West Salado

Bell County, TX

Status:

Year Established: Unknown

Council of Governments: CTCOG

Public History: Located in an area populated by former slaves following the Civil War, a cemetery on this spot dates to the 1870s. The earliest documented grave is that of Jozie Fulbright, who died in 1877, although according to local oral tradition there may be earlier unmarked burials. The land was officially deeded to their former slave John Sanders, f.m.c. (freed man of color) by the wife of Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson for church, school, and graveyard purposes in 1879. While the community’s school and church building, which held up to three congregations, are no longer in existence, the cemetery remains as an important link with the area’s early black history.

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