# Judea Cemetery

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{{Short description|Colonial era cemetery in Connecticut}}

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| location     = [Washington](/source/Washington%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut), U.S.
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| style        = Public, secular
| owner        = Town of Washington, Connecticut, U.S.<ref name=town>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonct.org/judea-cemetery-commission|title=Judea Cemetery Commission|access-date=2022-12-21}}</ref>
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'''Judea Cemetery''', also known as '''Old Judea Cemetery''', is a [colonial era](/source/Thirteen_Colonies) burying ground located on Judea Road in [Washington, Connecticut](/source/Washington%2C_Connecticut), United States. Before it became a separate town in 1779, and chose to name itself "Washington", the area was known as "Judea", and was part of [Woodbury, Connecticut](/source/Woodbury%2C_Connecticut).

Judea Cemetery is the site of a monument in honor of "Jeff Liberty and His Colored Patriots", erected in the early 20th century. The cemetery is thought to be the resting place of a number of African-American soldiers who served in the [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War), including Jeff Liberty. Liberty was enslaved by Continental Army Captain [Jonathan Farrand](/source/Jonathan_Farrand), who is buried in Old Judea. Captain Farrand manumitted Jeff Liberty for fighting in the [Continental Army](/source/Continental_Army).  "Liberty" is known to have been chosen as a surname by a number of enslaved people who were manumitted in this era.<ref name="KnoblockGravesites">{{cite book|last1=Knoblock|first1=Glenn|title=African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England|date=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786470112|page=147}}</ref><ref name="StoneAfricanAmerican">{{cite book|last1=Stone|first1=Frank Andrews|title=African American Connecticut: The Black Scene in a New England State|date=2008|publisher=Trafford|isbn=978-1425175788|page=51}}</ref>

Spy thriller novelist [Edward S. Aarons](/source/Edward_S._Aarons) (1916–1975) is buried in Judea.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.washingtonct.org/judea-cemetery-commission Town of Washington, Connecticut] – Cemetery Commission
* {{GNIS|type=retired|208211}}
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}

Category:African-American cemeteries in Connecticut
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Category:Cemeteries in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Category:Washington, Connecticut

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