African Burying Ground in Newton (Sussex County)
The African Burying Ground in Newton is located within the Old Newton Cemetery in the rear section. The land was one lot of forty-eight subdivisions originally owned by James Conover. It is understood that the lot was used as a Black burial ground since at least the 19th century. Richard M. Stevens discovered in his research that the lot was later sold to William A.
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Ryerson of Frankford Township where he stated in his will that a particular lot, which he purchased from Conover, would be “appropriated exclusively for the site of an African Meeting House and Burying Ground, for the people of colour, descendants of the African races, residing in the County of Sussex, and particularly those of the adjacent townships.
