Cemetery

Brown Chapel

Lavaca County · THC Atlas #7285002405

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About this site

Brown Chapel is a cemetery in Lavaca County, Texas. It is one of 70 cemeteries documented in Lavaca County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 174 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.5535, -96.8440. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shiloh Community (historical marker), about 1.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Shiloh Cemetery, Bock, and Bila Hora.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7285002405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Brown Chapel Cemetery adjoins Browns Chapel Methodist Church and appears to be the oldest African American cemetery in Lavaca County. It holds more than 250 graves, and its earliest marked burial is that of Robert Payne, who was eighty years old when he died in 1852. The cemetery stands as an important record of the county's early Black community.

Sources: lavacacountyhistory.org

📍 29.5535, -96.8440 · Lavaca County

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