African Union Church Cemetery

In 1835 five trustees of the African Union Church purchased this half acre of land for $80, thereby establishing a church, now razed, and cemetery. Throughout its active years, the church and cemetery served the residents of Polktown, one of the state’s earliest free black settlements. Among the marked burials are five veterans of Delaware’s United States Colored Troops, identified by the government issued headstones marking these graves. While headstones mark additional graves, many remain unmarked. The date of the last interment is unknown. After a period of disuse, the cemetery and its care became associated with the Mount Salem UAME Church.