hey tammy my charlie goodman, jim floyd are buried there......thanks for doing more then you should.....i bet you've helped many on this list....thanks again Lisa ---------- > From: Bastropcc@aol.com > To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] oak hill cemetery smithville > Date: July 31, 2000 11:31 PM > > First, I'm still typing up from the tapes of Saturday's and Sunday's visits > so if you're checking, it's not up to date yet. > Vanessa, > I'm not sure if there are African American's buried in there yet. I've only > completed one and one half sections of many sections and it was older graves. > I do know there are Hispanic's buried there. When I go back I'll drive to > the other side and see. Sometimes there are pictures on the headstones that > I can look at to see what race they are. > You probably know that the races were separated in death, with each being > sectioned off from the other, some just with fences, some by distance. I've > noticed this segregation changing but don't know exactly when it began. > There are a couple of other cemeteries in the area, one being the Colorado > Community Cemetery which is African American. So if I don't see any African > American graves in Oak Hill, I can look at that one next though it would have > been a long walk or wagon ride for those that died before the automobile came > along. There is also Mt. Pleasant right out of Smithville (might be white) > The Bunte Cemetery is behind Oak Hill and workers of the Bunte Family are > buried there. I also haven't been to the Sweet Hill Cemetery which is > African American and in Upton (10 miles SW from Smithville). > I've rambled. I'll check when I go back Saturday. > > > Tammy Owen > Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator > Bastropcc@aol.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact Gaylon L Powell at gaylon@flash.net > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM