Trinity AME Church (1873) Cinnaminson, NJ

This church and the cemetery beside and behind it are the most prominent remains of the small Black community of Wrightsville that was established in this area shortly after the Civil War. The church, originally known as the Free Gospel Church, was established in 1873, and in 1905 became known as Trinity A.M.E. Church. The church edifice has been renovated extensively since its initial construction. The cemetery, originally named the “Harmony Cemetery for Negroes,” was established some years before the church and includes graves dating from the 1860s to the present.  Some of its graves are those of Civil War veterans. A few of the headstones found in the cemetery are hand-inscribed. (See Historic Black Cemeteries for more about church burial grounds).

(SOURCE: TRINITY AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH)