Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill

Price Hill, Cincinnati

Price Hill is a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, located north of Sedamsville and Riverside, south of Westwood and South Fairmount, and west of Queensgate. It is one of the oldest outlying settlements of Cincinnati, and includes parts of the zip codes 45205, 45238, and 45204.-Geography:Price Hill...

 neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

, is a registered historic district

Historic district (United States)

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 in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, listed in the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 on September 20, 2002. It contains 1 contributing buildings. The cemetery

Cemetery

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 is the oldest Baptist

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 African-American cemetery in Cincinnati, founded in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church

Union Baptist Church, Cincinnati

The Union Baptist Church is Cincinnati's oldest black church. The church was founded on July 14, 1821. They had their first meeting in a building on Third Street, between Elm and Plum Streets, downtown. The members built a church on Central Avenue and called Rev...

.

Among those interred is Powhatan Beaty

Powhatan Beaty

Powhatan Beaty was an African American soldier and actor. During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army's 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment throughout the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign...

, a Medal of Honor

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 recipient and American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment

5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment

The 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. A part of the United States Colored Troops, the regiment saw action in Virginia as part of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign and in North Carolina, where it participated in...

. Almost 150 other USCT veterns are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GScid=1980814&GRid=8562387&PIgrid=8562387&PIcrid=1980814&PIpi=5210605&

Other well known Cincinnatians interred include David Leroy Nickens

David Leroy Nickens

Rev. David Leroy Nickens was a freed slave who was born in Virginia. Nickens was the first African American licensed minister in Ohio in July, 1824...

, first minister of the Union Baptist Church, Hon. George W. Hayes

George W. Hayes

Hon. George W. Hayes was a former slave and first black court crier in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Mr. Hayes married Mamie Forte in 1874 and they had five children. He later served three terms in the Ohio General Assembly, as a Republican. He and his family were members of the Union...

, Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a depiction of life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom...

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