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This Cemetery has 2 Markers on it. The Carrollton's Historic Site reads:

"Carrollton Black Cemetery

This cemetery was established in the late 1800's  by Scott Boswell, an early African-American farmer. Later owners respected the site and burial continued through the years, the last of which is believed  to have been Collins, in 1960. Flooding by Trinity River has contributed to the loss of most markers. Families interred here include Allen, Boswell, Booth, Bradley ,Cole, Davis, Foster, Harris, Hicks, Hunnicut, Ingram, Jackson,Loving, Oliver, Patterson, Payton, Purvis, Silverburg, Welch and Williams."

The second marker reads;

"Carrollton Community Cemetery

Carrollton's early African-American citizens were buried in what is today called the Carrollton Community Cemetery. However, to many African-Americans the cemetery is commonly called the "Black Cemetery." This land was first identified as a cemetery in 1913 when the property was owned by Mr. C. B. Baxley. According to records, this land was bought by Mr. Baxley from a Mr. Scott Boswell, a Carrollton Farmer who had purchased the property in 1871. since no burial records were kept in early days, it is unknown when the first person was buried in this cemetery. Descendant of the persons buried here have moved away from Carrollton or have also died. Today, some of the graves are still visible, but only a few markers remain. The markers for "Davis" and "Loving" are still visible. The cemetery is no longer used and the final intermit was Joyce Collins 1960.

The following persons are known to have been buried here:

Scott Boswell, Sr.   Mrs. Davis

Ned Welch              John Nelson

Elizabeth Welch       Harriet Johnson

Rosco Loving          Charles Johnson

Claude Loving          Emma Johnson

Charles Loving         Charlie Truelove

Oscar Silverburg       Moses Jackson

Carolyn Silverburg    Booth

Joyce Collins            Hicks

Emma Ingram           Payton

Ed Ingram                Allen

Scott Boswell, Jr.     Purvis

William Harrison       Foster

Janie Paterson          Williams

Dennis Patterson       Hunnicutt

Archie Oliver            Bradley

Pheld Davis              Cole

Other persons are buried here but their identity was known only to God

May they rest in peace" 


 

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