Cemetery

unknown (Good Hope Ch)

Lavaca County · THC Atlas #7285007605

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About this site

unknown (Good Hope Ch) 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 29.4488, -96.8965. The nearest cataloged historic site is City Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include City Cemetery, Jewish Cemetery of Hallettsville, and Sacred Heart.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7285007605. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This African American cemetery adjoins the Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church about three miles east of Hallettsville, in a community originally settled by freedmen on land once patented to John Hallett. By 1883 the church had become the focal point of community life, and the burial ground grew to more than three hundred markers. Its oldest stone is that of An Gardly, who died May 15, 1888.

Sources: tshaonline.org

📍 29.4488, -96.8965 · Lavaca County

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