Gatewood Family

Thank you for what you do, sharing with you history that may help you reach your goal.
10300 Dixie Highway is the home of an integrated cemetary from the 1800s, my great-grandmother Pearl Swindler (maiden name Simmons) told me that Negros were buried in that cemetary together with white folk.
When i asked where they were buried, she said that they were under the Black Walnut and Black Cherry trees. Those trees formed an equilateral triangle 33 paces northeast and northwest from the obelisk at the center of the cemetary.
She told me there was also at one time a Negro cemetary in the front yard featuring weeping willow trees. Artwork of those trees are featured on the tombstones in the back yard integrated cemetary.
While the fence was installed before i spoke with the new owner of the property, the actual border of the cemetary is a square that goes to the edge of Valley High School. They are kind and respectful of these borders.
Also, my grandfather Clyde showed me a book that indicated our relatives, The Lewis Family of 4900 Dixie Highway, was part of the Underground Railroad. That house stands today.