Black Section of Union Cemetery, Waterford, VA 2003

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Black Section of Union Cemetery, Waterford, VA 2003

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The collection contains the results of research performed by Adam Anderson as an Eagle Scout Service Project in 2003. The purpose of the project was to map the "black section" of Union Cemetery in Waterford, VA and to record the information inscribed on the tombstones.

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Anderson, Adam, 1692?-1765

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Anderson was born in Kincardine-on-Forth in 1780. From 1809 he was the Rector of Perth Academy where he advocated inclusion of chemistry and science in the curriculum. While there he supervised the construction of Perth Gasworks and was then requested by Perth Water Commissioners to design and construct a means of maintaining a clean water supply for Perth. The report was given by Anderson to the Commissioners in 1834 and published in 1837. In that year Anderson took up a position as Professor o...