Free Frank McWorter Grave Site


Free Frank McWorter Grave Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Pike County, Illinois
Nearest city	Barry
Coordinates	39°41′41″N 91°2′27″W / 39.69472°N 91.04083°W / 39.69472; -91.04083Coordinates: 39°41′41″N 91°2′27″W / 39.69472°N 91.04083°W / 39.69472; -91.04083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1854
NRHP Reference #	87002533^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 19, 1988

The Free Frank McWorter Grave Site, near the Pike County, Illinois city of Barry, is the grave site of former slave Frank McWorter. McWorter, originally from South Carolina, bought his and 14 other slave relatives' freedom during the mid-19th century in Kentucky.

In 1836 he was the first African American before the American Civil War to plat and register a town, New Philadelphia, Illinois. The New Philadelphia Town Site, abandoned by the early 20th century, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009 for its history and archaeological resources.^[2]

McWorter's grave site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is located about 4 miles east of Barry, Illinois off U.S. Route 36.

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "KInterior Secretary Kempthorne Designates 9 National Historic Landmarks in 9 States". Department of the Interior. 2009-01-16.

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Municipalities and communities of Pike County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Pittsfield

Cities	Barry Griggsville Pittsfield

Town	New Canton

Villages	Baylis Detroit El Dara Florence Hull Kinderhook Milton Nebo New Salem Pearl Perry Pleasant Hill Time Valley City

Townships	Atlas Barry Chambersburg Cincinnati Derry Detroit Fairmount Flint Griggsville Hadley Hardin Kinderhook Levee Martinsburg Montezuma New Salem Newburg Pearl Perry Pittsfield Pleasant Hill Pleasant Vale Ross Spring Creek

Unincorporated communities	Atlas Chambersburg East Hannibal Fishhook Maysville Munger Pike Rockport Seehorn Straut Summer Hill

Ghost towns	Dutton Griggsville Landing

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