Scipio Page

Located at Page's Cemetery, 339 Stark North Highway, Dunbarton, NH

Scipio Page was enslaved when he came to Dunbarton in 1751 to carve out the homestead of Captian Caleb Page. Scipio fought in the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars. He later served as captain of a Black militia that included men from nearby towns. In 1788, the proprietors of the town acknowledged Scipio's work by granting him thirteen acres of common land near One Stack Brook in Dunbarton. Other Black families settled near Scipio creating a sizeable community on Duinea Road. He sold his land in 1791 and moved to Croydon for a short time before returning to the Page homestead by 1800. Scipiom, who died about 1815, his wife Dinah, three of their young children, and other formerly enslaved people are buried here.