"[1] The burial ground lay in a grove at one of the highest spots in Secaucus, obscured by high grass and trees, overlooking the expanse of the meadows and into the Hackensack River.

The Abel I. Smith Burial Ground faces the Hudson Palisades on the west and the marshes of Secaucus on the east.

[6] The Smith family farm was approximately 206 acres (830,000 m2), consisting of meadowland and toward the upland of western Hudson Palisades.

[7] In the year 1875, "Jack" Jackson, who was described as the last slave in New Jersey,[8] died at the age of 87 on the Smith family farm.

In 1820, Smith manumitted his slaves, but Jack refused the freedom he was offered and remained on the family estate until his death.

[11][16] It is believed that the original burial site was built over by a UPS company warehouse, and that the bodies still lie in their plots.