This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: garylynmcgee Surnames: Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/1664.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: An article printed in the Burnet Bulletin 20 Nov 1924 headline reads "Burnet's Oldest Citizen Dead." Article lists Sophia Sampson, as county's oldest citizen; colored; born in Columbia, S. Carolina 18 Jan. 1832. Quote: * She was the last of the old-time Negroes born in slavery...." Her remains interred in Old Cemetery... near Post Mountain near where she lived. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.