​West Salado Cemetery

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Marker No: 5761

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.954939, -97.537292

Location: On West Village Road, just west of I-35 in Salado

Marker Text: ​Located in an area populated by former slaves following the Civil war, this cemetery dates to the 1870s. The earliest documented grave is that of Jozie Fulbright, who died in 1877, although according to local oral tradition there may be earlier unmarked burials. The land was officially deeded by Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson for church, school, and graveyard purposes in 1879. While the community's school and two churches are no longer in existence, the cemetery remains as an important link with the area's early black history. (1990)