19th-century Infant Burials Discovered Near Colonial Williamsburg’s Robert Carter House

WILLIAMSBURG — The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is inviting the community to share their thoughts and guidance on the recent discovery of two unmarked 19th-century infant burials located west of the Robert Carter House.

Last December, the Colonial Williamsburg Department of Archaeology discovered the two unmarked infant burials in the field west of the house near the intersection of Nassau and Scotland streets. The excavation was part of a project to improve stormwater management, according to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Artifacts connected to the burials indicate that the infants were interred between 1840 and 1900, according to CWF. Based on oral history, the area in which the burials were discovered was historically referenced as a burial ground for Williamsburg’s Black