Karen: Following received from Rebecca L. Stenzel this a.m. and wishes it forwarded to list. Hazel Craig.. >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 01 08:36:23 CDT >From: "Rebecca L. Stenzel" <STENZEL@LATECH.EDU> >Subject: Re: BLACK CEMETERIES >To: "Milford C. Todd" <hwctodd@AENEAS.NET> > >This is the Hopewell Cemetery on land donated by R. T. Moore. Mt. Olive >Cem. was orginally Mt. Olive Baptist Church with the cemetery... also donated >land by R.T. Moore. The house mentioned is situated between the cemeteries >and was built by R. T. Moore in about 1865. The house is on the National >Register of Historic Places having been restored by R.T.'s great-great- >granddaughter and her husband (Stenzel). > >Mt. Olive Baptist Church ceased after the advent of the railroad and the >town of Bernice. The black church moved to Bernice, New Hopewell Baptist, but >the cemetery remained in the original location. Mt. Olive Cem. ceased activity > >Rebecca STenzel >