Colored Graveyard in the Old Town of Hearne
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Marker Text: This cemetery, now represented by a single grave, was a burial site for African American residents of the area. According to folklore, it originated as a farm or slave cemetery. The earliest known burial here dated in 1879, and residents used the graveyard 1912. In 1947, developers purchased this property, descendants of the interred were forced to move and rebury relatives. However, the children of Hollie Tatnell (d.1911) , a former slave, refused to reinter their mother, forcing developers to build around her grave. Today, this single grave serves as a reminder of the area's early African-American community and of the sanctity of burial grounds. (2007)
Marker No: 14329
Texas Historic Cemetery Marker
Location: Wheelock Street, between Willow and Cypress streets, Hearne
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Geographic: 30.87128, -96.59311
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