Cemetery

Rock Hill Restland

Cherokee County · THC Atlas #7073002405

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About this site

Rock Hill Restland is a cemetery in Cherokee County, Texas. It is one of 169 cemeteries documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 287 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.0246, -95.3991. The nearest cataloged historic site is Reese (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Rock Hill Cemetery, Dobson Family Plot, and Cuney.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7073002405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Rock Hill Restland Cemetery, also recorded as Rockhill Cemetery, is an African American burial ground in the Reese community near Jacksonville in northwestern Cherokee County, on the north side of US Highway 175 across from Reese Cemetery. It is associated with Rock Hill Baptist Church, which was organized in 1897, and its earliest marked graves date to about 1902. The cemetery remains in use and is tended by the local community.

Sources: txgenwebcounties.com tshaonline.org

📍 32.0246, -95.3991 · Cherokee County

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Nearby in Cherokee County

Old Rock Hill Cemetery

Lewis Family Cemetery

Friendship Baptist Church and Corine Cemetery