Old Gay Hill

Washington County, TX

Status:

Year Established: 1868

Council of Governments: BVCOG

Public History: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gay-hill-tx-washington-county

Community History: Old Gay Hill was place where former slaves settled. Included a school, a church, cemetery and several plantations. My family owns land in that area, and my ancestors are buried there. Their names were Richard Caraway and the Caraway family.

https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/?fa=segmentof%3Amesn.150%2F&sb=shelf-id_desc&st=gallery&c=80

Cemetery: Old Gay Hill Baptist Church