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Mt. Olive Cemetery

MT. OLIVE CEMETERY

FOUNDED: 1922

ADDITONAL NAMES: Colored Burial Association

AFFILIATION(S): None

HISTORY:

This historic African American Cemetery was established in 1922 when the Colored Burial Association purchased the site's acreage. Many of the first burials were relocated graves from the segregated West End cemetery, dating to 1856. The first burial at Mt. Olive was on May 5, 1922. The cemetery contains more than 250 known African Americans and 50+ unmarked graves. The Colored Burial Association maintained the cemetery until 1972.

BCN Contact Information:

Sherri Benn

benn@tarleton.edu