Fleming Memorial Cemetery

This graveyard, known as Fleming Memorial Cemetery or Fleming Colored Cemetery, has served the area’s African American community for more than 100 years. John M. Fleming originally buried his deceased slaves here and eventually deeded it to trustees of the colored cemetery. The land was then given to the Fleming Cemetery Association. One of the first persons buried in the cemetery with a legible headstone was Rosanna Fleming, who died in 1888. Documented burials started the same year. In 1950, the Fleming Cemetery Club was organized for cemetery maintenance and to provide a forum for families to pay respect to the deceased. Today, families and descendants of those buried here meet annually to maintain the cemetery.

Fleming Memorial Cemetery is a historical marker in McMahan, Caldwell County, dedicated in 2014. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Caldwell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 90 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8490, -97.5329 near McMahan. The nearest cataloged historic site is Flemings Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Jeffrey Cemetery, Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, and Taylor Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017896. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.