The Death of Susanna Becraft, November 1834
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Title
The Death of Susanna Becraft, November 1834
Subject
Burial records--Washington (D.C.)
Cemeteries--Washington (D.C.)
Oblate Sisters of Providence--History.
African American Catholics--History.
Cemeteries--Washington (D.C.)
Oblate Sisters of Providence--History.
African American Catholics--History.
Description
Holy Trinity Church recorded the death and burial of Susanna Becraft in the College Ground on November 12, 1834.
A 15-year-old postulant from the Oblate Sisters of Providence, Becraft died after battling consumption. According to historian Diane Batts Marrow, Becraft left the Oblate community in August of 1834 and died at her parents' home. [1]
Susanna Becraft was the sister of Anne Marie Becraft, founder of one of the first schools for Black girls in Georgetown, and one of the first Black nuns in the country. In April 2017 Georgetown University renamed a building for Anne Marie Becraft.
The "College Ground" was located near the site of the Reiss Science Building on Georgetown's campus. This cemetery was built over in 1953 and the remains of roughly fifty people were reinterred at Mount Olivet Cemetery, but those remains were only a small fraction of all the people who were buried there.
[1] Diane Batts Morrow, Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time: the Oblate Sisters of Providence, 1828-1860 (University of North Carolina Press, 2002), 82.
A 15-year-old postulant from the Oblate Sisters of Providence, Becraft died after battling consumption. According to historian Diane Batts Marrow, Becraft left the Oblate community in August of 1834 and died at her parents' home. [1]
Susanna Becraft was the sister of Anne Marie Becraft, founder of one of the first schools for Black girls in Georgetown, and one of the first Black nuns in the country. In April 2017 Georgetown University renamed a building for Anne Marie Becraft.
The "College Ground" was located near the site of the Reiss Science Building on Georgetown's campus. This cemetery was built over in 1953 and the remains of roughly fifty people were reinterred at Mount Olivet Cemetery, but those remains were only a small fraction of all the people who were buried there.
[1] Diane Batts Morrow, Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time: the Oblate Sisters of Providence, 1828-1860 (University of North Carolina Press, 2002), 82.
Creator
Georgetown University
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
11-12-1834
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Rights
Georgetown University Library
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
GSA442
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
12 Susanna Becraft, (cold.) daughter of William Becraft & of Sally McDonald, was buried in the College Ground paid 15
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Collection
Citation
Georgetown University
Holy Trinity Church, “The Death of Susanna Becraft, November 1834,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed January 21, 2025, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/525.