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Susan E. Keefe giving remarks at the unveiling ceremony. Photo courtesy of Lonnie Webster.

Standing by the cemetery marker from left to right: Susan E. Keefe, Roberta H. Jackson, Kristen Baldwin Deathridge, and Diane Blanks. Photo courtesy Lonnie Webster.

A view of the Black section of the cemetery in April 2022. In the front are four headstones. Three of the headstones are for the white Union soldiers who were interred in the area. The tombstones are new replacements that were installed in Spring…

The JHA raised $5,000 to install a new granite cemetery marker in the Black section of the cemetery. The marker lists the names of 65 Junaluska Community members.

A view of the cemetery marker. The marker mentions the unidentified Junaluska community members interred in the area: "and others known only to God."

The bottom of the marker reads: "Marker erected by the Junaluska Heritage Association and…

A view of the backside of the cemetery marker. Research continues to identify Junaluska community members interred in the cemetery. The rear of the marker was intentionally left polished so that names could be added. Thirteen names have been added to…

Numbered parcels indicate land owned by black members of the community, as identified by Virgil Greer in 1998.

Photo of Junaluska Marker

This map shows the progression of home ownership in the neighborhood (Junaluska and the larger surrounding area), with some of these parcels actually pre-dating the community's name, "Junaluska." According to Sandra Hagler, a longtime resident and…

In 1917 Rev. Joseph and Kathania Tschetter began holding Mennonite services in the Junaluska community’s school house. A congregation of eight original members was established, and by 1918 the Boone Brethren Mennonite Church was founded where it…