Hayti Union American Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in Marple Township, Pennsylvania

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Get directions South Side of Old Marple Road
Marple Township, Pennsylvania 19064 United States

Coordinates: 39.93871, -75.36168
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The Hayti Cemetery is a forgotten graveyard in the shadow of a Blue Route (I-476) overpass in Marple Township, Delaware County, PA. The cemetery is located off of Old Marple Road. At one time, an African American church stood next to the grounds, and was known as the Hayti Church. In the early years of the 1900s, the church burned down. The congregants may have moved to the Honeycomb AME Church in Media, which at one time may have assumed the task of overseeing this cemetery. The cemetery dates back to 1838, and was abandoned in the 1930s. According to historical records, the members of the Hayti Church paid $10 dollars for the original plot of burial ground that measured 41 feet, 3 inches square. They added a little more property in 1864. The small church existed to serve the black community, and was formally known as the United African Methodist Church of Marple. The members continued to use the burial ground after the church burned.

This cemetery has many atypical grave markers. Many are rough stones taken out of the nearby quarry and placed on the graves, as it appears some families did not have the money to afford headstones. Several Civil War soldiers are believed to be buried at the cemetery.