Details for Rocky Hollow Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507013762

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Marker Number 13762
Atlas Number 5507013762
Marker Title Rocky Hollow Cemetery
Index Entry Rocky Hollow Cemetery
Address FM 2338
City Andice
County Williamson
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 614910
UTM Northing 3400894
Subject Codes cemetery; African American topics
Marker Year 1984
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location FM 2338 at CR 247, 5 mi. SE of Andice. Reported missing Dec. 1997. Replacement marker pending 2007.
Private Property No
Marker Condition Missing
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text In the 1850s, a group of pioneer Black slaves came to this area from Union County, Arkansas, and founded what is now known as the Rocky Hollow Community. This cemetery soon was established on land given by Thomas P. Chapman. Although it was used before the Civil War began, the first marked grave, that of Confederate veteran William Bacon Tucker, is dated 1865. Known in earlier times as Bullion and as Little Arkansas, Rocky Hollow Cemetery continues to be maintained by descendants of the community's founders and of many ex-slaves. (1984)

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