Mount Olive Cemetery
N 32° 14.082 W 098° 11.886
14S E 575551 N 3566732
Texas Historical Marker at the Mount Olive Cemetery, behind a residence off of South College Farm Rd in Stephenville, providing some history of this fairly young (by Texas standards) African American cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM10G74
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2019
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This one is easy to miss, given the residence here. The gate is marked with a sign, and is just a bit northwest of the Texas Historical Marker for Cornelia Graves in front of St. John Baptist Church, which is itself at 955 College Farm Rd.
Marker Number: 18656
Marker Text:
This historic African American cemetery was established in 1922 when the Colored Burial Association purchased acreage from Charles Neblett. Many of the first burials were relocated graves from the segregated West End Cemetery, dating to 1856. The first burial at Mount Olive Cemetery was on May 5, 1922, for Wallace Howell. According to headstone inventories and death records, the cemetery contains more than 250 known African American graves with likely dozens more unmarked. The Colored Burial Association maintained the cemetery until 1972. The cemetery remains an active burial ground with a significant view into the African American heritage of Stephenville.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2012
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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