Liberty Community Cemetery
Coles Rd, McCrocklin Rd, Independence, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1907
EST. 1907
1860
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Liberty Community Cemetery.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Liberty Community Cemetery
Tradition holds that the earliest burials here were of enslaved African Americans before the Civil War ended in 1865, with marked graves dating from the late 1860s. The site was formally established as a cemetery in 1907 under the Colored People's Cemetery Association. It became the resting place of Freedmen and their families, including more than twenty military veterans.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Liberty Community Cemetery
Tradition holds the first burials here were for enslaved Africans before the close of the Civil War in 1865; the first marked graves date to the late 1860s. When J.C. McCrocklin sold this site to the Colored People's Cemetery Association in 1907, the deed referred to a burial ground long used by local African American residents. Six marked graves are of men and women born into slavery, and more than 20 show military service. Today, the burial ground is a link to the Freedmen and their families who settled here in the late 19th century. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004 Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5477013241
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