before a vacant quarter-acre parcel in South Side was to be auctioned off to recover more than $2,000 in past due property taxes. Ms. Stoots, who has lived near the property for 60 years surprised a staff member by saying, “You can’t auction that property. It’s a cemetery.”
