Central Jersey
Friends of Cedar View Honors Hallowed Black Burial Ground
This historic site, which is close to 200 years old, is being preserved by a group of historians and preservationists, the Friends of Cedar View.
LINCROFT, NJ- Historical site Cedar View Cemetery will be honored during a Black History Month event.
The story behind Cedar View Cemetery
Mr. Silas B. Reeves was born in 1845 and served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a member of the U.S. Colored Troops, Company B, 41st Regiment.
This unit fought with distinction throughout the last months of the Civil War and served along the Mexican border before the unit was disbanded in 1865. Reeves, along with other Black Civil War veterans, and freed Black people, whose eternal resting place are buried at Cedar View Cemetery in Lincroft, NJ.
This historic site, which is close to 200 years old, is being preserved by a group of historians and preservationists, the Friends of Cedar View. There are several members of this diverse organization whose relatives are buried at this cemetery.
The non-profit organization has been actively raising funds and documenting the history of the cemetery and will present this story to an interested audience during a Black History Month celebration on February 17, 2023, at 6 pm.
This will be an online ZOOM presentation and to receive the Zoom link please send your name and email address to: friendsofcedarview@gmail.com
About Friends of Cedar View
The Friends of Cedar View was established to preserve and protect the cemetery. The upcoming presentation is to heighten awareness about the cemetery’s unique historical and overall cultural value it offers the public.
Recently, John Barrows, the editor of the Monmouth Timeline website commissioned artist, Sharifa Patrick, on behalf of the Friends of Cedar View to create a rendering of Silas Reeves’ homecoming from the war. The organization has presented the story of the cemetery at the Middletown Public Library and the Red Bank Public Library.