The Lamington Black Cemetery is an African American cemetery in the Lamington section of Bedminster Township, New Jersey, located on Cowperthwaite Road. It is also known as the Cowperthwaite African American Cemetery. The cemetery is a contributing property of the Lamington Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1984.

History

The cemetery was established in 1857, although the earliest burial was in 1848 (Samuel Lane) and burials of enslaved people may have taken place before 1844. Of the 97 known graves, 37 of marked, many with plain fieldstone markers with no inscriptions. Two veterans of the US Colored Troops are among those interred here.

Gallery

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  Plaque at the entrance
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  Graves in the cemetery
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  William H. Van Horn, Private, Company H, 43rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops